Need advice asap on lighting for 1 blue dream

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MizzMellow

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We just got this plant from a friend and forgot all about getting lights, i have right now two clamp lights one is a 13w cfl and the other is 23 w cfl will this suffice in my small set up untill i can get a stronger one tomorrow and how much wattage in cfl should i be using? i really dont want to mess this little girl up.

Pic is before i lowered the light closer to plant and with only one bulb it now has the 13w and 23w and closer to the plant.
I can post a pic of how i have it now just let me know.


Advice asap would be great

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Oi! So water when the pot is light or the top 2in or so is dry. You need a lot more light I would recommend at least 6 23 watt cfls . Couple right on top and a few on them shoots, need to be bout 2in away make sure you have good airflow it already looks like its stretching for light. Try supercroping to thicken the stem with the fan and slow it down a bit
 
Okay so this is what i currently have as of right this minute. I have one 23watt, and two 13watt cfl's. i would gladly do 6 23's but as this point im running out of room to hang another light without interfering or touching the plant. Tomorrow morning i am going to go to home depot and buy a 68Watt cfl, and use that as my above one and then a 23watt on the left and a 13watt on the right would that be enough? I do not want to kill this plant and it already is freaking me out because its changing, im sure ill kill it but im really going to attempt to not kill it.

So will this combo work

68Watt above, 13watt on right side and 23 watt on right side?

or if i cant buy the 68watt then ill do two 42watts and one 23watt which should be equal to what you suggested right?
 
From the pic it looks as if you have quite a bit of room. You can get y adapters and socket to outlet adapter so you can plug light bulbs directly to an outlet.. you can get a cheap 3 dollar 8 prong extension cord from Lowes it will hold 6 23 watt bulbs nicely. Then zip tie em so they don't fall out. Cheapest most compact way. You can fit 24 23 watt bulbs on 4 extension cords and make you a hood, some sort of reflective shield and you've got a nice light

23 watt bulbs have the best lumen/watt/heat ratio. Lose the smaller bulbs. Basically you need to try and put a bulb on every bud site or shoot. But yea what you said will hold you over for now... your gonna need light soon though
 
Make sure you have good ventalation too, adding that many CFLs will really heat up a smaller space. Look into LST'ing, topping, or supercropping.
 
Okay now i have a new set up in there.

I really hope i did this right and i think its good, this morning i FINALLY got to go to bed and when i woke up i looked at the plant and it actually did look a bit healthier with just that little amount of light.

I now have the following.

One 68W CFL above the top ( as seen in photo)
Two 23w CFL on the bottom left side by the bottom shoots and stem.
One 23W CFL on the right side mid way down.

I have a fan on the shelf about 8 inches above the plant to the left so i think its getting good ventilation. Its an amazing fan very powerful so i put it on setting 1 and set the osculation grate to rotate and it just barely gives the plant some movement.

How hott is too hott in there? I did buy a strip thermometer like what u stick to the inside of a lizards cage so i can put it in there and find out LOL.

I think that it actually may be a good set up now but ill get yalls advice. one of my 23W in the 4 package busted so i cant put one more in or i would but i didnt wanna over do it either.

Also, how long should i let that fan run for? all day to keep it not too hott in there? Also, ( sorry LOL ) at the bottom of the closet door i have a 1/4 inch space should i keep that open or covered? we have a airconditioner going outside of the door. but not too low. i currently have it covered in order to keep the cold out of the closet.


HERES THE PIC

THANKS EVERYONE!

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Make sure those bulbs are about 2inches away to get good light. I believe they need 2100 lumens to sustain photosynthesis. Decent bud can be had from 5000 lumens the sun on average puts out 7000 and is a good recommended figure. All plants ate different sativas doing a bit better but bleaching chlorophyll away at about 10,000 lumens per sqft. So why don't you calculate your area and lumens and figure your lumens per sqft....any spaces need to be covered so you have a completely dark "night" if the crack doesn't disturb the dark period it doesn't need covered.....your stems are stretching and are super thin. A strong fan will help so will supercroppin, you want the temp below 80 , but really try not to let it get above 90 for an extended period. Ideal is 75, 77 without co2
 
Cool. Try making a soda can reflector or similar for them bulbs. Will help alot

Super stretchy though . Make sure them bulbs are bout 2in away
 
they are 2 inches away. and this strain is very known to be stretchy i worried about that at first as well . what are fan leaves? im still new trying to learn
 
I only grow landrace sativas. Trust me that is super stretchy. A fan and super cropping will help. Though from the pics it looks very woody and stiff, deficiency of some sort. Fan leaves are what we call the big leaves on the plant normally have 5-9blades on each leaf they provide the energy to the plant. Yours appear to have fallen or been removed from the bottom of the plant.. they also have spots possibly from misting or calcium deficiency
 
Maybe they are all there and its just that lanky. Did you notice any leaves yellow and fall off? You gotta get some light in there ,you did right?reflectors will help alot ...and should probly top the plant quite a bit.. looks like you have a cal mag defiency to me.... its always mag it seems
 
ive just started on some nutes that have been clearing that up, my bottom leaves still have it my top leaves have gotten much better
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