Mega long stem newbie

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teeach

Active Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #1

heres a pic

i read to just deep bury it, is there any chance it will kill it?

why does it have a long stem? im growing it form sunlight atm but will get a bulb next week sometime, i only plan on growing one for now, as a sort of experiment.

its about 2-3wks from germination and im thinking it should be bigger lol

 

GrnMan

Well-Known Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #2

Looks like stretching to me. Give it more light.

 

rbahadosingh

Well-Known Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #3

definately stretching. Get some CFL's and put a couple inches above and around the plant. it will get bushy and the stem will start to thicken.

 

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teeach

Active Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #4

ok cool will try and get some tomorrow

 

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teeach

Active Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #5

also what would be the minimum wattage bulb i should be getting for one plant, ive got a old halogen patio light doing nothing would that be ok? it has 300w but can get a 500w replacemt bulb

 

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cruzer101

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• Mar 22, 2008

• #6

I havent used halogen, I hear it can burn your plant. CFLs at 6500k work great for veg.
I use 4 14w bulbs in my cabinet. If you are going to use one light I would look at HPS like 250w, you are going to need to vent it.

 

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teeach

Active Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #7

mm after a bit more searching i realise they are no good.
gonna get some cfl's, how do i tell what rating they are i.e 6500k?

 

GrnMan

Well-Known Member

• Mar 22, 2008

• #8

Most of them will have 6500k on them. Sometimes they are often called "Daylight" cfl's. Get the 26 watt ones, those will be good for vegging. And as others have said, get an HPS setup if you can. That will be good for flowering since it puts off a lot of red/orange spectrum.

 

Techna

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• Mar 22, 2008

• #9

you need to re bury with stem almost all the way coverd then bring the light about 2-3 inches from the plant