Advice needed on 1st grow

Jerrian

New Member
Hi all!

So, I recently took the plunge and bought a full hydro setup, and started my first grow. I used the paper towel method to germinate, and once the taproots were long enough I planted them in a rockwool cube. Only took about a day or so for the seedlings to sprout, and everything was looking fine.

This morning, I went and checked, and they were all limp and bent over (see photo). I did some checking on the web, and based on that it looks like maybe I overwatered. I moved the plants to a drier section of the seedling tray, and moved my grow light a lot closer. I'm just wondering if this is a lost cause or not, and if not, is there anything else I should be doing?

As far as the specs of my setup go, these are Zkittlez seeds, that were planted in 1.5" rockwool cubes, and watered using dechlorinated tap water ph'd to 6. The grow light is a 150w HPS (all I have access to ATM). Originally I had the light pretty much at the roof of the grow tent, but as noted I've moved it a lot closer (maybe ~2 feet from the tops of the seedlings). Can't think of any other details you'd need, but I'm happy to answer questions if anything else was needed :)
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Lordhooha

Well-Known Member
Hi all!

So, I recently took the plunge and bought a full hydro setup, and started my first grow. I used the paper towel method to germinate, and once the taproots were long enough I planted them in a rockwool cube. Only took about a day or so for the seedlings to sprout, and everything was looking fine.

This morning, I went and checked, and they were all limp and bent over (see photo). I did some checking on the web, and based on that it looks like maybe I overwatered. I moved the plants to a drier section of the seedling tray, and moved my grow light a lot closer. I'm just wondering if this is a lost cause or not, and if not, is there anything else I should be doing?

As far as the specs of my setup go, these are Zkittlez seeds, that were planted in 1.5" rockwool cubes, and watered using dechlorinated tap water ph'd to 6. The grow light is a 150w HPS (all I have access to ATM). Originally I had the light pretty much at the roof of the grow tent, but as noted I've moved it a lot closer (maybe ~2 feet from the tops of the seedlings). Can't think of any other details you'd need, but I'm happy to answer questions if anything else was needed :)
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Looks like they dampened off
 
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