Does the bottom of your solo have holes?. It depends on strain and light I would let em ride a bit longer I'v keept plants in solos for months but I would say give em a week you just want the roots to be strong enough and we'll developed before transplant

gravekat303 said:

Does the bottom of your solo have holes?. It depends on strain and light I would let em ride a bit longer I'v keept plants in solos for months but I would say give em a week you just want the roots to be strong enough and we'll developed before transplant

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Yes they have holes in bottom they drain well I have them under 1000 watt mh dimmed on ballast to 75% about 3 1/2 feet away from plants is that good or should light be closer I just don't want to burn them?

Put your hand at the top of the plants with the back of your hand facing the light. If it feels hot after, I'd say, ten seconds, then the light is too close. So long the soil is adequately moist you should be able to pop them out of the cups and take a look at the root structure. If they've made a decent root ball, transplant. If they haven't yet, wait another week. Easy enough, won't harm them or cause stress as long as you don't manhandle them and destroy the shape of the soil.

tobh said:

Put your hand at the top of the plants with the back of your hand facing the light. If it feels hot after, I'd say, ten seconds, then the light is too close. So long the soil is adequately moist you should be able to pop them out of the cups and take a look at the root structure. If they've made a decent root ball, transplant. If they haven't yet, wait another week. Easy enough, won't harm them or cause stress as long as you don't manhandle them and destroy the shape of the soil.

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That rule applies under such a young clone?
You don't think it's to much light for them to handle?

They're clones, they can handle it. Hell, I've thrown unrooted clones outside with no domes and they've done fine. I'm not saying drop that thing down real close right away, but you can slowly get it closer. The big concern I would have is light bleaching, not so much burning them.

your plants look fine. the tops are reaching up but not extreme, if they were drooping some I would say too close. also if leaves are cupping or curling, could be to hot.
If top leaves are like almost straight up, then you're too far away.
another week or so in cups, check for roots peeking out of drain holes. you could slowly tilt cup and check roots, make sure soil is somewhat moist. if it seem that the soil is going to separate...stop.

Maaaaurice said:

That rule applies under such a young clone?
You don't think it's to much light for them to handle?

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42" away? You are fine. I wouldn't call those clones anymore. (I know what you mean though) But they have passed the rooting stage, & are growing. You're more in the seedling/young plant territory (even though they are still considered clones because they are cuttings from another plant)

I run plants that size a little warmer & more humid though. Do you have another hygro? Often times if you have a single hygrometer you are thinking that temp & humidity are correct. If you were to pick up a different one, sometimes you can swing 3 degrees in either direction, & I've seen 20% humidity differences. I have 3, & I average the readings. I find the more expensive the unit, the higher the readings. I have one that reads 90% humidity almost all the time. You can feel 90% humidity, just by waving your arm through the air, it ain't 90% in there.

So if your 77/66 rh or whatever it is, is really 74 & 50, that's not the optimal environment for that stage in my opinion.

But maybe your 80/75, in which case, I would say you're good. But those look a little cold to me.

Don't go busting your hump to change anything, I'm being very picky/observant. Just trying to give you info to store.

I always had better luck with higher humidity in veg. my .02

Maaaaurice said:

Yes they have holes in bottom they drain well I have them under 1000 watt mh dimmed on ballast to 75% about 3 1/2 feet away from plants is that good or should light be closer I just don't want to burn them?

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MH's can get really very warm! I would dim down to 25%-30%, wait a week then check-in and see how they have responded! Then you can adjust accordingly. Happy Growing!