Indoor Grow, Photo WW seeds sprouted 5 days apart any worries?

[crunchyfrog]

I planted 4 photo, WW, feminized seeds and they sprouted / broke ground on days 3, 5, 6, and 8. I am thinking from first to last (5 days) there will be a little lag and not as much vegetative growth before flipping. In my previous grows, my seeds have always sprouted within a day of each other so there was little difference but the first ones out of the ground always seemed to be a little bit ahead of the others throughout the entire grow. I am wondering if there will be even more of a difference now that they are 5 days apart? Should I consider doing to try to "stunt" the head starters (like moving out of the tent for a day or so) to let the slowest one catch up? Just curious of others experience with indoor grows with significantly different "sprout" time. Thank you for your comments.

 

[DabberDog]

Let them do their thing.
Experience says the quick starters are not always the best plants. The slow starters are not always the not-best plants.

 

[Ckbrew]

Let them ride. 5 days difference at this stage is nothing. When they get flipped it will all be a distant insignificant memory.

 

[crunchyfrog]

Thanks. Didn’t Einstein say “what pops up first is not always right and what is right does not always pop up first” or something like that ha ha.

 

[DabberDog]

Einstein or Budda. Same thing.

 

[golfnrl]

Seeds sprouting at different times has happened to me more than once. Sometimes it's because of my unique germination skills (still refining that process) and sometimes it's the seeds.

Comments are spot on. When this happens to me it just means that my light might be higher on one side than the other. It looks a little lopsided but it really is not a big deal. I have not noticed any adverse affect on the growth or development of the plants. I have made a staggered harvest and waited a few days to chop the later starters though, again, not a thing.

 

[ductwizard]

were they all planted at the EXACT same depth? 1/8" deeper might mean a days diff.

 

[crunchyfrog]

Thanks for the comment, I did the best I could with the exact same depth but I have no real way of knowing for certain.