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Reply With QuoteWas looking at other's grow journals and was thinking that my plants are quite short for the amount of leaves they have. Should i raise lights and try to stretch them alittle before changing to 12/12?
First CFL Grow - Help appreciated
Just getting used to the site but love how informative it is and how helpful everyone seems to be so I thought I would start a grow journal.
I'm growing 12 plants at the moment all started 2/9/09.
4 of the plants are a super crazy Goo x Spider Kush and the rest are unknowns.
I'm growing in a small closet currently vegging with 10 23w CFLs and will then be budding with 3 68w and 4 23w CFLs.
The plants at this point are doing very well. I repotted them all yesterday for the third and final time and they seemed to really enjoy the extra space. Looking nice and perky this morning.
I have limited space as I live in a small apartment and cant have these guys smelling the place up all too much so i'm thinking of starting them on a 12/12 schedule very soon. I would like comments about this. The plants are very short - like 4" but are putting up their 5th set of leaves. My 13th plant is a bit of a mystery - first to sprout and grew its first two leaves and then stopped. Been putting out roots like no other but it's like the shoot apical meristem gave up.
Plant size?
Was looking at other's grow journals and was thinking that my plants are quite short for the amount of leaves they have. Should i raise lights and try to stretch them alittle before changing to 12/12?
How far away have you been keeping the lights? Have you been monitoring the distance daily?
A good distance is about 2-4 inches from the plant. Some strains of plants will just be shorter and bushier than others, but where you position the lights plays a key role. If you have your lights too close, they will encourage the plant to be more bushy and shorter.
You can try repositioning the lights so that they are not directly above the plants (if they are) but instead put several lights off to a side angle to encourage a more well rounded growth.
Hope this helped
I wouldn't change anything and start 12/12 now. The smell thing will exist though regardless if it is a smelly strain.Originally Posted by Gastanker
"The US Rocks !....... ummm except for the South" - Peter Griffin
I've been keeping the lights as close as possible without burning - about 2 inches in general. These definately seem to be the bushy type but i was thinking i want one main cola vs many smaller ones if im going to start budding while they are small. thought stretching em might help provide bud space between the nodes on the main stem.
they'll stretch when you flower them, nothing to worry about
Uhg...to flower now or wait a week. Any suggestions? Keep in mind its a very small area and I have 12 plants currently.
And for my soil... Don't get mad at me but i'm using miracle grow moisture control mixed with a generic soil and i've added 1/3 teaspoon organic bone meal to each pot (1-11-0). I'm watering with a 24-6-18 diluted to 1/10 recommended dosage. Neither home depot nor the local nursery has any decent fertilizers...but ill be happy to take recomendations on dosages of what i am currently using.
Will start 12/12 tonight
realized how little space I actually have for the amount of plants. Set-up now in the closet is 3 x 68w 2700 CFLs and 4 x 23w 6400 CFLs - will replace these 4 later in the bloom with 2700s.
Im starting a few seeds from a hermy my freind grew - which i guess i'll veg and then scatter somewhere outdoors.
Small veg space has 4 23w
Daily update
Plants look great. First hermy seed has broken surface and I put an additional two into dirt. The three plants in the veg cab have been slightly pruned. am going to lollipop them when they get slightly larger.
Will upload pics of sprout later today perhaps. I find young plants are so much more fun to watch.
Veg Box
Just pic update
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