first indoor grow

[mjh0817]

I'm using 12 1650lumen cfl's 4" away from the plant(each plant has one light). they sit over 5 gallon pots. currently I'm 4 weeks into the process however nodes are few and stems are red. i was wanting to know if there are any problems since i am using pro-grow and just started using super-thrive added in. I'll post pictures when i can but till then i'll just ask.

 

[dinkydigger]

what light spectrum are you using?..

 

[mjh0817]

i'm not sure . they are fluorescents, i bought the bulbs from walmart their the equivalent to 100w. how can i tell?

 

[dinkydigger]

daylight bulbs are a blue spectrum that are 6500k (which are what you want for veg)...if you got anything like a soft white or warm white you have more of a red spectrum that are 2700k ( which are good for flowering)...it usually will say it on the bulb...i know GE says if it's not on the bulb it is or around 2700k....i made the mistake of using the 2700k bulbs at first and my little buddy didn't grow good at all...but i switched to the 6500k and it grew twice as big in a week then it did in a month..

 

[mistaphuck]

is it sortof reddish or sort of blue ish does it say 2700 k or 6500 k
?

 

[dinkydigger]

is it sortof reddish or sort of blue ish does it say 2700 k or 6500 k
?

none of my bulbs say it on them..( and they are all GE)..that's why i mentioned that

 

[mistaphuck]

well are they blue ish or reddish?

 

[mjh0817]

they are warm white bulbs so i'll look around for the 6500's thank you. also i tried to transplant yesterday and now the plants are all drooping almost at a 45 degree angle at the leafs. they seem still healthy(no leafs
are dying) is there anything i can do?

 

[dinkydigger]

it just needs to adjust after being tranplanted...it should come out of it

 

[mjh0817]

good news i replaced the bulbs. 6500 are far brighter btw. my plants all came through and seem to be doing fine can i still use the 2700's for flowering stage i might run 3 cfl's per plant. i figured the hps would be too expensive to buy and shipping stuff over the internet takes forever so if anyone knows otherwise PST.

 

[dinkydigger]

oh hell yeah..the 2700k is what you want for flowering....good to hear they came out of their funk ..you should start to see some decent growth with the 6500ks

 

[mjh0817]

well when i transplanted i used super thrive. however i used way to much, now my plants are dying/ crisping with purple underneath the leafs. i want to cut my losses but i have three nodes on each (never cut used wrong bulbs) that are pre-flowering nicely. can i do anything? this was my first grow and i seem to have done everything wrong. guess thats good though cause now i know what not to do

 

[mjh0817]

i'm germinating 4 seeds now so hope the second batch will be better. does anyone know should i flower my plant though i dont know the sex yet?

 

[dinkydigger]

yeah why not flower..if you got some others you are going to start any way...it will at least give you the experience

 

[mjh0817]

so i'm about 3 days into flowering period. my plants are actually growing 2 times the amount they did in veg. does anyone know the typical yeald for 4 plants each with the or four nodes?