My 9 weeks CFL grow, vegetative stage, when to switch to flowering ?

wiidnoob

wiidnoob

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Hello,

After great efforts I managed to learn how to grow this s**t :lol:

So now my plant is 9 weeks old in vegetative stage :







She is doing very well on this light program : 19 Hours ON / 5 Hours OFF
Feeding is : NUTES / WATER / REST / NUTES / WATER / REST and so on ...

What do you think about it ? Should I switch it to flowering ? 12 / 12 light program or should I let it grow more to get more buds ?

Thank you !
 
Mr John

Mr John

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You may be ready now. My plants were ready at four weeks veg. Do you see any signs of sex? You should by now I would think. My plants showed right at four weeks.

Your plant is pretty tall now and depending on strain may double in height and it looks like to you could come close to running out of head space. Need closer shots to see if plant is sexing.

Also where is your fresh air fan? Do you have one in there?
 
wiidnoob

wiidnoob

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Mr John said:
You may be ready now. My plants were ready at four weeks veg. Do you see any signs of sex? You should by now I would think. My plants showed right at four weeks.

Your plant is pretty tall now and depending on strain may double in height and it looks like to you could come close to running out of head space. Need closer shots to see if plant is sexing.

Also where is your fresh air fan? Do you have one in there?
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Closer shots :







As for the air fan ... I just have this little door open for it : ( and I do open the room windows every day to get fresh air in )



Thank you for your reply ! What is your opinion after this closer shots ?
 
vostok

vostok

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9 weeks and seriously light starved, better for you to understand that plants need light to grow, issue here is your fixed junky cfls, had you positioned these correctly she would be twice the size by now, better to detach and suspend on electrical flex.(wires) 2 inches from the plant tips, at roughly the diameter/distance of the pot rim, also consider using a balance of cool whites and warm white cfl's 2700k and 6500k to grow a happy and balanced plant, and a small fan wouldn't go a miss, as plants gotta breathe too
 
Mr John

Mr John

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Hard to tell but I think I saw some preflower hairs. Would not hurt to lower them lights some, add a circulation fan to bring fresh air in and go ahead and flip to 12/12.

Good luck!
 
wiidnoob

wiidnoob

Member
Mr John said:
Hard to tell but I think I saw some preflower hairs. Would not hurt to lower them lights some, add a circulation fan to bring fresh air in and go ahead and flip to 12/12.

Good luck!
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@ vostok the lights were lower 2 - 3 inches near the plant but 2 days ago I move it to this box because lack of space.

If anyone needs seed info :



PS : When that BIG CFL was 2 - 3 inches near the plant I got leafs burn + slow growing, now she is growing faster with this setup ... so vostok , should I really change it ?
 
vostok

vostok

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Please don't get me wrong, you have a great system, but IMHO, is in need of a few tweaks, its very rarely the light that damages the plant, but always the heat, that is why I encourage all growers to have a thorough understanding of there plants grow area, and ventilation requirements, even a small pc fan will encourage the plants stomata to open ..plant will emit 02 and consume c02, for this to happen maintain 75f/25c

to my journal on my junk blaster

https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog32244-vostok-builds-ghetto-blaster.html
 
wiidnoob

wiidnoob

Member
vostok said:
Please don't get me wrong, you have a great system, but IMHO, is in need of a few tweaks, its very rarely the light that damages the plant, but always the heat, that is why I encourage all growers to have a thorough understanding of there plants grow area, and ventilation requirements, even a small pc fan will encourage the plants stomata to open ..plant will emit 02 and consume c02, for this to happen maintain 75f/25c

to my journal on my junk blaster

https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog32244-vostok-builds-ghetto-blaster.html
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The temperature is constant 24 - 25 celsius. Thank you for your advice , I will consider lowering one light bulb.
 
no1da

no1da

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Defo lower the lights wildnoob,
i had my 250w cfl actual wattage, 1-3 inches from top collar with no bad side effect ( did have a fan tho )
nice healthy lookin plant by the way, keep it up
peace
 
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