My plants seem really small for 2 weeks.

I was thinking... you may want to move the lights a bit further away. maybe like 2 inches. you may be burnin them. after all they are just little guys, they dont need much light right now

^^^^^^^ yeah i'd say that and see how it goes, when you put your hand near them do you feel the heat?

I moved the lights a lil further away before i went to work. I figured thats why the leavea are crispy but does that stunt the growth also?

ya it could stunt growth b/c they can fry. id say put them at bout 5 inches away. that should help. from your pics it looks like they are getting fried a bit

Hey Smokey, I got the same thing growing they sprouted on abut the same day, lets compare notes.


Sorry for the brief thread jack Vahn, carry on......

Well I made alot of adjustments to everything early in the day and the new growth that popped out looks very green and healthy so I may be okay for now, but ill check back in tomorrow with an update.

homez i'm growin' in soil
one day i saw that some of my plants start to get some kind of def or burn /thats what i thought first/
but the other ones were in the same shit so no fuckin' reason - they start dropin'
i start gettin' my nerves wrecked - i take a look on the pots and saw that some of them have only 3 drain hole on the bottom
i make em about 6 - 7 holes - my plants react almost instantly /well few hours/ and get in line like the others
wish u luck with that keep us updated
u said that u r using water that have some dayz in the tank /put air stone in there/ i water with same water - tab water sitting in the tank over 24h - never had Ph problem - but if u have Ph meter check ur water and soil

i had the same problem

I have had seeds lke this you have prob got a prob with set up more info

I'm betting your problem is no where near being a heat problem. It most likely is a PH problem. I would shoot for a PH of 6.5 for the soil and everything going in it. Most problems are misdiagnosed and end up being a PH issue. The slow growth would be a huge symptom.

Im still waiting on my PH reader as soon as it gets here im going to check it and make proper adjustments. Is there anything that I can do right now to test the ph or something?

can't you buy test strips with the fish aquarium stuff at petsmart or wal-mart or anywhere that ends in mart?

Vahn, everyone is right that you need to check your PH, but I don't think that is the problem here. You are using some brand new FF soil that would fix the PH of the tiny bit of water you have been giving them.

I say the problem is humidity. Are you in a cold part of the world with forced air heating? I'll bet you are. Your low humidity is stunting those babes. You need to raise your humidity.

Im in ny its kinda cold right now but nothing crazy ill def be checking the temps and ph. Like i said before though the new growth is looking green and may be starting to pick back up.

I didnt even think about humidity, it is winter, that could also be a source to the problem

i keep my water containers in the box with the plants would that keep thw humidity up? I really think i just burned them but i still dont know what the temp and ph is but ill keep everyone updated.

Yeah i'd say low humidity combined with having the lights to close has just been burning them. I recommend moving the lights to at least 4 or 5 inches and might as well just make it 6. There's no need for the lights to be right up on the plant. Especially when they are just seedlings. I don't think ph would be affecting you very much this early in the grow. And make sure you are getting them enough water. Those cups dry out pretty quick. I water every 2 days when I have seedlings in cups like that.

well my lights have been adjusted to about 5inches since yesterday when i startes this topic and my watering schedule is basicly every two days when the cups dry up.

Looks like they are getting burned. If you watered them and don't know the pH, then that might be also causing the problem. Go to Petsmart or the like and get an aquirium test kit with pH up/down solutions. It will run you about $20.

I am at two weeks with my WW seeds, I have a 400 MH 13 inches from the tops, temps from 74 up to 86, and humidity hovering in the 20's all the way to 40's. I water them every 3-4 days or so as well, but I have 3 gallon pots.

Here are the pics:





They should be about that size for a 2 week old seedling. I am also using FFOC.

Well I definitely think my plants are so small is because I roasted them so much when they were young. I had 3 more planted that are about 5 and 6 days old and they are definitely thriving under the same conditions the other 2 were subjected too but with the light an extra 3.5 inches away. I now know the humidity of the box is at 44% and the temp is at 83F, and the PH will be unknown for a few more days. The 3 new seedlings are all very green and they are definitely as big as the other two that are now almost 3 weeks old. I think one is dead actually and the other is starting to pick up growth and may be starting its third set of leaves.