almost 3 weeks into veg

h20xygen · #1 12-12-2006, 10:57 AM

Ok i'm almost 3 weeks into my veg with my 3 lowryders and 1 sensi star x skunk #1 and I was just thinking about posting some picture to see what u guys think, they had a day where they didnt get watered and the tips of one of the lowryders and my sensi got burnt which you will see in the pictures, they're still looking healthy after I recovered them but I wanna know what u guys think, 26 days in should my plants look like this or bigger?

Excuse the image quality

Here's my daddy lowryder

Here's all of them in order
TOP-LEFT is my youngest lowryder planted bout 3 days ago
BOTTOM-LEFT is my oldest plant my sensi with some burn
TOP-RIGHT is my daddy lowryder also with some burnt leaves
BOTTOM-RIGHT is my other lowryder planted about a day after my oldest and is fully healthy

Are they the right height and proporsion for how long they've been growing?

anyway cheers

OmegaVermelho · #2 12-12-2006, 01:37 PM

The lowriders i bealive that dont grow much, but either case i think they are small....here´s a pic of my 2 white widows (3 weeks into veg yesterday), the 2 other plants on the sides are 6 days old OriginalHaze x Skunk#1

h20xygen · #3 12-12-2006, 03:52 PM

what lighting cycle have you got yours on omega? i'm running 400W hps 18/6 but my closet is slightly warm...

OmegaVermelho · #4 12-12-2006, 04:23 PM

Dude i think ur plants should be bigger with a 400w gun , check the temps and the distance to the plants they are very small for 3 weeks in veg under a 400w HPS...my light cycle is 24/7 i use 2 x 18w tubes + 2 x 40w tubes on the sides about 1" or less distance of the top...u can go with a 18/6 at about 2 feet away to start with and then lower the lights as the plants get used to the temps....double check all shit in your grow, from light timers water pH the whole setup cause i find very strange that your plants are that size without some sort of detail being off its normal values

h20xygen · #5 12-13-2006, 03:14 AM

well to be totally honest it's pretty warm in there...

I also havnt got a ph tester which obviously isnt good, so i have no idea about my ph, I think i might pick one of them up soon with some ph up and down... wish i hadnt got my 400w tbh and just got flouros but I got a little over excited... Anyone wanna buy a 400w hps lol? :P

what nutes are you using omega?

bongbabe · #6 12-13-2006, 03:37 AM

They look seriously nute burned to me h20. What have you been feeding them? I'd flush them with lukewarm water n be careful with your nutes. DONT get rid of your hps its perfect for flowering. Fine for vegging too but if you wanna add cfl's go for it.

Lowryders stay small but should still be bigger than that at this stage and your ph is very important. If its not right you will 'lock out' you nutes causing all sorts of problems. Hope things get better and good luck.

h20xygen · #7 12-13-2006, 04:23 AM

well because i dont have a ph tester (which i've just rang my mate and im getting one later today) I just added a splash of formulex, barely any but i guess if the ph was already high then it's not good, anyway im gonna flush it today see what happens

Thanks guys

h20xygen · #8 12-13-2006, 04:44 AM

I've just been looking at basmenthydroponics.co.uk and they do these dual cfl's for £70

Would this suffice for veg?

Hydrogarden Dual Osram 55w Fluorescent Propagation Light: Basement Lighting Hydroponics and Plant Grow Lights

Osram 55w twin double fluorescent, cool running and lightweight. A compact, lightweight yet powerfully bright propagating and over wintering light unit.

- Produces 9,600 lumens
- 60cm x 23cm
- Uses 2 x 55w compact flouroscent lamps
- Supplied boxed with 2m of mains lead

bongbabe · #9 12-13-2006, 06:28 AM

Prob not nute burn then if your only feeding formulex, but could be nute lock out if you didn't rinse your pebbles in ph5.5-5.8 water before planting. Is your hps too close maybe? Its hard to tell exactly what the prob is but if you flush n keep yr ph to around 5.8ish it should help.

That light looks great, its all down to personal choice really what ever suits your space and budget. Personally i would get 2 x 125w or 200w blue envirolights for vegging.

h20xygen · #10 12-13-2006, 08:10 AM

lol well i've got a ph test kit today, the basic universal indicator liquid not the metre and i've just found out that all the tap water in my house is ph of 8 which is seriously bad right? that's like really acidic.... :S well lol i've been using ph 8 water all this time so i've used my brita filter lol and reduced it down to ph 5 then i upped it slightly with some ph up then flushed my tank and my pebbles, hopefully this shud help my babies drastically

Anyway thanks for all ure help guys ill keep u informed