my first grow (with pics)

[qtronix]

hi this is my first grow so iam well happy so far with what ive done, all 6 of my seeds germinated in 2 days. this is only the 3rd day of my grow in pots, what do you think do they look ok, are they the same size as your plants at the same age. the pics are a bit crap i used my phone, cant wait to chop em down and smoke em lol.

 

[justparanoid]

They look a little thirsty to me, but im a hydro grower. Subbed for this journey.

 

[qtronix]

They look a little thirsty to me, but im a hydro grower. Subbed for this journey.

i used peat block things to plant them in,they look like there in soil in the put but i put a bit around to hold the peat block in place. i had to soak them before i put the seeds in so they are still wet but i dont think that they have any food in the peat, so i mixed a little bit of mg up and spayed it into the soil do you think this will help. i was trying not to over water them.
adam

 

[justparanoid]

Be real careful with nutrients at this stage, wait for the true leaves to show themselves.
I thought they were thirsty because one was drooping but then i noticed it was the false leaves. a few weeks vegging and you will forget all about small plants haha

 

[desertrat]

your babies are stretching pretty badly from too little/too far away lighting. if you're using fluorescents you should keep them within a couple of inches of the top of the plant. as they are, your babies may not have strong enough stems to support a decent plant. you should add more dirt to the containers so you fill the whole pot and cover some of the stem. if you keep the lights closer from here on you'll be ok.

 

[qtronix]

your babies are stretching pretty badly from too little/too far away lighting. if you're using fluorescents you should keep them within a couple of inches of the top of the plant. as they are, your babies may not have strong enough stems to support a decent plant. you should add more dirt to the containers so you fill the whole pot and cover some of the stem. if you keep the lights closer from here on you'll be ok.

yes iam using flurescents i have a light box about 10in away with 5 tubes from the top of the plant, plus 2 long tubes one each side. do you think the tubes on the sides are a bad idea, ill move the lights closer and fill with more dirt thanks

 

[desertrat]

do you think the tubes on the sides are a bad idea?

side lights can be very useful when the plant becomes too big for fluorescent light to penetrate below the top canopy, but they don't really help much at this stage. oh, and it helps to have a small oscillating fan blowing gently on your plants to make the stems even stronger and to keep fresh air circulating around the leaves.

 

[qtronix]

side lights can be very useful when the plant becomes too big for fluorescent light to penetrate below the top canopy, but they don't really help much at this stage. oh, and it helps to have a small oscillating fan blowing gently on your plants to make the stems even stronger and to keep fresh air circulating around the leaves.

i have a fan but didnt want to point it at the plants incase it damaged them, ive just topped the soil up and moved the lights closer, they have growed about another 1cm i was like wtf lol.the last pics where only taken about 5 hours ago. this is the top its starting to look like a plant now pmsl.
qtronix

 

[qtronix]

could i just put these under the mh lights now to make them grow, i have some hps aswell should i just wack them under the will it hurt the plant being this young. just check on them again and they seem to be doing really well so iam happy .
qtronix