What Did I Do Wrong?

So I'm finally on my first grow. Things have been going alright, not perfect but that's expected. There is so much conflicting perspectives on these sites, I just dove in and hoped I could learn along the way.

I have 2 plants in 1L air pots after germination. Popped about a week ago. Coco w/ perlite. Very light nutes. 18/6

One of my plants stretched a lot during germination. It seemed to still be stretching a bit, so I decided to lower my lights. I figured once I replanted I could bury the stem a bit.

Yesterday, after I last checked on them before bed everything was fine.

I did make some adjustments and idk what went wrong specifically

I thought my slow growth was attributed to low light.
I have two connected spider farmers in a 2x4. Initially had both lights at about 30 in at about 20% power. Lowered it to about 25 in at 40% based on posts I've read.

I also kept my humidifier on throughout the night. When I wake up, the rh is usually in the 40s. I know it should be around the 70s so I kept it on this. When I checked this morning it was about 79%

When I woke up, homegirl had a large gangsta lean.

How do I fix what I did wrong? And what did I do wrong?


Thanks for the help!

rara171 said:

So I'm finally on my first grow. Things have been going alright, not perfect but that's expected. There is so much conflicting perspectives on these sites, I just dove in and hoped I could learn along the way.

I have 2 plants in 1L air pots after germination. Popped about a week ago. Coco w/ perlite. Very light nutes. 18/6

One of my plants stretched a lot during germination. It seemed to still be stretching a bit, so I decided to lower my lights. I figured once I replanted I could bury the stem a bit.

Yesterday, after I last checked on them before bed everything was fine.

I did make some adjustments and idk what went wrong specifically

I thought my slow growth was attributed to low light.
I have two connected spider farmers in a 2x4. Initially had both lights at about 30 in at about 20% power. Lowered it to about 25 in at 40% based on posts I've read.

I also kept my humidifier on throughout the night. When I wake up, the rh is usually in the 40s. I know it should be around the 70s so I kept it on this. When I checked this morning it was about 79%

When I woke up, homegirl had a large gangsta lean.

How do I fix what I did wrong? And what did I do wrong?


Thanks for the help!

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I would open up those pots and dump the soil and bury those strechlings to the leaves barely are above the surface

Herb & Suds said:

I would open up those pots and dump the soil and bury those strechlings to the leaves barely are above the surface

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Thanks for the reply!

How do I avoid root damage this early on?

Did she start leaning simply because of the stretch?

rara171 said:

Thanks for the reply!

How do I avoid root damage this early on?

Did she start leaning simply because of the stretch?

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Yes and just be gentle
It isn't the preferred thing to do but as far along as that is it is your best hope

Herb & Suds said:

I would open up those pots and dump the soil and bury those strechlings to the leaves barely are above the surface

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This or use toothpicks to keep them upright

Lenin1917 said:

This or use toothpicks to keep them upright

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I like the split straw trick but those are to tall for either

Herb & Suds said:

I like the split straw trick but those are to tall for either

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Should I wait for my next watering to replant or replant right away and water now?

rara171 said:

Should I wait for my next watering to replant or replant right away and water now?

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Replant the thing stop over thinking they are weeds

rara171 said:

So I'm finally on my first grow. Things have been going alright, not perfect but that's expected. There is so much conflicting perspectives on these sites, I just dove in and hoped I could learn along the way.

I have 2 plants in 1L air pots after germination. Popped about a week ago. Coco w/ perlite. Very light nutes. 18/6

One of my plants stretched a lot during germination. It seemed to still be stretching a bit, so I decided to lower my lights. I figured once I replanted I could bury the stem a bit.

Yesterday, after I last checked on them before bed everything was fine.

I did make some adjustments and idk what went wrong specifically

I thought my slow growth was attributed to low light.
I have two connected spider farmers in a 2x4. Initially had both lights at about 30 in at about 20% power. Lowered it to about 25 in at 40% based on posts I've read.

I also kept my humidifier on throughout the night. When I wake up, the rh is usually in the 40s. I know it should be around the 70s so I kept it on this. When I checked this morning it was about 79%

When I woke up, homegirl had a large gangsta lean.

How do I fix what I did wrong? And what did I do wrong?


Thanks for the help!

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The extreme lean is from the lights getting to for away of not drying enough. The coco is also extremely dry. A thorough soak would be a good start.

What my coco looks like starting.

Dump it out. Pick the seedling up out of the mess and transplant. It
Will be fine.