Hello, I have some persian white poppies growing, they are about 2 weeks old.
I started them in a jiffy greenhouse in pet pucks, they sprouted in about 3 days, at which point I moved them under a slanted ceiling skylite which recieves lots of sun.. The stem seem to be elongating to much so I prewetted some new pet pucks and transplanted 6 of 16, putting the stem deep, leaving just the leaves showing. The other 10 I transplanted in jiffy cups, leaving about a cm of stem exposed, with a soil mix of 1 part perlite, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part peat, and 1 part moisture retaining soil with plant food mixed good for 6 months. Then I placed all plants in a small tinfoiled cupboard, with a 35 inch long flouresnt light.
They all seem to be growing, just slow, I have them on a 12/12 light schledule and almost all plants have 6-7 small leaves, but none that look like cabbage. Its usually room temp at night and above that during the lighting period, possibably 25 - 27+ degree celius . They get misted daily, and when soil seems real dry I gently pour water around the outside of the plant.
I also stabbed a bunch of holes all around the jiffy cups before transplanting to help with drainage and root development once transplanted to bigger 10 inch + pots.
My question is regarding to temp and light, am I keeping the area to warm, should I try cooling in some way like a small fan. And is the small flouresent light enough to keep growing till conditions outside are suitable, pending they dont out grow the space. Also I heard poppies like cooler climates, can i transplant them outside when the temp is around 10-15 degree celius or would it stunt and shock them coming from a warmer indoor area.