Sprouts top heavy

J

JAdedrapport

Active Member
I got my seeds and in 2 days a lot were already sprouting, got them planted, and it's been a little over a week now. I have a few questions: The two that sprouted first are already about 5 inches, the color, and shape looks great...is that good growth for a week? Secondly, those two seem to be top heavy and are leading over big time now...I finally got a fan in there. Will that help strengthen their stems and the stems of the smaller ones that haven't tipped yet? Is there anything I should do for the two that are leaning big time?
 
J

JAdedrapport

Active Member
spiked1 said:
Not sure about that, 5 inches in a week tells me they are stretching,
which means you need more light.
What are you using for lights?
Can you take some pics?:weed:
Click to expand...

That would explain why only those two have gotten so tall so quickly. I started them out with only a 23w CFL. Now, they're under about 200w of CFL's and the other ones are staying much smaller and not having the top heavy thing happen. Should I add even more light? I have a 400w CFL system I was going to be putting on, but was going to wait until they got bigger.
 
J

JAdedrapport

Active Member
SirCrisp said:
also if they are leaning add a toothpick for support
Click to expand...
Yea, did that as well...well I didn't have a toothpick so I broke a paperclip..I'll switch it out though when I go to the store. The fan I put on them was pretty large, so even on low its strong lol...I'm bouncing it off the wall so it won't blow them over, but they're still wiggling quite nicely. I hope all this will strengthen them.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top