Ok, this is a pretty long post and would appreciate it if u read it, and would offer me advice. Conditions at bottom......

I just hit day 22 when these small clones took the soil. They were planted strait into 3 gallon pots each and have been watered every 3-4 days and started using E.B. Stone Bat Guano Organic Nutrients (9-2-1, and was reccomended by a grower at local store, hehe) after the first week and having been using the reccomended dosage and seems to be doing fine.

These clones started out 4 and 5 inches tall and are now around 7 and 9 inches, they have also grown healthy green leave sets and strong stems from keeping a small fan on them 24/7. Only some of the lower leaves have dried out and died on the snowcap and not so much on the sensi.

I am concerned with acouple things at this point. Is my snowcap stretching from being to far away from the light? Am i getting enough lumens or w/e for my grow space? And do i have possible soil rot at the bottom of my pot? I think this might be the case because when i water each plant i only use about 16-24 ounces of water/bat guano tea and i have NEVER seen any water leak out the bottom holes that i have screwed. But it seems to be enough water for them and i usually let the soil get pretty dry on top and when i stick my long ass fingers down in there.(3-4 inches down)



Plant conditions:
- 15-18 / 9-6 hours lighting scedual
-temp: lights on(78-82) lights off (60-70)
-humid: 45-65%
-growing space; homeade greenhouse material, 2x2x5 ft. inside a shackhouse, 10x8x7 ft. (my smoke shack!) lol
-ventilation: small fan inside greenhouse, bigger fan and small heater for the nights kept in Shack house.(look at pics)
-regular all purpose indoor/outdoor gardening soil....??
-2 20 watt cfl twisties above each plant around 6 inches away. And just added another 14 watt cfl aimed so it hits both lights pretty well and just put that light in less then a week ago.
- E.B. Stone Organic Bat Guano


Anything i have forgotten to add in please let me know. Thanks alot for your time and help.

Noah

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Hey Noah

Great to see someone else growing Sensi Star - my current grow is Sensi star too - great little Indica. However, the bad news is - yours looks horribly stretched - what colour temperature cfl's are you using? You should be on 4500k + ones, either the colour temp is wrong or the light is too far away. To give you a comparison, here's mine at about day 30 from taking them. I'm sure you'll agree, mine are a little more compact than yours - just as Indicas should be - short and squat with tight internode spacing. These are being vegged under a 200w blue Enviro.

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shit, well if my sensi start is stretching then wtf should i do about my snowcap? I no i have to upgrade or add more lights when flowering stage comes around. But will these plants survive and grow better/stronger/compact if i get the lights really close to them?

and the lights im using are white and arent any other color.


I am only planning on growing these 2 plants and then i need to stop untill i get my own pad, since my mom isnt to thrilled. so i wasnt planning on spending a whole lot of money.


What would u reccomend me doing?


noah

Get the right kelvin temperature lights on them - you need 6400k not the 2700k I think you're using - it's the red and infra red output from the warm bulb that makes them stretch.

Get the right light on them and hope they start filling out, rather than going upwards.

You have to get that pot drainage problem sorted as well, because you must have runoff to ensure the soil is saturated and the roots recieve a fresh supply of oxygen.

Good luck.

by looking at the pics i would say that the lights are simply to far way from the plant and that this is causing the stretching of it

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ok thanks for the info. I just went and got the plants another couple inches closer to the lights but thats ill i can do for right now. If i cant afford to get any better lights should i just go ahead and purchase another clf for better lighting?

You need the correct spectrum light ! Said it 3 times now - three times lucky

They do 4500k daylight 20w bulbs - look for them !

ok well i just put some maylar up and it helped out alot with lighting. i also boosted my plants up closer to hte lights up top. But tell me what u think from these pictures. How much longer untill i should swtich into flowering if i plan on having not huge plants, but i was thinking to let it go little longer to fill out more...

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you need more wind on those stems

and i dont even think you have anywhere close to enough lumens with those tiny cfls