So this is my very first grow with soil.

I have germaniated with three seeds and only two of them showed signs of life. After the roots got big enought I put one of them in Peat pellet and the other one went in Merical Grow soil. I only have a 23 watt cfl in the container. They have been growing for about five days. Germinated on the 5th.

Yesterday I had to move the plants so that they would be growing twards the light and not into the soil/pellet. After the stress that they had to endure was over they perked up niceley.

And this is where I am at now.

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Looks good so far! Ur def gunna want to get more lights, but u should be good for now.
Also if you can lower the light or raise the plant that would keep them from stretching....
You don't want that, it'll get too top heavy and fall over once u start flowering.......

But I'll be around to watch.... fell free to ask me anything........ I'll let u know what I know, and if I don't I'll try and find the answer for u......

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Sounds good to me. The reason that it is streaching right now is because the top of the plant was growing into the soil and I moved it so that the top of the plant was growing twards the light and that is why I think that it is so big.

Right now the light is about 1/4 in ontop of the plant. I am just using regular tap water on it. I dont have a Ph tester right now.

Here is a picture of what it looks like now.

Thx for the help.

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That's a decent distance.... You can keep CFL's close as hell to the plants without having to worry about burning them.

Rule of thumb, as u've probably already read, is u hold ur hand between the top of the plant and the light and u can stand the heat then it's ok for the plant.

That's the only thing I use is water right outta the tap. No Ph tester either. I'm guessin it's good, cuz I haven't had any water related problems.....

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That is true about the water. I have herd about the rule of thumb about the lights. I have one question about it tho?


Will the plant still grow with the light right on top of it or no?

Other than that I think that I am good for now.

Thx for the help.

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Yea it'll def still grow! You'll just have to keep an eye on it so u can raise the light is all....... Other than that ur good to go!

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Koo. Now all that I need to do is to keep it small enought to keep it hidden

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Yep, that's it..... You can train ur plant to wrap around the circumference of ur pot so that by the end ur top will be right in the center......

I didn't go that far, but if I would have kept at it then it would have ended up that way.....

If u want u can scroll thru my thread and see how I LST'd my plants......

On top of that, If you veg for a short period of time then u can keep them short that way too....... It all depends on hoe short is short for u....

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I have read through your thread and been on the FAQ on this site also. I think that I will be doing both of them to keep them around 1-2 feet high or shorter.

Thx for the info

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No problem- glad I could help...... Seems like ur takin all the right steps and u should have urself a nice successful grow......

+rep for u bro!

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