How my lights used to be.

Then, I took off that plastic shield thing.

Heres how I have my lights set up now. More light for everyone!

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Well, I tried to top one of my plants. I accidentally took off one of the new growing leaves too. But I did cut into the newly forming stem so I think I did right.
We'll see in a week or so, i dunno how long it will take for the new stems to grow.
I cut after 4 three leaf nodes have grown.

I opened up the top

and here's after i cut, you can see where i took off one of the leaves . oh well one will grow back.

now put her back and start the waiting game. If all goes well, i'll be doing this to my other babies.

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Added about 20 new pics to the album. I think the moving the plants closer is helping.

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Yeah, it's all I have. I don't mind flushing for a couple weeks before harvest.
I don't have any CFLs yet, I will soon unless I decide to buy long tubes like i have now and use them vertically around the plant.
I'm using both the hps and the fluoros. Got em pretty close, I added pics earlier of how I have the lights set up now.

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Im glad it helped a little. If MG is all you got its probably better than nothing. Definitely flush thoroughly at the end. if you are using 1 gallon pots flush with 3 gallons of watter.

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Its a good start you have there. Those plants are going to want more light as they grow. You'll have to add more and more as they get bigger. Next time before you water pull the root ball out of the cup to check if the roots are becoming pot bound. If the roots cover the bottom and the sides its a good indication you need to transplant. I wouldn't wait for that to happen though. good luck.

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Ok, update.
So the topping to the one plant looks like its working.
The new leaves growing out of the topped plant are now 5 pointers. The taller lanky plant lost a couple pair of leaves, as did the topped one. The smaller old one is still barely growing.
Some leaves are turning purple, but I highly doubt its a genetic thing, looks like a deficiency.
I have a friend that is growing, he has a 400hps and his are growing like mutants. So I really think the lighting is a problem.
The 4 new sprouts are doin real good too. Except the pest or deficiency problem. I have killed 2 or 3 gnats and seen another one.
I'm hoping they don't take over my plants because the leaves do look like bug problems.
I'll get some pics up later tonight, or tomorrow. It will show a lot of details I am talkin about now.

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Oh yeah, all 3 of my bigger plants are GIRLS!!
yes, they are female. All 3 of them, i can't believe it. I was hoping that at least one would be, but they all are.
The problem is they are so small LOL. Maybe I'll get a good blunt out of them
But yea, a week or so ago I noticed the 2 hairs coming 90 degrees to the nodes where the leaves connect.
A few days ago I noticed the buds!
I have buds growing right above the leaves.
They are still really small newly forming buds, but hey they are buds!!

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Congrats on having all girls! they are already budding? How long did you veg for?

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I have been growin for a month and a week now, i did get the lights off schedule a couple times and i think that threw them into flower mode, but im still vegging for right now.
I want to wait till all plants are growing a good couple of 5 point nodes before i start flowering.
I also want to let the new babies get some good growth on them and try to flower all the plants at the same time since they are only a couple weeks behind the older plants.

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