Need Help With Fresh Clones!!!

OK, Well I wanted to know, right after you plant rooted clones in their new medium, when do you start the 24Hr Light Veg. Stage?

I got some new clones yesterday and right when I got them, I put them in soil, added some water with B1, and put them under a 600w MH. After a hour of two they looked bad...
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So, then I turned the light off and let them rest, Now they're looking better...
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What was I doing wrong? What should my next steps be?

Thanks

 

You can put rooted clones under HID's as soon as they're rooted.
But if they were rooted under flo's, you need to raise the HID to several feet higher than normal initially, the lower it a few inches/day.

 

Makes sense. They seem to love my neon Corona light right now
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Whenever I put them under my HIDs, They shrivel up fast. Only the two, the third, my Lavender, is a tough one.
And when you say several feet higher, how many is several. I was told 20in. was good for HIDs so I need like what, 36in?

Thanks Again

 

Try 2.5'.

 

Thanks

 

looking at those plants makes me very sad poor babys