hey you guys ive bin growing for awhile now like 3 months and my plant seems like its growing so slow its only about 11inches tall i have already determined the sex of them but i wanna no should i switch to the 12/12 cycle and wat should i do about my plant growing so slow the plants are under 2 40watt cool whites bulbs
i need help plz
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The2TimEr
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the reason they are growing so slow is because of the lights they are under, nowhere near enough. you wanna be looking at getting her under more light then making the switch. i can see its wanting to flower now.
if its in a big enough pot then you might want to add a lot more light for a week then go 12/12 ,if your going to use only cfl's get a range of color temps like some 3000k and some 6500k the biggest watt you can find. i know lowes and home depot have a 300 watt cfl for $16 dollars grab 2 of them and 2 daylight 6500k i think they say 42 watts on them but there are only 13 watts.
what kind of lights would you reccomend i dont have much money i have a lil clamp light with a soft white bulb but idk thanks for the advice
BKCSG
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Idealy, if growing with CFL's alone, you need at least 75-100 watts per plant. When purchasing cfls from a department store make sure you go by the Flouro Wattage, not the coverted incandescent wattage (ex 26w cfl = 100 w incandescent) so you would need at least 3 of these per plant. Also keep in mind each plant needs a minimum of 3000 - 3500 lumens to grow. Keep the CFL's no more than 2 inches from the plant b/c lumens drastically decrease with anything over that distancs. I would recommend going to home depot and getting 2 4 ft. 40 watt flouro ballasts ($10 bucks each) and a few cfls's for supplemental lighting. each 4 ft ballast can hold 2 bulbs at 40 watts each. Put your plant directly under the middle of the bulbs with the cfl's around the plant. do at least 400 w (160 from 4 footers and the rest in cfls's) and you should be fine. hope that helps.
well i jus found a SYLVANIA 300-Watt Clear General Purpose Bulb should i buy it
BKCSG
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In my opinion, when using cfls's, its better to have multiple bulbs spread out evenly over/around the plant. Having said that, The 300 watt bulb would be great, i would just recommend you also get some smaller suplemental cfls to bring light to the areas of the plant in which the 300 watt cannot reach.
BKCSG
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http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
use about 4 of these and you'll be just fine
use about 4 of these and you'll be just fine
SatansGift
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Honestly Isaac you shouldn't be growing any plants yet. What you should have been doing is researching growing techniques, lighting, and been saving money to set up a better closet grow. With the knowledge your lacking in lighting, it just shows that you aren't prepared. That being said, you've already started a plant and it's time to either cull it or spend the money required to grow it in more proper conditions. You want at least 4 42watt daylight/6500k cfl bulbs for veg. I would say after buying those lights to veg the plant under them 24 hrs a day for at least a month before you flower em. If I come off as rude, I apologize, but I just don't understand why people don't research deeply into a subject, before jumping into it.
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