help please!!! lighting situation!!!

[ludda215]

i have got one plant growing its my first. so yeah i am new to this my question is i have a single 400 watt H.I.D light on it and its burning the new leaves slowly as they continue to come in what can i do to fix this problem? back under the fluorescent? or maybe a fan? or maybe just less watts? as an experienced grower what would you do???? please help thanks very much!!!

 

[Sinfuldreams]

Get em under floros ASAP.
then come back, How old are they?
400 is way too much for a seedling.

Sin

 

[hogwild]

definately fluoros no doubt about it keep them within 2 inches of the plant dont keep them too close to burn... good luck keep us posted.

 

[Guest]

How old/large is the plant.Are you feeding it anything?Overferting with N will result in leaves that look yellow and burnt also.I just dont see 400W as being to big for just about any plant.I do prefer tube floros for a week or two just 1/2 inch above the tops

 

[Guest]

how close is the 400w to the plant. i have a pairing of 175w MH and 150w HPS (325w) and if it gets closer than 17-18 inches is starts to go above 87deg

 

[Guest]

Vegging plants wil do OK at 90 degreesF if you have an oscillating fan and a cool mist humidifier on them,you'd be surprised too many people think they wont flourish at 90,its not true.75 is better of course,but for folks with temp problems those two items will assure you can veg healthy plants

 

[ludda215]

the plant is about 1- 2 inches bigger than a normal size dixie cup. it is about 2 months old i am trying to get a picture up but its not working the format is wrong so i will continue on that. its not to big cause when it was still a seedling my roomate moved the fluros and put the H.I.D on it and i saved it so i think that may have had some affect on its growth rate. thanks for the help now you know the about how big it is maybe you can help i believe its to big for fluoros what do you think?

 

[JJScorpio]

If it is that old the 400 should not hurt it unless you have it to close or the room is to hot. How big of pot do you have this plant in? Are you sure its not rootbound?

 

[Guest]

id put the 400 further away from the light if it is burning it...and also throw some flouros in there too....cant hurt to have more light....but maybe its just me but it seems that a 400 watter is overkill for 1 plant

 

[ludda215]

okay i got 2 pics of it in my gallery one next to cup for size and the other is an arial view take a look and let me know thanks very much appreciate it. as well as the plant is a little droopy what could be the cause of that? i know i sound dumb but its all new to me thank you very much!!

 

[Guest]

way too big of a pot for that little thing...its growng slow cuz its trying to fill the whole pot with roots before growing plant matter

 

[ludda215]

shitty thing is we just tried to transfer it to a smaller but i am pretty sure the roots have already taken all the space. cause there were tons of roots so many we could not transfer it in scared of it getting transplant shock so i guess i will just use that advice for next time thank you very much another couple questions though if you could help? what are some things to cause the droopiness to go away? and second what do you think of grow kit like so without going hydro? Grow Light System includes:

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