Indoor Seedling refuses to stand tall... Should I be worried?

[WilliamNewbridge]

Hey All,

Just a week into a new grow with a whole new indoor setup.

I have two healthy looking seedlings from Fastbuds with the left being a Fastberry and the right being a Smoothie.

My question is about the Smoothie seedling on the right. It is a day behind the Fastberry nowbut seems to be growing quickly. The concern is the stem seems hunched over and refuses to stand tall like the Fastberry.

Fastberry:

Smoothie:

I am not seeing any signs she is unhealthy elsewhere and she has been like this ever since she opened up. That was before I moved them under the QB 288 and into the tent.

There is an oscillating fan softly blowing on them and the light is 24 inches away with no real signs of stress on the leaves. As you can see the Fastberry seems to love the light. I have also tried positioning it differently and doesn't really make a difference.

Anything to be concerned about?

So far I have germinated 8 seeds and never had one so bent over like this.

Will it correct itself eventually?

 

[Arthur]

I don't see much to be concerned with. Is she leaning towards or away from the light? Looks like shes getting a little blasted... how high do you have the QB set? Height/power?

 

[WilliamNewbridge]

Yeah I was thinking light but no change after raising it a bit so I put it back down.

The light is a HLG135 running at full power at 24 inches or so.

I have been watching for light burn or signs of heat stress and other than the slightly bent stem there doesn't seem to be any.

The Fastberry has always been thicker and standing strait up so I was trying not to change anything or worry too much.

No stunting or slow growth though. She broke geound almost a full day behind the Fastberry but seems to actually be catching up.

Been feeding a light feed of General Hydroponics Flora series with some Calimagic PHd to 6 to 6.2.

Tent is usually 75 to 77 degrees and never any hotter than 79 that I have seen. Drops to 72 to 73 when lights are out.

 

[LazyNhazy]

Fan in tent to make them strong? Anything you do at this young will either kill them or make them stronger. I have 4 qb120s with 320w and at 12" my lux is maxed. So for seedling I would think light at 24" would be okay.

 

[LazyNhazy]

Meter maxes at 42k I forgot in last post.

 

[WilliamNewbridge]

Fan in tent to make them strong? Anything you do at this young will either kill them or make them stronger. I have 4 qb120s with 320w and at 12" my lux is maxed. So for seedling I would think light at 24" would be okay.

Several fans...

One on the ground moving air around the pots... One above blowing from under the light up towards the exhaust... And a small USB oscillating fan over the pots...

 

[WilliamNewbridge]

I don't see much to be concerned with. Is she leaning towards or away from the light? Looks like shes getting a little blasted... how high do you have the QB set? Height/power?

Oh and leaning slightly away from the light. Kinda 7 Oclockish...

 

[Arthur]

Am betting she's getting a little too much light. At this stage I have my cobs at about 60% power. Can you dim some or raise?

 

[WilliamNewbridge]

Am betting she's getting a little too much light. At this stage I have my cobs at about 60% power. Can you dim some or raise?

Even when I had them under a single CFL each it was like that though... Didn't just start with the QB.

I can definitely raise them. I had them at about 28 to start and it was the same.

My concern was not enough light and stretching.

With the Fastberry taking the light so well I figured unless I saw any major signs of light or heat damage it would eventually get used to it.

Been 4 days now I believe and no change wither way...

Hmmm

 

[Arthur]

For a week, it's a little early to get concerned, it's not too odd to toss a weird leaf, or odd pattern at the start. First couple weeks there's not a lot of change above ground, all the growing is being done underground.