whats wrong

I am a first time grower i have a plastic tote lined with foil with a 42 watt flourex" 300 watt"light output and a 25 watt cfl with "100 watt" light output and a 65 watt plant light.Yestarday my 1 week old plants had some light spots in the leaves and my white widow has just stopped growing what can i do?

Need some pics, and you growing soil or soilless?

using mirical grow seed starting soil

no way to post pics i will asap

Are you useing nutes

stagehand918 said:

I am a first time grower i have a plastic tote lined with foil with a 42 watt flourex" 300 watt"light output and a 25 watt cfl with "100 watt" light output and a 65 watt plant light.Yestarday my 1 week old plants had some light spots in the leaves and my white widow has just stopped growing what can i do?

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What are the temperatures right where the plants are sitting?

using miracle grow singles as directed

you said lined with foil? are you getting hot spots that are burning your plants? foil is bad...

stagehand918 said:

using miracle grow singles as directed

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Plants in the seedling stage don't require fertilizer, or a lot of light.

Keep the temperatures below 80, and the humidity above 50%, and don't water until the container is light (meaning it has dried out).

temp about 85 deg F

you are all very helpful glad I came to this site foil is bad? did not know that thanx...

Normally if someone has a problem with seedlings.It's because they over water or give them nutes. Or the combination of both. 85 degrees is a little high. But I don't think that's your problem..

no foil then foil is bad...?

stagehand918 said:

no foil then foil is bad...?

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Yes get rid of the foil. White paint is good.. Or even better use some mylar.

aluminum foil is not good for yours plants at all my friend (reason) when you fix the foil to the walls without a doubt you are going to put creases in the foil which makes the foil act as you got a wall covered in mirrors pointing in different directions thats will cause hot spots on your plants.

Best thing to do is get a tub of flat white house paint and paint them walls with a few coats and that will reflect light much better than foil.

plus foil is noisy as hell when you put a FAN on

i just found a white tub i am gonna use it instead and watering i wait till they are in totally dirt?

sorry totally dry dirt...

Yes wait until the dirt is fairly dry. Keep an eye on them. If you see them start to droop a little than give them a little water. I don't know what size pot you are using now. So saying how much water is hard. But I can say you should only be watering about every five days or so. Of course depending how dry the soil is..And how much you water at a time.

Ok best thing to do is water your plants untill the water starts draining from the bottom of your pots, and then stop. once you see water coming form the bottom of the pots leave them for about 5 to 10 minutes to drain well and then left the pot a few times an feel the weight of the pot. after that just check the weight of your pots every day untill your pots feel super lite. this means your plants have soaked up all th water and need watering again. stick to this guide and you will not have trouble with over watering .. hope this helped

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