soil or lighting problem???

here is my only baby WW and ive never seen this before i grew a few times outdoors few years back and this is my 2nd attempt at indoor even my 1st indoor run i havent seen nothing like this.... my soil is perlite, a little bit of spaghnum peat moss and some regular soil with no nutes in it at all..... im using 4 23 watt CFLs on her right now i have no idea wtf is up with her new growth leaves....
the new growth is shriveled and the tips of the leaves are turning yellowish.. any thoughts??? also she has what looks like little rust spots on the new growth....

meh. looks ok to me. theres a little something with it but looks fine. just a worried parent is all.

actually im not worried just curious and was told to ask questions. i want to learn a lot about growing so far ive learned a lot just never seen this before haha otherwise she is doing good she outlived her sister who had a black shriveled tap root lol.... stem is red/purple temps is a factor i know of that

seedlings really are quit strong . sometimes the first set of leafs can look funny. The slight yellow is the soil must be a little hot from what ever it is you used. Worse thing for a seedling is over watering. put the cup on a heat pad if you have one. obviously the warmer the better.

it could possibly be the lighting thats heating up the soil pretty good... i dont have a fan in there right now cause i want her to get at least 3 new growths in and get bigger before i use a fan.

Hey chief I burnt my seedlings early on with CFL.

THEY SAY it's hard to do and practically has to touch, but I found that is incorrect.
i have a 65watt and a 42watt which put off what I thought was little heat. At 2" it burned them.... I moved back to about 4"...

i am using a 3x3x4' space

i live in a mountain environment so the temps are generally cooler here. My CFL had no problem keeping my little grow tent to a good soil temp of 72f even with a small fan. I would say definitely a fan, even if it is a small one. Fresh air is important.

IM NEW, take what I say with a grain of salt.

Who ever is saying put the cfl 2" away from a seedling is an idiot, sorry. Doesn't have to be that close.

plaguedog said:

Who ever is saying put the cfl 2" away from a seedling is an idiot, sorry. Doesn't have to be that close.

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I like my lights close, and it works for me, however, never put them 1-2" away, because I have had under CFL's 1-2" of growth on a new shoot that reached up and grabbed a CFL...over night...

Here is an issue that will happen that most do not take into consideration determining the distance of lights [all types] from the plant canopy's top...

The RH that is between your hot/semi hot lights and the top of your plants, that area of 2" CFL's and 12" HID/HPS will have VERY LOW humidity... The RH will most likely be 15 points lower than at the base of your plants...
So if RH of room is 45% in BUD... at your meter... the area between your lights and canopy will be 30% RH at times... this does cause your top leaves to dry a bit... Keep it in mind when you choose a light distance...
Good Luck!