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Mr.lahey

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my seedlings were doing sooo good now all the sudden my biggest one wich is only a couple inches is leaned all the way over at first i thought it was over feed its in a aeroponics set up but i turned of the pumps and she still leaned all the way over
any ideas
 

bud nugbong

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i had started a bunch of seedlings one time and the tallest one had to be 6-7 inches before all the other got to 4 and it fell over like yours. i think it was because it got too tall before it could thicken up its stem. it was laying sideways but the leaves where still "facing up" i let it be and a day or 2 later it had stood back up on its own. maybe this is whats happening to you. hope that helps
 

CabinetBuds

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Do you have a fan blowing on them?? cause too much air movement too young can have that effect. Pictures would help man!
 

Vento

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Top heavy ?.... or just weak ? .... Lights to far away may have streached them without building up stem strenth ?

How far are you lights away ? How old is your plant ?

an yeah ... As Mr Bud's said ... pics would be a big help :)
 

Mr.lahey

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to lazy for pictures i think it could be to thin a stem loookin at them the others have thicker stems hers seeems to be skinnyer in the middle maybe cause it bent over i put a little post in there for her to lean on
 

Brick Top

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It could be stretch caused by insufficient lighting/improperly positioned lighting and it could be caused by damping off disease. Are there any visible signs of a problem other than the leaning? Are the stems thinner and darkened at or just above the soil? If you did not have a fan moving air around them the stems would not grow as thick as fast as they otherwise would. Lateral movement in stems and branches cause increased growth/stem and branch thickening/strengthening. Without such growth plant stems and branches will be weaker.
 

Mr.lahey

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ya i got a small fan in there right now on low there kinda thinnner and red or purple i just thought cuz it gets below 70 in there at night
 

Mr.lahey

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also its only a cfl grow im going to get a small hps for flowering this is bagg seeed out of reall nice purple kush so i hope it turns out there is 2 t5s 6400 lummens each and to cfls i got a few more i plug them in to power bars and hang it on my home made hood its only my second grow
 

akgrown

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bring the lights within 1-2' of you plants, that is classic stretch. closer the lights the tighter it grows.
 

Mr.lahey

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it seems like its getting worse the leaves are all dropy kinda loooks like it going to die
since the sprinklers dont really do much to feed them iv been pouring a little of ph water and kickstart on top the rock woool
 

Vento

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it seems like its getting worse the leaves are all dropy kinda loooks like it going to die
since the sprinklers dont really do much to feed them iv been pouring a little of ph water and kickstart on top the rock woool

No more water man :) ... If you over do it the thing will drown or just go to sleep , Without the time to look back at your prior posts on the forum and not knowing what kind of experience you have ... i can only tell you how i would like to be told if i was doing something wrong and somone was helping me ...so here it is ... Bottom line ...

No more warter ... you will kill it ... the roots are being deprived of oxygen and the plants chemical reaction to that is to SHUT DOWN .... No more water ...OK ?

It's tall and skinny like that coz it's streaching up looking to get as close to the light sorce as it can ... this is bad ... Get the light about 2-3 inches from the top of it .... your aim is to get the stem to stop going upwards and to fatten up ..... If you keep watering it it will switch off till it drys out and the roots can breath again ..so again ..no more water :) ...... if you have a small clear plastic cup ... spray the inside with some fresh warter and sit it on top ... the leaves will suck in the moisture but dont wet the plant any more .

you want it moist ..close to the light and drying up :)

You prolly know all this allready ... but like i said ... im telling you what i see and how i would like to be told if i never knew :)

Hope it works out ... keep us posted :)

Good Luck :)
 

cowboylogic

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Should have read through the thread Vento. Aeroponic system. Looks like your going to be another one of Riddles deciples.
 

Vento

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Should have read through the thread Vento. Aeroponic system. Looks like your going to be another one of Riddles deciples.
Ghhhaa ... would you belive me if i told you i was not even stoned when i read and replyed to this post to ? hahah ..:) oops

I think with it being so tiny like that the roots will not have grown down to much though no ?.... so even though i missed that bit my advice is still sound ?..would you agree ?... closer light ... let it dry up a little so the little root is not starved of oxeygen in that soaked rockwool ? .

I just looked at it for what i seen and tryed to advise or express what i would do to try and revive the poor thing heheh :)... Its clear im no expert ...just saying what i see and how i would deal with it really :)

Im willing to accept it might not be the right way .... coz like most of us i have been plenty wrong in the past about a lot of stuff haha :)

I see it a bit like this .... im not a vet but if somone was to bring me a sick dog i would try and look at what the dog needs to make it better and try that in the hope that it worked .... But in a room full of vets ... my idea might be something they never thought of :)

My intent was to help the OP out ...and im keen to do that ...if im wrong ...lets hope one of the other vets is right :)

Thanks for the heads up though :) <3




OP hows that little bugger doing today anyways ?
 

cowboylogic

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it seems like its getting worse the leaves are all dropy kinda loooks like it going to die
since the sprinklers dont really do much to feed them iv been pouring a little of ph water and kickstart on top the rock woool
Let the roots find the aero system. If you keep top feeding they have little need to search. Plus it sounds like the extra water is drowning them. I would get the lights closer and let the system do its thing.
 

Vento

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Let the roots find the aero system. If you keep top feeding they have little need to search. Plus it sounds like the extra water is drowning them. I would get the lights closer and let the system do its thing.
Agreed :) hehe
 

Mr.lahey

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there all dead egcept on and she is starting to fall over im hoping to keep her going and alteast get some clones i was thinking it was the heat from the cheap cfls i had with the t5s i toook them all out except the t5s and i cut a pop bottle in half and sprayed water in it and lowered the lights to top of the bottle im not sure what to do but i dont wanna lose it
 
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