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alp2420 · #21 05-23-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by LimitedTimer

I'm finding me and you in the same spot .

i bought 2 , 2 bulb 40 watt fluro's but they arnt quite dense enough light for later in veg.

You should look into Y brackets and a few lamp set ups with CFL's 26w or greater

6500k for veg
2700k for flowering ( which is the color of the bulbs)

i have 4 6500k and 2 2700k atm for veg on top of the 2 fluro fixtures. about a 90 dollar investment. (adding them slowly over timer helps to since us newbies are tight on cash, 2 a week or so.)

hope this helps you.

that is what im going to do for the flowering stage im going to get all that stuff when i know howmany females i have in there first....

but this is what i got...i gave them a good watering and then left them be for about 3 days just let them go buck wild...i checked on them and they are LEANING bad...the stems are to skinny and there leaves are taking off!!! hmm ill just post up some pics and show yall...

alp2420 · #22 05-23-2009, 07:22 PM

so what does that mean that they keep drooping like that and like hanging over? did i do something wrong?

LimitedTimer · #23 05-23-2009, 07:32 PM

They look like they are stretching like hell for light and the leaves are weighing them done b/c of it.

Lowering your lights to 4-10 inchs from your plants is ideal.

i'd also reccomend a fan in your box that will move your plants like a breeze..no HIT them. but move them around strenghting the stem system.

they are looking good though keep it up

alp2420 · #24 05-23-2009, 07:54 PM

im thinkin it is cause i had two smaller lights in the begining and they werent getting enough light then i upgraded to these two lights and they are trying to take off and there stems cant keep up...hmmm alright....if u see in the pictures i have them proped up by tothpicks will that be acceptable will they fatten up at the stock so they can handle some weight?....here is a real noob question how do you get your signature to be your grow gournal

alp2420 · #25 05-23-2009, 08:03 PM

nvm looks as if i have figured it out

potsomker420 · #26 05-24-2009, 01:08 PM

I would add some soil to help them stand up stright, looks like you couuld add at least an inch to each bucket that might help them stand up

alp2420 · #27 05-24-2009, 01:32 PM

ps420 acutly i was going to do that here in a few min after i get back from walmart...i have to pic up some chain and wood and shit i have to buld a box somewhere else that i can lock...my moms best friend is going to be stayin with us for a couple days but her husband is coming with.......the bad part.....HE IS A FUCKING COP!!!!!!.....SO IM NOW IN A PANIC TO MAKE THAT SHIT IN MY SHED BEHIND MY HOUSE.....anyways now my anus ate some of my seat now i get to go be a carpenter for a few hours.....

LimitedTimer · #28 05-24-2009, 01:41 PM

its a good thing this happened early stages. now you can tweak your room perfectly imo.
GL wit da 5-0

KaleoXxX · #29 05-24-2009, 02:45 PM

i think my set up is almost identical to yours but 10x smaller.check out mine
first low budget indoor stealth grow in a growbox of my own design
but...
WHATS WITH THOSE PLANTS MAN!?!? they all look so sad, like a bagseed type of ivy. do any of them stand on there own? how old are they? mine is 2 weeks and its standing on its own but it has twice as many leaves as yours but a skinny little stem. i do like that tooh pick technique
if you hav a cop spending the weekend over i would scrap your project and start over. it dosnt seem worth the risk for those droopy little saplings. i would set up the new growroom in the shed the day he leaves.

keep your light closer to the tops of your plants. get some kind of fan blowing in you grow room, it looks like theres no air getting into your room. id say your plants are sufficating.

alp2420 · #30 05-24-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KaleoXxX

i think my set up is almost identical to yours but 10x smaller.check out mine
first low budget indoor stealth grow in a growbox of my own design
but...
WHATS WITH THOSE PLANTS MAN!?!? they all look so sad, like a bagseed type of ivy. do any of them stand on there own? how old are they? mine is 2 weeks and its standing on its own but it has twice as many leaves as yours but a skinny little stem. i do like that tooh pick technique
if you hav a cop spending the weekend over i would scrap your project and start over. it dosnt seem worth the risk for those droopy little saplings. i would set up the new growroom in the shed the day he leaves.

keep your light closer to the tops of your plants. get some kind of fan blowing in you grow room, it looks like theres no air getting into your room. id say your plants are sufficating.

well i thank u for your input sir...i have come to the conclusion that it was cause of the little bitch lights i had on there...just not strong enough ya know...they were 20w and 15w now i have 160w...still not a HPS or MH but fuck its working....there like that cause they stretched for the weak light i was giving them so i put more dirt in and scraped the toothpics for now....unless i need them in the future...but there mostly standing on there own i had like 4 out of 12 that needed a lil assistance from the toothpicks...but now there standing themselfs and actualy i have to keep moving the light up about 1/2" ever morning they are touching by the time i check on them.... i figure fuck if they dont grow i got the shit to do a better grow soon....

and the cop situation im not really trippin on....he is only staying for one night...and im moving it outside where no one will see it in the shed and it will be totaly sealed off from the public...by a masterlock that is!!! im going to put my children out in the sun on the back patio...strip out all my shit thats in this box and move my shit out of the shed and "shrink" my box befor i put it in there....by cutting it the fuck up and makin it smaller....ya know the normal shit.... i guess....well stick round for more pictures as the day goes on.....

and once again thanks everyone for constructive critisizm...but kaleo lose the tin foil!! walmart---emergency blankets in the camping section...1.77 each!!! but more power to you and get another light and you will be golden!!!

oh and on a side note i do have a fan in there...got it on high!!! but not pointed at the plants till they get a lil bigger and can handle the strong breeze im going to throw at them!!!

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