1st grow and and all advice welcome...w/ pics
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lehua96734
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good luck. it looks like you might want to reposition those lights so that all the cups are under them.some are in shadow.
Erysichthon
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whats your plans with all those plants? id say you have a few to many. your grow space doesnt look that big. and moving outdoor is kinda too late now. lets here some more info on your grow eh?, room size how long your gonna veg, general stuff. will be watching.
420 Cajun
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well i went over kill on the seeds just due to the fact that i figured all wouldn't sprot. if to many happen to germinate i will thin them out by which look stronger or doing better. its a fairly small room around 12 X 12. im planning on veging for atlest 6-8 weeks running 20h light 4h dark.
marijewana
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if i were you ide stick some of them outdoors just to grow for a month or so till they show sex and u can bring the females back indoor.
Erysichthon
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a bit of advice. take it or no.
IMO it is counter productive to veg for over a month with cfls. CFL's have limited light penetration. its hard for them to effectively light a plant more than 2 ft tall. i know most adhere to the general theory, bigger plants = more buds. and well thats true. but a bigger plant doesnt always = bigger yield. a plant vegged out say 2 months under clfs would have more budsites but they would for the most part be small, unimpressive buds. while a smaller plant, vegged 3-4weeks, will have less budsites. but, the buds it produces will be much bigger and more impressive. and the end yield will be much the same. the main difference will be time from start to finish and bud size. a small plant can more easily utilize the limited lumens offered by CFls than a large plant because you only have to light a smaller area.
ery
IMO it is counter productive to veg for over a month with cfls. CFL's have limited light penetration. its hard for them to effectively light a plant more than 2 ft tall. i know most adhere to the general theory, bigger plants = more buds. and well thats true. but a bigger plant doesnt always = bigger yield. a plant vegged out say 2 months under clfs would have more budsites but they would for the most part be small, unimpressive buds. while a smaller plant, vegged 3-4weeks, will have less budsites. but, the buds it produces will be much bigger and more impressive. and the end yield will be much the same. the main difference will be time from start to finish and bud size. a small plant can more easily utilize the limited lumens offered by CFls than a large plant because you only have to light a smaller area.
ery
420 Cajun
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ok ive take the reflecters off my lights to cluster them closer together and added a couple more splitters bringing my bulbs to 6 23W daylights and 2 warm. ive cut the number of plants by almost hallf. pics below....what yall think?
o P.S. i clustered the light together bec the babies are growing slow so i figured more light needed
o P.S. i clustered the light together bec the babies are growing slow so i figured more light needed
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jrp677
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The plants look good. I'm in the middle of my first grow and one thing I found out the hard way is that if you keep the lights too close to new sprouts it will stunt their growth. I don't think that you will have that problem with such low wattage bulbs but just a heads up, if you notice the leaves curling down and/or turning a yellowish color move the lights 1-2 inches farther. It made a huge difference for me. Once the leaves get bigger the plant is able to handle more intense light. BTW, I lived in Baton Rouge for about 5 years. I miss the food more than anything. Good luck.
Erysichthon
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yeah thats what you wanna go for, lots of light over a decent amount of plants. you are on the path to success. those will grow proper with fairly tight node spacing. only concern i can see now is maybe heat, they are probably fine though. i dunno if you have a thermo/hygrometer but it would be a worthy investment.
420 Cajun
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well i hate to say it but those pics were taken at 9 days old. Kinda small for there age, but just over night it made a differance. This morning a few sprang into action and grew a good bit. Yea heat is a slight issue i have an osicilating fan blowing in the room but it still stays fairly warm aropund 80 degrees. And yea i will be gettin a thermometer in a couple of days. lil on the broke side. And again thankls for all the help guys imma keep yall posted
420 Cajun
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in regardes to the heating issue. i would like to know if this fan will be good enough for keeping the grow area cool enough with the room being b/t 80 - 85 degres. at lest cool enough till i get a thermometer
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jrp677
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That fan will work just fine but keep in mind that if the temp in the room is between 80-85 degrees you will just be blowing hot air into the box. Marijuana thrives in temps around 70-75 degrees so If you can get the temp down about 10 degrees in the room you would have ideal temps. I battle with heat issues daily and I use a fan just like the one you have when I prop open the cabinet door to cool things down. When the lights are on in my cabinet the inside temp goes up about 10 degrees so I do all that I can to make sure it's circulating cool air.
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