whast up bendavejack? i juss read ur whole threat and im a new grower under your same circumstances and it makes me so happy to see u've had such a good suscess with MG and with CFL's cuz i got my babys under the same thing. their a lil more than 2 weeks old u can check them out in my pics. i always hurd the MG bashers and i was worried about that but the only problem im having is that my plants are starting to show lil brown spots in the leaves. do u have any idea what this could be? underwatering? to much heat? my grow room/closet stays about 85 degrees. if u could post up some new pics that be cool so i can see how far ur plants are now...
Ruzzo, I would not worry too much about your brown spos on your leaves at this point. It is going to happen to nearly every plant at some point it seems during the process of growth. When I have noticed it, it has been something that comes for a day or two and then its gone again. Here's a couple of keys to remember...
1) Make sure your lights are a good 3 inches above the tops of your plants at all times. Keeping them too close will result in burn and you don't wanna hurt those tops leaves that will sonn fill with sticky crystals! Its a weed, one of the easiest things in the world to grow and keep alive, so don't stress it too much with overheating. Your plant will adapt to its grow environment and not outgrow it. That's why when plants are outside and in the natural sun, you see them grow to huge proportion. The heat they take in is a loooong disance away with nothing standing in its way of growing straight up. Inside, in a grow box or closet, its not going to grow 8 feet high. You'll see guys on here using full out rooms with high powered HPS lights that with the right surroundings, will grow to be huge, but that's all because of the perfect grow surroundings.
2) Make sure you are not over feeding or watering. Depending on the soil you use and your choice of nutrient, you really need to know what's best for your plant with water cycles. I have found that with this strain of White Widow Manitoba's, we have been watering on average every 2 days in flower cycle, and pretty well the same in the veg cycle. YOUR FANS MAKE A HUGE IMPACT on how frequently you are watering the plants. In our greenhouse, we have 2, 4 inch desk fans and our side mounted intake fan blowing in there 24 hours a day to provide our plants with the proper air and "dancing tops" that you desire.
The main thing to remember is not to overthink it and over do things. Its when people get too excited (especially when its the first time growing your own) that things get fucked up. Try to make your indoor grow environment as much like an outside grow environment for your plant, and you will succeed.
AND NOW FOR THE GOOD SHIT. You asked for more pictures, and you shall receive. Today is day 72 overall and day 36 in the flower cycle. 3 White Widow Manitoba Mix. Making their first appearance in this update are a few of the clones that we cut from each of our plants. They'll be out of their smaller environment this week and into the big house.
Enjoy.
