Seedling, NO internodal spacing, too much blue?

.RootDown

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I don't know if this is a problem yet, and it's probably too early to make changes- but I'd like some advice on my seedling. There seems to be no internodal spacing between leaves so far. I'm concerned that I have too much blue spectrum, should I be? That's the third set of leaves after the cotyledon.

Details:
2X QB288v2, fully dimmed (should be around 85W)
2X QB11 blue strips, HLG-40H-36A driver fully dimmed (current adj range 0.67 ~ 1.12A)
The fixture is 36" high, delivering a total of 220umoles
Germinated in a Rapid Rooter surrounded by FoxFarms Oceans Forest
daytime temps around 85F humidity 78%, Leaf Surface Temp 79F
Early on I noted some light stress, raised fixture to 36", originally it was 24" delivering 330umoles total. The leaves are showing less curling.



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oldbeancounter

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I had a question outside your post.
I have found the holes on the Rapid Rooter quite deep do you plant at bottom of rotor each time?

As far as the too much blue I have never tried that much but will be watching to see how it goes.
 

.RootDown

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I have found the holes on the Rapid Rooter quite deep do you plant at bottom of rotor each time?
No, I place the seed about 1/4" deep.
Maybe my rapid rooter is a different brand... My hydro store gave me a handfull of them so I don't have any packaging. I make a hole with a pen, and cover the seed with some of the material removed.
 

OLD MOTHER SATIVA

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a little premature to be worrying about there son..

i have grown and flowered plants awesome with 5000k

your led worries are just worries

be happy..and be careful with that ocean forest.

i can already see some weirdness from it and its not from the lights

don't get so hung up on docktalk..or umols or possible problems from leds

the rest of the equation is more important

all the best
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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you can move your plants a little farther from the light, and red will make them stretch more than blue, but a lot of it is genetic. all you can really do is provide them a good environment.
if that strain doesn't have the traits you want, try another, there are variations within phenotypes, but not that much
 
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