Young plants stems very soft/bendy. T5?

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McFrosticles

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First time starting with a t5, happy with the way they look so far but the stems seem very soft and bendy, couple are flopping over from the weight of the leaves. 18 days from soaking seeds in water/rhizo. Don't seem to have stretched too much. Added silica yesterday and they'll be needing a feed tomorrow. Should I move them under a MH 400w? Was hoping to wait until they were transplanted in a pot which holds a decent amount of water, as I'm hand watering them and not on hand 24 hours a day
 
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3rd Monkey said:
I only see one "bent" plant, likely moving towards the light. Do you have a fan on them?
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Yeah I have an oscillating fan blowing. Not that they're be t, just the stems feel very soft and bendy. Usually have a little twiggyness to them by now.

Bernie420 said:
You probably dont need to move them till they are physically bigger than the light they are in.
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  1. I'm just wondering if they would do better under mh but yeah I'd rather they outgrew this light
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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McFrosticles said:
Yeah I have an oscillating fan blowing. Not that they're be t, just the stems feel very soft and bendy. Usually have a little twiggyness to them by now.



  1. I'm just wondering if they would do better under mh but yeah I'd rather they outgrew this light
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They're still pretty bendy for a while. I don't even start bending my stems until the third node is pushed out strong.
 
Logan Burke

Logan Burke

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I don't think that anything is wrong with your plants. At that age, their stems are pretty bendy and weak simply because their root system is weak. With that being said, I'd say your plants would still benefit more from being under a 400w MH than the cfl's. More light the better, and they're at an age that they can tolerate it. Just keep plenty of distance between them and the light.
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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Logan Burke said:
I don't think that anything is wrong with your plants. At that age, their stems are pretty bendy and weak simply because their root system is weak. With that being said, I'd say your plants would still benefit more from being under a 400w MH than the cfl's. More light the better, and they're at an age that they can tolerate it. Just keep plenty of distance between them and the light.
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Using T5.
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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Chip Green said:
Ok, so I've never seen seedlings growing in croutons before today....
But seriously, cure my ignorance here, what is that? Mini rockwool cubes? Is that bulk rockwool? I'm currently befuddled.
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I wondered the same thing haha. I just wasn't gonna ask. God bless you lol.
 
Chip Green

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I can't take this, nobody knows???? WTF is that media those seedlings are in???
Somebody!!!
Tell me those aren't croutons!!!o_O
 
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McFrosticles

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Chip Green said:
You don't know how bad I want them to be croutons.
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Haha yeah they were left overs from a caesar salad, nah they're grodan cubes. Image Compression turned them into crunchy goodness.



They responded well to the silica so might just stick with the T5 for now. Have a few goofy leaves though. Weird thing is the 2 plants with the unhealthy looking leaves have roots packing out the bottom




 

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