cfl 3weeks veg. and so short!

ok my plants have been veg. for 3 weeks and they wont get tall. the leaves coming out of each node are produceing quick...they are bushy to me and the lighting is 2 75 watt cfls in a 2x2x4 and 2400 lumens ...so plz tell me if i am doing something wrong here are some pics of them from today..2 differ marijanes

how far away is your lights the closer they are the bushier they get but if you put them to far away they stretch.... i am using the same exact lights as you and i keep them about 3-4 inches from the top of the plant

my lights are 3-4 in. away and did u see how big the new growth is in th innernodes...being so short good?

if you dont have a tall space then yes goood but i prefer taller plants raise your lights about 6-7 inches away to get them to stretch... GOOD LUCK BRO....

i keep my lights within 1-2 inches of my girls if i wanted to grow them taller i might move it up to 6-8 inches but i like them short because cfl light wont penatrate a deep canopy! check out my shortys! IM AT ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND I JUST SWITCHED TO 12/12 TO FLOWER!

WINKDOGG

awesom!....so if i keep the lights about 4in. for another 2 weeks thenswitch to 12/12 off...and i got a 40watt red house light can i putit in there during flowering up in the top corner...will it help flowering remember i only got 2 75 watt cfl's?

i dont know anything bout the other light you have so i cant help you there and yeah keep 4 inches away unless you dont think there getting tall enough quick enough

shatterproof86 said:

awesom!....so if i keep the lights about 4in. For another 2 weeks thenswitch to 12/12 off...and i got a 40watt red house light can i putit in there during flowering up in the top corner...will it help flowering remember i only got 2 75 watt cfl's?

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the more light the better as long as it s not incandesent or halogen!


Winkdogg

if my plant is aprox. 8 inc. at 6 weeks would that be ok to start flowering?

yes 6 inch minimum your good to go kind sir

will i be able to flower in the rubbermaid it is in if i start flowering at 6-8 inches with two 75 watt cfls 1200 lumens apiece.

maybe 1 plant but youll want as many lights as you can with keeping temperatures manageable look into 42w=150w equivalent get maybe 3-4 more for 3 plants

p.s bushy plants with fat fan leaves like thats is good, its a sign of good genetics

xxgmrxx said:

maybe 1 plant but youll want as many lights as you can with keeping temperatures manageable look into 42w=150w equivalent get maybe 3-4 more for 3 plants

p.s bushy plants with fat fan leaves like thats is good, its a sign of good genetics

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i put mine into flower at about 8 inches and they grew 2 inches in two days right into the lights!(no burn from 23 watters,i run 16 of them)

winkdogg

i got a 75watt 1 1/2 in. away from the girls now and the fan is constantly moving the plant and leaves so they don't get hot. well no matter how tall they are in 2 weeks i can flower 2 plants with about 6 75watt cfls at 1200 lumens apiece. two plants now with two lights in a rubbermaid the stalks are very thick...i started them under 2 tude fluoro's 40wattsx1...so they were really short when i put the cfl's on them.they had 2 three petal leaves on them. my nodes are 1/2 in apart or shorter...good?..i got my 4th node on the way workin hard....

are you talking about 75w replacement? or 75w CFL which is like 200 something watt replacement?

yeah replacement so i went bought 4 24 watt replacement of 100 watt to add to the 2 20=75 so 8,800 lumens alltogether

yeah thats way better

shatterproof86 said:

awesom!....so if i keep the lights about 4in. for another 2 weeks thenswitch to 12/12 off...and i got a 40watt red house light can i putit in there during flowering up in the top corner...will it help flowering remember i only got 2 75 watt cfl's?

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dude think of it this way...ur replacing the sun for them. the brighter the sun the better.

yea def way better than before