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What do you recommend for hours of light for Veg cycle?

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nicktheburk

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ok so im starting this a little late, but not too late, im growing 2 White Widow plants. the plants are at about week 2 into veg. I was being careless while taking a picture of 1 of the plants and the pot, well.. it tipped over and broke the stem. i buried it up to its "neck" in dirt and it seems to be recovering wonderfuly. moving on. their leaves are a nice green color, and seem to be smiling. they're definitly happy so far. i cant decide on how i'm gunna get this humitidy up but for now im using grapefruit juice containers and putting them on top of them. humidity levels were nice at the start only because it had just rained when they were starting to sprout, but now the humidity is staying around 34-40%. my medium is a mix of walmart-bought soil, and i mixed some ashes (from oak wood we burned one night) with it as well. never heard of anyone doing that so im seeing how it goes. The reason i tried that is because everytime we'd dump ashes in our yard, the damn grass would turn a beautiful dark green color right where the ash was, so hopefully these plants show me something from it. ok so im using a 400w HPS from start to finish, i know i know, go ahead and tell me, use a 400w MH instead for veg, however im broke and this is what i bought and thats what im gunna use. i also have 2 25w CFL lights mounted on the wall beside the plants for the blue spectrum part of the grow.. also got a random little black light sitting in there too, just i dont know why, but hopefully it'll turn the leaves purple or something. but anyways moving on, the plants have been on a 24 hour light cycle for those 2 weeks, and now i just changed it to 18:6 just to conserve a little electricity. i also started my NUts 2 waterings ago. im using foxfarm growbig fertilizer as my Vegging Nutrients. im using 1 teaspoon per gallon; 1/8 teaspoon per water bottle. =D and i think thats about it, besides the fact that i decided i'd start 1 more White Widow to go along with those 2 and it just germinated today, i just planted it along side, bob(plant1) and larry(plant2). haha they're random names, dont ask questions! anyways, heres some pics of the project thus far.
 

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sb101

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i wouldn't worry about humidity so much. start 24 hrs a day but once they get some size switch to 18, 6 to save electricity and you really won't lose much growth from those 6 hours of dark. good luck on the grow
 

nicktheburk

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I appreciate the advice, as a first time grower, advice and critique's are important. thanks and ill be posting more pics as they progress. please watch my grow journal and give me advice as we go, hell i might invite ya over for a smoke!
 

nicktheburk

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why is it telling me that a security token is missing everytime i try and post more pictures.. i appreciate any help..
 

nicktheburk

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if you can see on the second picture above this post, look at the left leaf real close, it seems to be curling the ends, anyone knnow what this could be from? it cant be the nuts, im barely using any at all.
 
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