10 days old..purpleness, seeing flys, and some plants look demented

so i got 11 plants growing in a homemade 4x2x4' box under 24/7 of 400w MH light in a cooltube attached to a 435cfm CF fan at full speed, temps are always between 65-70F, the light is about 10" away from tops....im seeing most the stems are purple and the bottoms of some of the plants leaves have patches of purple...i have a speed controller on the way so the temps can shoot up a little bit more...i also just watered them with some nutrients today....some of the plants look kinda deformed too bendin all over the place with weird lookin leaves, one of them is a runt smaller than all the others and its so fucked up i feel like..its all curly and small and purple?? idnnn....also im seeing fuckin flys that like to hide under the pots.....any infor?? thanks

looks like it may be some nute burn?
what kind of soil did you use? some soil has nutrients and doesnt require feeding for first few weeks.

those flies are fungus gnats. they came with the soil. the egg or larvae were present, and hatched.

captain chronizzle said:

those flies are fungus gnats. they came with the soil. the egg or larvae were present, and hatched.

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can this be stopped or what??

I hang bright yellow sticky boards around my plants. The color attracts the gnats and as soon as they land, they are done. I also caught 1 moth and 4 big spiders!

See your other thread you posted. I replied about your soil. Don't grow in Miracle Grow if possible.

get some azamax and water with that to get rid of your gnats, its good stuff
when you re-pot add some perlite to your mix, your soil looks like it can be aerated more.
the purple is a phosphorus deficiency maybe from cooler temps or acidic medium, its aggravated by compacted soil
400w 10" away from seedling is too close move it away.

62Blunts said:

can this be stopped or what??

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spray neem oil into your soil.