Need some advice about my plants!

vondermouth · May 15, 2009

Alright im brand new to growing but i got a basic idea of how everything works. Ive been growing these plants since about the middle of april but i started them with a 15 watt light which didnt do the trick. So i didnt get a new light until about a week ago and its 120 watts and made for growing, and the pictures are taken from today. I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice to grow them faster or if the plants look unusual tell me what i should do to change that, im on a tight budget, and dont have a lot of room to grow. Any help would be greatly appreciated. (i use scotts flower and vegetable fertilizer.)

cheafinkush1721 · May 15, 2009

you need about 3 more of those 120 watt cfls. add some fans in there to thicken up them stems. and puts those lights a hair closer. grow on myfriend!

1lastGodsend · May 15, 2009

Is this a regular houshold bulb? Or a florescent?
Best thing to help it out is more light. Pay attention to lumen out put on whatever bulb you buy. You want as many lumens as possible.

kash959 · May 15, 2009

if u on a low budget then add another 120watt n flower as soon as possible

Stoney McFried · May 15, 2009

If it's one of those blue coated lights, it's the wrong kind.You need compact flourescent or flourescent tubes.

vondermouth said:
Alright im brand new to growing but i got a basic idea of how everything works. Ive been growing these plants since about the middle of april but i started them with a 15 watt light which didnt do the trick. So i didnt get a new light until about a week ago and its 120 watts and made for growing, and the pictures are taken from today. I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice to grow them faster or if the plants look unusual tell me what i should do to change that, im on a tight budget, and dont have a lot of room to grow. Any help would be greatly appreciated. (i use scotts flower and vegetable fertilizer.)

vondermouth · May 15, 2009

Stoney McFried said:
If it's one of those blue coated lights, it's the wrong kind.You need compact flourescent or flourescent tubes.

it is actually one of the blue coated lights, but it said on the package that it was made for healthy plant growth, do these lights give off the wrong spectrum of light?

Stoney McFried · May 16, 2009

Look at it again.It says it makes the plants LOOK greener.I made the same mistake as a newb grower, but I corrected it quickly.It is incandescent,and therefore wrong for your plant.Here's what cfl's look like.https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=587 In the growfaq, it explains about HID lights, too.

vondermouth said:
it is actually one of the blue coated lights, but it said on the package that it was made for healthy plant growth, do these lights give off the wrong spectrum of light?

vondermouth · May 16, 2009

Stoney McFried said:
Look at it again.It says it makes the plants LOOK greener.I made the same mistake as a newb grower, but I corrected it quickly.It is incandescent,and therefore wrong for your plant.Here's what cfl's look like.https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=587 In the growfaq, it explains about HID lights, too.

alright ill be sure to check those out, thanks for all your help!

Stoney McFried · May 16, 2009

You're welcome!If you can afford HID,I recommend it,even a 150 watt hps will blow away cfl's.But for now, get some cfl's or flouro tubes and get that incandescent off of your babies!

vondermouth said:
alright ill be sure to check those out, thanks for all your help!

vondermouth · May 16, 2009

Stoney McFried said:
You're welcome!If you can afford HID,I recommend it,even a 150 watt hps will blow away cfl's.But for now, get some cfl's or flouro tubes and get that incandescent off of your babies!

Got one more question, i live near a home depot and they sell spiral cfls there, would these cut it or is there something i should look for when im buying these bulbs

Stoney McFried · May 16, 2009

Yeah.You want cool white for veg, sometimes they're called daylight.They have a color temp of 6500k,should say on the box.Don't look at lumens, that just tells you how bright they are.Get the biggest ones you can, put them about two or three inches away,surround the plant.If you decide to flower with cfls,you'll have to switch to warm white for flower, with a color temp of 2700k. If you can afford a HID, get one.Htgsupply on the net has complete grow lights for fair prices on the net.

vondermouth said:
Got one more question, i live near a home depot and they sell spiral cfls there, would these cut it or is there something i should look for when im buying these bulbs

vondermouth · May 16, 2009

Stoney McFried said:
Yeah.You want cool white for veg, sometimes they're called daylight.They have a color temp of 6500k,should say on the box.Don't look at lumens, that just tells you how bright they are.Get the biggest ones you can, put them about two or three inches away,surround the plant.If you decide to flower with cfls,you'll have to switch to warm white for flower, with a color temp of 2700k. If you can afford a HID, get one.Htgsupply on the net has complete grow lights for fair prices on the net.

Ok would it be good to get more than one light or will one do the trick?

haste420 · May 16, 2009

No those will work just fine, look for the ones that give off 2700 or 6700 kelvin

vondermouth · May 16, 2009

haste420 said:
No those will work just fine, look for the ones that give off 2700 or 6700 kelvin

Cool your advice is awesome everyone thank you and happy growing!

Billyy · May 16, 2009

They definitely look like they are stretching. You should move the light closer, and get the spiral CFLs or flourescent tubes.

Stoney McFried · May 16, 2009

You'll need more than one cfl, most definitely.You need to surround the plant with them. DO NOT move that flood light any closer.It will burn the shit out of them.Use it till you get your cfl's,because some light will be better than none, then trash it.What's your budget?

vondermouth said:
Ok would it be good to get more than one light or will one do the trick?

vondermouth · May 16, 2009

Stoney McFried said:
You'll need more than one cfl, most definitely.You need to surround the plant with them. DO NOT move that flood light any closer.It will burn the shit out of them.Use it till you get your cfl's,because some light will be better than none, then trash it.What's your budget?

well i can definetly afford more than one there only about 8 bucks per 100 watt bulb, so i was thinking maybe i could get two daylight bulbs and two warm white. Unless its reccemended i get more.

Stoney McFried · May 16, 2009

You don't need the warm white right now,unless you want a fuller spectrum of light.Just get four daylight cfl's that oughta do ya for a little while.What's your budget?

vondermouth said:
well i can definetly afford more than one there only about 8 bucks per 100 watt bulb, so i was thinking maybe i could get two daylight bulbs and two warm white. Unless its reccemended i get more.

vondermouth · May 16, 2009

Stoney McFried said:
You don't need the warm white right now,unless you want a fuller spectrum of light.Just get four daylight cfl's that oughta do ya for a little while.What's your budget?

Only minimum right now, but its enough to afford the lights

Stoney McFried · May 16, 2009

Well, I'm not trying to be nosy or anything.Here's a link to a 400 watt grow light from htg.http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=47981It's the one I have, but I'm not using it right now because I have to have better venting and cooling methods before I fire that bad boy up.It comes with a timer, a mh conversion bulb, and hps bulb,and a reflector...everything is wired up already, you just plug it into a 3 pronged outlet after you assemble the reflector and screw in the bulb,hang it, and grow.There are smaller lights available as well.This is what I use right now, but you can't grow more than a couple of plants under it.http://www.htgsupply.com/growlights.asp?categoryID=1&subcategoryID=155&typeID=84

vondermouth said:
Only minimum right now, but its enough to afford the lights

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