I'm doing my first grow and it's coming along really well. I'm at 2 weeks now and the plant is 5 1/2 inches tall. I've been looking at pictures of plants and they seem short and very leafy. But my plant is mostly stem with leaves only at the top. Like 5 inches of the plant is all stem. I was just wondering why my plant is growing so much taller than the pictures I've seen and not so leafy. Thanks. =]

your lights are too far away and they are stretching towards it.

My light is about six inches from the top of the plant. Is that too close? Or too far away?

Sorry, I'm so new to this. =/

wut kind of light are you using... I hope it is not incandescent.

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Oh shit. It is incandescent. What's the damage. Crap!

wrong.
i'd say throw the plants out. Start again and use at the very least fluorescents, preferably HID.

and do extensive research, knowledge is power.
chazz

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its all a big lie.

yup. you need cfls at minimum, I would defintely recommend HPS.
an initial investment of around $50-$100 for a good grow with CFL or $300 for infinitely better HID.

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I know I'm new to this and everything, but I don't see the point in throwing it out. It's just a single plant so wouldn't that light be good enough just for now because it's still young? Obviously, as it gets bigger I'll need to get a bigger light. Idk, I just don't feel like throwing all of my work out the window because of this one mistake. This is frustrating...


i also just found this...
Incandescent Lighting

These lights are also good for starts and seedlings and provide an inexpensive alternative to HID lights, because they do not require a ballast. These lights are only good for individual cannabis plants or small groups of cannabis plants because of their low lumen output and limited range.

It says it's good for individual plants. Wouldn't that be okay then?

idk take a look at your plant and tell me , I never tried it.

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where did u find that info? its total bs, incandesents use more wattage than cfls and put out much less light, most of the output of an incan is heat. u need to get some cfls. on the throwing it away part i have a question. how big are the top leaves and how thick is the stem? you do have a fan on right? how about a few pics. then we can tell for sure just how bad it looks.