New Grower T-5 G13 auto pineapple-express. First grow advice defiantly needed.

[Jeezydakid]

DAY 7: from cfl to t5

Had a long white root popping out of 6 cubs, 4 sets of leaves showing for each.
Mixed into 2 tbl spoons of of dolomite lime.
I have been following for the most part the readings from (seemorebuds)
I lined the bottom of my pots with a layer of newspaper. Then dropped in my soil.
Then put my cubes in, check it out!
Running 6 veg 2 bloom bu,bs
Recommendation 20/4
18/6
Or 24hr running.?

Another questions. I have my lights bout 6-7" away temps and humidity are perfect from there.
I've seen people keep them pretty close
But I dunno bout 8 tube ho

I sprinkled with some water nothing too crazy.
When should first descent watering be,?

 

[Jeezydakid]

Another question if I can get some love,
At 8 days of age and the leaves have came out I hear that "droopy" leaves means more water is needed, is that the case with a baby plant that's been we'll soaked in the rw cubes?
Should I be dropping some water over the whole cube and baby plant and soil itself?

 

[wg]

Keep an eye on the cubes, make sure they're moist... not soaked, but nice and moist - also, did you water the soil before putting the cube in? The roots will search for water once in the pot causing them to continue to grow.

Light should be fine, you can raise 'em a bit to stretch the plants early on.. I usually do between 8-12" with my T5HO 4bulb..

I'd be watering around the cubes for now, the edges of them - the drooping can be overwatering more likely than underwatering.. I haven't used RW all that often, but I do know it stays pretty moist.

For lights, 24/0 or 20/4 until sex, then 18/6 or 20/4 whichever you can afford to run. As long as the plant gets some rest I think it'll be more productive than if it didn't.

 

[Jeezydakid]

Day:7

Keep an eye on the cubes, make sure they're moist... not soaked, but nice and moist - also, did you water the soil before putting the cube in? The roots will search for water once in the pot causing them to continue to grow.

Light should be fine, you can raise 'em a bit to stretch the plants early on.. I usually do between 8-12" with my T5HO 4bulb..

I'd be watering around the cubes for now, the edges of them - the drooping can be overwatering more likely than underwatering.. I haven't used RW all that often, but I do know it stays pretty moist.

For lights, 24/0 or 20/4 until sex, then 18/6 or 20/4 whichever you can afford to run. As long as the plant gets some rest I think it'll be more productive than if it didn't.

Ya I watered where I dug the little hole to put the cube and have watered Round the cube.
Well my new fav thing about sleep is waking up to some rapid growth in the morning thx for the help!
Ps, already ordered my next auto batch . Dinafem ww auto and the. Maxi gom!!

 

[wg]

MaxiGom is a monster man, I haven't grown it but I've seen the threads on it. Where's some shots of the new growth! Gotta share!

 

[Jeezydakid]

DAY 8: ehhhhhh.

All got there nice leaves and moving on up towards the t5
Check out the one who has a little yellow on the leaves.
Lights too close?

 

[Jeezydakid]

DAY:9 (what's the deal)

My temperatures are ok.
I did 20/4 lighting for the first time yesterday
I woke up to the same exact size the plants have been for the last 2 days.
What am I doing wrong? And even one off my plants looks bent over
And the rest look kind of droopy.
HELP!

The first pic is my best looking one
The 2nd pic is the worst looking one.
Any thoughts
Are my plants behind schedule.
Day 9 including like 3ish days of germination.

 

[wg]

Are there any dead spots in your light? Where's it not "as strong" the seedling may be reaching towards a stronger source of light. Your media looks wayyyy too wet. That will stunt the plants significantly and keep them at that stage for an additional week or so. Let the media dry up while the plant searches for water. If the roots don't have oxygen and don't have to search for water, there's no way for plant to grow brother.

Drooping = overwatering...

 

[Jeezydakid]

Are there any dead spots in your light? Where's it not "as strong" the seedling may be reaching towards a stronger source of light. Your media looks wayyyy too wet. That will stunt the plants significantly and keep them at that stage for an additional week or so. Let the media dry up while the plant searches for water. If the roots don't have oxygen and don't have to search for water, there's no way for plant to grow brother.

Drooping = overwatering...

Totally weird, that baby plant who was drooping over, stood straight back up?
Like an hour after I turned my lights back on from the 4 hours off.
Got it less water.

 

[wg]

I don't mean the overwatering caused the seedling to lay down. I guess it was not dead spots in the light though. Maybe it just needed some rest, lol.

Less water will let them grow quite a bit more.