when do i turn on the lights

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dvan2013

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hey guys first grow here . my seed has germinated yesterday and i placed it in the rock wool but its so slow and hasnt changed yet. should i turn the lights on yet ?
 
jeffro

jeffro

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yeah, turn on a florescent and keep it up a foot or so off ur plants until they get a little bigger . . . then bring them down a couple (2) inches off the top . . . that is with florescent only . .
 
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dvan2013

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is that why my other two didnt sprout, i thought the lights had to stay off until they sprouted and the roots couldnt see light... on another note how do i get the seed to sprout with the lights on without the light hitting the moist rockwool doesnt that create algea ?
 
Brother Numsi

Brother Numsi

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Think about it....if you had tossed the seed into your back yard....it would have had light at sun up. Get it going and do more reading :)
Have fun.
 
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dvan2013

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thanks guys i do like readinf but everyone has a different opinnion i figurr i just ask and go with tthe status quo
 
kryptoniteglo

kryptoniteglo

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I'm on my first grow, but so far it's been successful. I started off two ways -- and the better result by far was germinating the seed in the rockwool and putting it under the CFL desk lamp right away. I did keep the cube in a dark closet until the little seedling was popping up just in case I hadn't pinched the opening completely closed and therefore ensuring the seed would pop, grow a tap root and push out the little plant with its cotyledons. But once I could see that, I gave it some light.

Then under the light for 16-18 hours a day until new leaves were growing and the root poked out the bottom. With everything done properly (no nutes, just water), it took 2.5 days to sprout and another 5 days to have new leaves and a root poking through the bottom. Then it went into my hydro system.
 
VTMi'kmaq

VTMi'kmaq

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Brother Numsi said:
Think about it....if you had tossed the seed into your back yard....it would have had light at sun up. Get it going and do more reading :)
Have fun.
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cant go wrong when we mimick mother nature-i;e the (cicadian rythum)Spelling? I have found that alot of questions can be awensered by watching nature.
 
Desr

Desr

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kryptoniteglo said:
just in case I hadn't pinched the opening completely closed and therefore ensuring the seed would pop, grow a tap root and push out the little plant with its cotyledons..
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what are you talking about?? im all about information but i find people getting misinformed quite a bit..the only reason you pinch a seed is to make sure its still viable, that the seed isnt hollow.

EDIT: and its circadian..everything has a circadian rhythm, even humans..
 
Brother Numsi

Brother Numsi

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dvan2013 said:
very well brother desr, gave me some good research info "circadian cycle"
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If you were addressing me, I can only do what most of us already did...and know. circadian cycle as it applies to the plants of our interest; 18/6 for veg and 12/12 for flower.....
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