First Grow - help, thoughts, suggestions in exchange for good karma??

DarkStar73

DarkStar73

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Hi everyone. This is my first grow and maybe I'm being paranoid for no reason. However, it seems like my plants have stopped growing over the last three days. Here is my set-up

Day - 10 from seed
Grow Tent - 2x2x5.5
Seeds - 5 Liberty Haze only 4 germed
Lights - 8 blub T5 fixture. Currently, I am running four blue bulbs and two red bulbs.
Medium - CocoGrow
Nutes - none yet but will be using GH floranova Grow once the Cotyldons start to yellow.

At first I had amazing growth - I could see a difference every few hours or so in the size of the plants. All of a sudden, the growth completely stopped. The plants look really healthy though (see pics below). I did notice the coco getting really dry in the small pots and I genuinely had to water every day or other day. I was not over watering - the coco was really bone dry. Last night I decided to transplant into bigger pots. When I took the ladies out of the small pots the roots fully consumed the space - I mean there was a full full root system. Admittedly, I was surprised for such a tiny plant and short amount of time. I also think that my grow space may be very dry. Now that the cooler weather is here and the heat is on on the house, the air gets a lot dryer. I bought a thermometer/humidity detector to see what's going on in that department but that was on my way to work today so I didn't get in the tent yet.

Anyway, I'm concerned because my plants don't seem as big as some of the others I've seen around the same age. Pics are attached of the bigger two (Katie Mae and Delilah Jones....yes I named them!). Any help, thoughts, criticism, praise, suggestions....all in exchange for good karma. Thanks!!!View attachment 2403314View attachment 2403315
 
budbro18

budbro18

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THey probably just need to expand their roots. once they do theyll explode!

also get those fluorescents as close as you can!
 
DarkStar73

DarkStar73

Member
The lights are about 2.5 inches from the plant. I can't get them any closer as they are virtually touching the top of the pots. Thanks man!!
 
jamie497

jamie497

Active Member
I would normally expect them to be a bit bigger after 10 days but they look super green and healthy so don't worry about anything. In the first week or two after germinating the plants roots are what grow really fast, once they've become established the growth of the plant above the ground grows exponentially. Also after transplanting the growth slows a little for a few days due to the stress of the whole affair.

I feel better with a little karma in my pocket.
 
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imchucky666

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DarkStar73 said:
Hi everyone. This is my first grow and maybe I'm being paranoid for no reason. However, it seems like my plants have stopped growing over the last three days. Here is my set-up

Day - 10 from seed
Grow Tent - 2x2x5.5
Seeds - 5 Liberty Haze only 4 germed
Lights - 8 blub T5 fixture. Currently, I am running four blue bulbs and two red bulbs.
Medium - CocoGrow
Nutes - none yet but will be using GH floranova Grow once the Cotyldons start to yellow.

At first I had amazing growth - I could see a difference every few hours or so in the size of the plants. All of a sudden, the growth completely stopped. The plants look really healthy though (see pics below). I did notice the coco getting really dry in the small pots and I genuinely had to water every day or other day. I was not over watering - the coco was really bone dry. Last night I decided to transplant into bigger pots. When I took the ladies out of the small pots the roots fully consumed the space - I mean there was a full full root system. Admittedly, I was surprised for such a tiny plant and short amount of time. I also think that my grow space may be very dry. Now that the cooler weather is here and the heat is on on the house, the air gets a lot dryer. I bought a thermometer/humidity detector to see what's going on in that department but that was on my way to work today so I didn't get in the tent yet.

Anyway, I'm concerned because my plants don't seem as big as some of the others I've seen around the same age. Pics are attached of the bigger two (Katie Mae and Delilah Jones....yes I named them!). Any help, thoughts, criticism, praise, suggestions....all in exchange for good karma. Thanks!!!View attachment 2403314View attachment 2403315
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Don't try and bribe with 'good karma', that makes me feel cheap.... LOL
When they are that young, the plants will alternate between leaf growth, and root growth, so root part is probably what you are seeing (or not seeing) right now.
Be patient.
They look like they are doing fine. :)
Not important, but just curious- You mentioned an 8 bulb fixture, but only 6 bulbs.
Any reason why?
 
DarkStar73

DarkStar73

Member
Thanks Chucky!!! My fixture came with 4 red bulbs and four blue bulbs. I wanted more blue than red - so I shut two red off. Thanks again and may the karma come back to you in abudnantly large yields!!

btw - did dude really just hijack my thread?
 
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imchucky666

Well-Known Member
DarkStar73 said:
Thanks Chucky!!! My fixture came with 4 red bulbs and four blue bulbs. I wanted more blue than red - so I shut two red off. Thanks again and may the karma come back to you in abudnantly large yields!!

btw - did dude really just hijack my thread?
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Looks like it, although he hasn't gotten any replies here yet, IDK about the link.
I paid no attention to it.
I know, it's rude, and happens all the time, but the Jacker usually doesn't get as much response as they would have by starting a thread, but just last week, I was in a thread that got jacked, and for 3 pages, nobody even went back to the OP.
 
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