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Hey there,

so, I’ve started these fastbuds Gorilla cookies which started their life on April 2nd. The looked pretty good in the beginning but now, they seem to be a bit slow and droopy to me ? I may have overwatered once but I am leaving them to dry out now (last watering was on April 15th) since I also gut some fungus gnats :( The one in the middle and the one at the bottom right joined the party later. I am planning to let them dry out a little more and then feed them some nematodes. I also turned the airdomes on 2 days ago but still water by hand.

since they seem a bit “bushy” to me, I put the lights about 80 cm above the plants and turned them to 75% but they still look kinda small and droopy or am I just overreacting 😂.

A bit more setup info:

Strain: Gorilla Cookies
Soil: Canna Bio Terra
Nutrients: Biotabs
Pots: 8,5l autopots with airdomes
Lights: 2x SANlight Evo 4-120 (1.5 Version)
Temps: between 23 and 27 degrees Celsius
Humidty: 32 - 45 %
Exhaust: CanFan Pro 615m³

Should I let them grow further or just reset and start all over again with new seeds ? Sorry for the weird english and the bad pics, got some technical issues :D

Thanks in advance & have a great day !
 

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Hi, I also have Sanlights and I think you give them too much light what is not really needed at 18 days from sprout. I turn mine to 40% and start with some hours of 60% at this stage. When the plants start forming buds it is still time enough to increase to 80% power.
 
Sour Terk said:
Hi, I also have Sanlights and I think you give them too much light what is not really needed at 18 days from sprout. I turn mine to 40% and start with some hours of 60% at this stage. When the plants start forming buds it is still time enough to increase to 80% power.
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Hey, thanks for the reply ! How far away do you put them ? I got them about 80cm away on 75% 😬 not sure if that’s still too much tbh.
 
In my view (caution: seemingly not be the most common), too much light for young plants is not a problem (until it shows up, then you just cull the plant).

I don't adjust to low light levels for young plants; that's not how it works in nature with sprouted seeds getting blasted with full sunlight. I'll keep them in the shade under the canopy for a few days, then I (a lazy grower) put them in their final 5-7 gallon pot and they get full light in the tent along with the plants near harvest that these young plants will soon be replacing. If a young plant shows any problems (can be up to 1 in 5), it simply gets culled. I generally plant 2 seeds of the same strain in each pot, and expect to cull some of the stragglers.
 
Welcome! As other folks have mentioned, your plants look pretty good :cheers:

In terms of your concerns...just keep your environment decent and you're going to have a very full tent soon:
ebnyzord said:
I put the lights about 80 cm above the plants and turned them to 75% but they still look kinda small and droopy or am I just overreacting 😂.
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ebnyzord said:
Lights: 2x SANlight Evo 4-120 (1.5 Version)
Temps: between 23 and 27 degrees Celsius
Humidty: 32 - 45 %
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It looks like your light has PPFD maps here: https://www.sanlight.com/en/news/sanlight-evo-serie-1-5-par-test-ppfd-plots-und-mehr/
and then these should give you some references on generally where to be as things change if it helps:
Leaf-Vapor-Pressure-Deficit-VPD-5.jpeg
PPFD DLI Chart.jpg
AF DLI.jpg
 
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