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That is a bad ass looking leaf Motaco. I have never seen one like that. Cool find
Make sure your tube lights(fluro's) hang as close to the seedlings as possible (a couple of centimeters)! A 400 watt lamp can be hung as low as 45 cm and a 600 watt lamp as low as 55 cm.
Don't be afraid, the seedlings can very well handle this, even though a good movement of air underneath the lamp is very important (ventilator!).
Make sure you spray in time, until the hull, that may come up when the seed germinates, has dropped off, as well as the protective film which envelopes the seed. This is necessary to prevent the hull and protective film to dry out, which sometimes result in sticking to the germinating seedling, which as a consequence, is hampered in it's development. Stop spraying water when all seedlings are overground, too allow for your seedlings to work at maximum efficiency underground. Offering too much humidity to the leaf often results in a less developed rootsystem. Contrary to clones, seedlings have a reasonable resistance to dry air. When using germinating trays, things often go wrong because of excessive heat and humidity.
Because we germinate and grow our seeds indoors on a warm medium, the plants tend to shoot up rather thinly, which causes weak and excessively high plants. This can only be prevented by hanging the lights as low as possible.
Lowering soil temperature could be an option, if it weren't for the growing speed we don't want to lose.
The biggest mistake being made is: not bringing the light close enough to the developing seedling!
Remember that the first two to three hours partly determine the rest of the plant's life!
bio-forte said:You said that flowering time is unaffected. So your saying an eight week strain will go from seed to maturity in 8 weeks? I've popped beans in the corner of a bloom room before and after a couple weeks they still hadn't shown flowering characteristics. I would just think that the plant would have to develope a bit to increase its levels of flowering hormones(which would be slim to none in a seed) before it completely turned over. Just a thought. Cool idea though. I guess i'd have to seed out a mom or something first to get enough seed to try this. Worth an experiment though.
Berry_Coughin' said:Ya, I just posted on this earlier in this thread.... I do it to get some seeds really quick then kill the males, and revert the girls right after they show they've been pollinated..... peace....
atmosphere said:You should really be serious about those first 3 weeks .Lots of light Some blue light would be even better. By the time they show sex they should be less than 7 inches tall ! This does not meen they have been growing to slow ,they just have been growing wide instead of strechting to the sky.
This one is just 2 inches tall after 12 days from seed :
atmosphere said:Are you talking about the last 3 pics you posted in here ?
philo said:If you mean me. then yes, this 3 pics are nyc diesel x strawberry diesel grown directly under 12/12...