should I feed these gals yet?

desolation88

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these are 1.5 weeks from seed, they seem a bit off green so I was wondering should I feed them a very low str nute solution yet ? slowest movng seedlings ive had, mind you my MH blew out and for the whole 1.5 week period they've been under HPS. now they are under 400w led till my new MH bulb arrives.

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desolation88

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wouldn't let me post up the pics on the first message, maybe im getting too impatient, but I swear ive never had seedlings move this slow, mind you they already have roots out the seed plugs.

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AlphaPhase

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hard to tell with the hps light on, some strains are just a different color green, I usually don't feed until 2-3 weeks from germination though. Start feeding when the first true set of leaves appear and the cotyledons yellow.
 

desolation88

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ok I gues im just being impatient, cuz they sure seem to be moving uber slow

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BluJayz

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I agree that's too much light for seedlings. Also looks like your humidity fluctuates greatly, does your temperature as well?

Seedlings and clones need stable environment to grow correctly (fast). 74F at the cube and a little higher up by the light is a good place to start.

Also are you using tap water?
 

desolation88

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na I use distilled water. the humidity did that because my meter fell under my humidifier. the humidity is a constant 40-42%, which is the best I can get it because my exhaust running pulls it out so fast. my temp is right now with the led around 74 lights on and 66 lights off. I just got my Mh bulb in today, im going to hook my 400w mh up to increase temps. im running 18/6 atm for light timers. I thought about extending it to 24/0 for a while because the temp gets down so low in there, or maybe even 20/4, that way the temp levels stay up

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BluJayz

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You don't need to raise the temps, that is the right spot.

If it was too cold your stems would be purple, even then you can still grow.

You mentioned allot of moving air. Do the bottom of the cubes feel cold? Sometimes they like heating pad to keep the bottom at 74F too.

Lastly, let them sleep. The plant needs time to re position nutrients and get ready for the next days growth.

If I can spend the $$ I go 20hr-on during veg. Otherwise 17-18 hr on.
 

desolation88

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the cubes dont feel cold, it stays warm in there, 2 of the larger ones are FINALLY showing a tiny bit of growth, as they are barely moving to pop the second set of leaves, but its crazy how slow these seem to be moving.am I Finally got my MH replacement bulb so I set that up today and pulled the led back out to go in the veg closest once these get up n moving ill pull clones from em and move them there, and set these up for flowering in their modular scrogs

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desolation88

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the gals enjoying the mh, you can see on the one to the far right its slowing adding to those new leaves, just slowly. my water ph wouldnt be causing the slowed growth would it? I tested it and its sitting around 7.4-7.6

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