Wattering, bad humidity or light stress?

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control_user

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Hi guys, I would like to ask you - how far away from CFL shall I put my plant? It is about 2 weeks old, edges of the leaves are now trying to curl inside - not so much, but it is not "healty" shape of leaf. I have 8x 23W CFL and 3x 11W LED lights about 30 cm above the pot. Also I was thinking if its not caused by under/overwattering (I was pouring about 80ml per day) pot is dry at the top to 2 cm deep into soil - then it seems its little moist/wet, but not so much (anyway I cut off wattering so much for now and replaced it with spraying a little only). I am using blowfan for letting air cool. Any ideas? PS: Isn't that plant short? (just about 5 cm), now it is behind windowsill because sun is providing more luxs than my indoor light (about 19 000 lux at that 30 cm) today.Clipboard01.jpg
 
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PhatNuggz

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Where to begin?

In no particular order

when using a soil type mix, start seeds and clones in small net pots. Young plants don't need much watering. Large pots will suck the water away from the developing roots. Transplant as needed. If you keep the plant in the small pot and simply transfer it to a larger pot, you will minimize stress. You can carefully dig well around this plant keeping the medium as much in tact as possible and gently transfer it into a net pot that is about half this size you should have success

LEDs and CFLs come in color spectrums. It is not sufficient to just say how many

1-2 CFLS is sufficient at this stage, HOWEVER, spectrum is important too

Optimum at this stage would be one cool white and one warm white CFL. As it grows introduce the others slowly

hth
 
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noahthemachinist

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What kind of soil. Also what Ph was you water? You shouldnt need to water every day. Ph is the leading cause when it happens to me.

If it is Ph. Just correct it and the plant will usually recover.
 
noahthemachinist

noahthemachinist

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PhatNuggz said:
Where to begin?

In no particular order

when using a soil type mix, start seeds and clones in small net pots. Young plants don't need much watering. Large pots will suck the water away from the developing roots. Transplant as needed. If you keep the plant in the small pot and simply transfer it to a larger pot, you will minimize stress

1-2 CFLS is sufficient at this stage spectrum is important too

Optimum would be one cool white and one warm white

hth
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Great advice.
 
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control_user

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- light is in almost ratio 50/50, 2700K and 6500K
- ph is about 6.5

also my problem is... everytime after night the leaves are trying to curl in, but during day they just got flat as usual, temperatures during day are about 23°C and in the night about 19°C

THX for advices, will transplant into smaller pot
 
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PhatNuggz

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control_user said:
- light is in almost ratio 50/50, 2700K and 6500K
- ph is about 6.5

also my problem is... everytime after night the leaves are trying to curl in, but during day they just got flat as usual, temperatures during day are about 23°C and in the night about 19°C

THX for advices, will transplant into smaller pot
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transplant early in the day, so the plant will get plenty of light

if you can't afford a small space heater, fill a bucket with hot water at night

hth
 
Igrow420365

Igrow420365

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control_user said:
Hi guys, I would like to ask you - how far away from CFL shall I put my plant? It is about 2 weeks old, edges of the leaves are now trying to curl inside - not so much, but it is not "healty" shape of leaf. I have 8x 23W CFL and 3x 11W LED lights about 30 cm above the pot. Also I was thinking if its not caused by under/overwattering (I was pouring about 80ml per day) pot is dry at the top to 2 cm deep into soil - then it seems its little moist/wet, but not so much (anyway I cut off wattering so much for now and replaced it with spraying a little only). I am using blowfan for letting air cool. Any ideas? PS: Isn't that plant short? (just about 5 cm), now it is behind windowsill because sun is providing more luxs than my indoor light (about 19 000 lux at that 30 cm) today.View attachment 4474435
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It does look a bit short however it may be because of genetics. Give her some time and keep doing what you’ve been doing. Looks great!!
 
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