seedlings fell over

[lukasunky]

Thanks for the answers,

the stems are about 10cm long so thats about.. 3-4 inches?
I'll try putting a layer ov dirt over the rockwool, cause i was looking at pictures from my previous grow and i saw that i coverd my first plants in that manor aswell..

Im not quite understanding the aluminium part..? sorry

The light is now 40-50cm from the plants, should i put it closer? its a 250w hps light

Thanks

 

[don]

50 cm should be fine at this stage i would not push them harder than that yet

 

[lukasunky]

great, and the dirt over the rockwool seems to be working aswell, did it yesterday and the plants seem to be fine!! woop woop

thanks guys

 

[don]

good to hear mate ive had it happen a fair few time
never effected them in the long run!

 

[lukasunky]

Now thats what i wanted to hear )

 

[Awdi]

hi guys, have planted a autof.; the plant did very good in the first 2-3 days and then it fall down. to be more specific, i planted the AF seed direct in the final bucket, and after almost 48 hours i saw the sprout and after some good hours(6-8) i found her on the ground. i uploaded a pic of the fallen one, maybe some will get a better idea what is happening/wrong with her - what i can say is that: I didnt germinate the seed, didnt give any mega-light /UV light; I keep things VERY simple, like, I only made the holes in the bucket, mixed the soil with perlite, made 1-2.5 cm hole, put few drops of water, the seed in, covered it(soft) and thats is, I left it be; in the 3rd day, when the srout was already "collapsed" I gave it a very small amount of water, that would be a bottled water lid of water
so guys, since lots of you know better than me, what can I do to "heal" the plant/sprout, i dont care if it dies or about the work that i did, I just want to do something if there is something to do so it continue her "job"

 

[Waira]

..Awdi-- what's your light source, and distance from the seedling? it's niot uncommon for them to get top heavy and flop over,.. use a small skewer or toothpick to prop her up,.. the stem will harden some shortly, and she'll be fine then,...

 

[Awdi]

..Awdi-- what's your light source, and distance from the seedling? it's niot uncommon for them to get top heavy and flop over,.. use a small skewer or toothpick to prop her up,.. the stem will harden some shortly, and she'll be fine then,...

hey Waira, ty for helping; OK, its like this, but dont laugh, i have a normal 18W neon as the light source for the plant, taped a cloth with aluminum foil so that the light and the small amount of heat from the neon is "preserved" ; now i know thats not what i need to use/how its done but when i grow i try to use as less as i can money and to make the perfect environment for the plant would cost me lot of money; i'm well aware that the plant is not going to be strong(THC) as she could be
thing is, I won 1 autof. seed and said ok lets see what we got here and so i started to grow it

i found the problem for the little thing - light, that was her problem, so i leave the light on non-stop cause its 18W/hour, so its very cheap

P.S i appreciate new ideas