slow grow?

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I noticed that my plants dont seem to grow those days!! before i left town i was noticing the growth every day but now they are very slow or maybe the dont even move? why is this?

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[Wise Man]

What are you growing in,hydro/soil?...How often ya feeding?..lighting?

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im growing in soil that i get from my home garden, i keep the lights on 24 hours a day, yestsrday i took the flouro lights down and put the plants under 400w MH light. i keep the light about 21 inches away from the plant..i didnt feed the plants yet im afraid to burn them!! ihave tommato food some friends told me it work with all plants > should i use some with every watering? is every thing im doing ok?

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[akirahz]

how old are they and how big are the pots

[Wise Man]

Whats the NPK ratio on the tomato food?

And what A said.

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the plants about 3 weeks old, they are about 3inches tall. the pots im using now is a big water bottels that i cut the up side. but i have other big pots im planning to move the plants soon..

it says on the back of the tommatos food box you should use 1 level teaspoon per 9 liters (2 gallons) in root feeding with every watering - then foliar feeding 1/2 teaspoon per 9 liters every 7 days - then ring culture same amount twice weekly until 4th truss forms, then 3 times weekly..

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[akirahz]

how big are the water bottles? could they be root bound?

When a plant stops growing does this not mean its root system is unable to support rapid growth for the plantae?

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In the beggining i thought that the rotts might need more space!! but when i asked some of the members they said you can grow a mature flower plant in a very small pot??

The bottles size is regular bottels that contains 1.5 litters of water

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[timdog4]

3 weeks and only 3 inches tall, somethings definately wrong. I dont think being 3 inches tall that it is root bound. How far were the floros away from tops? If the mh doesnt help then I would say it might be the soil. I would go get the best POTTING SOIL you can find, I use fox farms but not everyone has access to this. Then transplant into your other pots, I like to use superthrive when I transplant, and you should notice some growth. What are your temps with lights on and off? Do you have fans to move air? I am no pro but I read alot and am in my first grow and it is going great. Hope this helps and good luck.

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thanks timdog.. i keept the floros about 4 inches from top of plant, and yes i have a fan..

Maybe its slow growing because i left the plants for about 5 days with out watering and when icame backe i didnt notice that the grow much , but before i left every thing was perfict iwas noticing growth every 3 hours