please help seedlings bending over, leaves drooping down

hi, i am new to growing and i have 2 seedlings that are 7 days old, i have been spaying them with water with a ph of 6.8 and respraying them when the soil looks dry, i have 3 20w cfl's on them at the min, i used some miracle grow plant feed on them about 3 days ago, later that day one of the leaves on one of the plants looked unhealthy and the next day the stem bent over, i propped it up and loosely tied it and now the leaves are drooping down, i am watering as normal, any advice would be great thanks........the other plant is fine and healthy ?

Well, you should never feed them when they're that young.Are the edges of the leaves brown?How close are your lights? Are you going to water them the normal way?How often do you end up watering?

wombatt said:

hi, i am new to growing and i have 2 seedlings that are 7 days old, i have been spaying them with water with a ph of 6.8 and respraying them when the soil looks dry, i have 3 20w cfl's on them at the min, i used some miracle grow plant feed on them about 3 days ago, later that day one of the leaves on one of the plants looked unhealthy and the next day the stem bent over, i propped it up and loosely tied it and now the leaves are drooping down, i am watering as normal, any advice would be great thanks........the other plant is fine and healthy ?

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i end up spraying them with water 2-3 times a day the edges of the leaves are not brown and the lights are about 8" away from the top of the pots thanks for your interest......

EDIT.Get the lights about two inches away, they're probably stretching.Are you saturating the soil each time?

wombatt said:

i end up spraying them with water 2-3 times a day the edges of the leaves are not brown and the lights are about 8" away from the top of the pots thanks for your interest......

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if the whole stem bent over your prolly not watering enough. Just spraying the top of the soil may not be enough.

i have a pic of the plant

Well, post that sucker!

wombatt said:

i have a pic of the plant

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here are some pics thanks for the interest.....

Well, number 1, they're WAY stretched.You need to get those lights within two or three inches.Number 2,You need to water the soil,until a little comes out the bottom,to get the water to the roots.Wait till the soil is dry about an inch in, and do it again.Usually every two or three days.Don't nute them until they're about thrity days old.Get a fan blowing on them to strengthen the stems.If you plan to grow with cfl's, get more, and try to get bigger ones.You'll need daylight cfl's for veg.They are a bright bluish white.The color temp is 6500k.Warm whites are for flower.They are reddish white.The color temp is 2700k.

wombatt said:

here are some pics thanks for the interest.....

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i have dropped the light and propped the plant up the leaves are curling a bit thanks.....

It may be too far gone, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

wombatt said:

i have dropped the light and propped the plant up the leaves are curling a bit thanks.....

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hi thanks i have dropped the light and waterd but nothing came out the bottom i have a fan blowing from high in the wardrobe but its not hitting them much, i have a 250w blue spec light on its way will that be enough for the lighting ? thanks for the quick replys and i wont put any more plant food on thanks again...

Yeah, don't spray, pour water on the soil and wet it. Move the fan closer every few days, blow those stems back and forth, that will strengthen them. If you have a 250 watt metal halide on the way,You should be ok with those three plants.Probably not any more.

wombatt said:

hi thanks i have dropped the light and waterd but nothing came out the bottom i have a fan blowing from high in the wardrobe but its not hitting them much, i have a 250w blue spec light on its way will that be enough for the lighting ? thanks for the quick replys and i wont put any more plant food on thanks again...

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yo first off i wouldnt put that miracle grow shit yet its a too early slowly introduce the nutes after a week, puttin nutes within the first week aint really good and ye light bit closer, if the curls arnt to bad then dw so much atm bout that youd rather avoid stretchin them coz theyll just fall over, oh and i heard that miracle grow aint really that good
good luck

i am getting a 250w cfl blue spec will that be enough light for 5-6 plant or will i need more thanks ? what soil do yous use ?

aint even gonna lie but that first one propped up is pretty pitaful but shit the other two are doing alright fur sure. Good luck homie im having similur problems as well

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