cant get past seedling stage help!

voodoofx

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the only nutes used were AN jumpstart. so lets say im starting my grow. i put seeds into paper towel on my heat mat till they germinate. till then ill get my rockwool ready by flushing it with alot of water then soak it over night in 5.5 phed water? am i correct so far? the shake access water from the cubes. them take my germed seeds an place them into the cubes in the dome with my heat mat on. so far so good?
That is what I do. After many roots are showing I put into a 6 inch cube. I leave under CFLs for another week [top feeding, weak mix]. I then start putting them under 400w for a couple of hours, gradually increasing the time. Next I put them in an ebb and flow for 2 or 3 weeks veg. Then its 600w for flower.
I've been messing around with topping. Pics below.
 

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monyman

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no worries mylar, means "at the moment".
Ehy man i use little rock wool cubes i soak them the night prior in phof aroud 6 a squeez all the water out , and use the but end of my tweezers to make the hole a little larger(all this occures after germanating)i place the tap root facing down and have the seed just down past the top of teh cube

I have a black grow tray from the hardware store it came with peat pellits (i use for outdoors) it also came with a hood . I have replaced the hood with a 10" heigh hood for clones. any way i have a heat pad from the pet shop 30$ and a 2 foot florecent light hanging over top of teh hood. The tray has channels in it for water to sit and the majority of teh rookwool cube is not in the water. I allow for alot of root to show before i move to my room.

I have experienced the same problem as you in my earlier days. I got to jumpy to getem in to the room when they were not ready. When kept under a hood the leaves retain water aswell as the new small roots.

Whats happening to you is that there is not enough root there to support the leaves when put under MH or HPS and the leaves dry out and it wilts and falls over. Trust me i have been there:wall:

One thing to alwasys remember the roots supply the leaves if there aint much for roots then the leaves have to support themselves.

One thing i have also tried i put a waterbottle over my plant i drilled a few holes in the side to allow for some air movement. This seemed to work great . I needed to movem in to my room asap and i didnt think there was enough root ther to support the plant :sad: On a bright not she smoked beautiful:weed:. I hope some of this is useful
 

Pipe Dream

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when the seedlings have broken the surface you need to immediately get light from a cfl or your 600 if you really wanted to, and you need to take the dome off. Once the seed sprouts that super humid environment will just rot the stem and they will fall over and die also if they dry out they will die.
 

monyman

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when the seedlings have broken the surface you need to immediately get light from a cfl or your 600 if you really wanted to, and you need to take the dome off. Once the seed sprouts that super humid environment will just rot the stem and they will fall over and die also if they dry out they will die.
Well i dono i keep my hood on untill they are able to survive off the root. I guess i do take it off here and there for a hr or so and have holes drilled in the sides and two 2" holes on the top of my hood for air movement:-?
 
Well i dono i keep my hood on untill they are able to survive off the root. I guess i do take it off here and there for a hr or so and have holes drilled in the sides and two 2" holes on the top of my hood for air movement:-?
same, i take it off for five to ten minutes every now and then to get fresh air (carbon) in there.
 
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