A few questions about my little grow

Hi, one of my plants is getting too big for my box as you can see in the pic, twice as big as the other two plants. If I just leave it will it adapt itself to the box size and stop growing up? It's been flowering(showing sex) for three weeks.

Is it safe to say the tall one is sativa and the two short ones indica? Or is there no real way of telling? The tall one didn't develop hairs until days after the short ones. Or is it just pot size making them smaller?

The two smaller ones are under 100 watts (5 20watt 2700k bulbs) and the big one is under 72 watts (3 24watt 2700k). Will that get a reasonable yield, taking into account how close the bulbs are to the plant and how small the room is? Higher wattage 2700k bulbs are uite expensive in my country so I'd rather not add more light unless my current set up doesn't have enough for any significant yield.

I am letting some of the larger leaves touch the bulbs and get burnt on the big plant at the moment because it is too hard to avoid it. Will this cause any problems?

Thanks for any help. This is my first indoor grow, so I don't know if I'm doing well. I know my set up is embarrassingly ghetto but it seems to do the job.

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Hi, one of my plants is getting too big for my box as you can see in the pic, twice as big as the other two plants. If I just leave it will it adapt itself to the box size and stop growing up? It's been flowering(showing sex) for three weeks.

It will not adjust to your box but it will stop getting taller eventually. It usually stretches the first few weeks of flowering. You should try tying her down.

Is it safe to say the tall one is sativa and the two short ones indica? Or is there no real way of telling? The tall one didn't develop hairs until days after the short ones. Or is it just pot size making them smaller?

They look like hybrids to me but i'm no expert. Not super fat leaves not too skinny. Pot size will make a difference in plant size as well the more room for roots the more room for growth...

The two smaller ones are under 100 watts (5 20watt 2700k bulbs) and the big one is under 72 watts (3 24watt 2700k). Will that get a reasonable yield, taking into account how close the bulbs are to the plant and how small the room is? Higher wattage 2700k bulbs are uite expensive in my country so I'd rather not add more light unless my current set up doesn't have enough for any significant yield.

Your girls look good, considering how much light you have on them. I would recommend at least 100 actaul watts per plant. Can you buy bulbs on line? might be cheaper for you, I have never used this place but many Roll it uppers have... http://www.1000bulbs.com/


I am letting some of the larger leaves touch the bulbs and get burnt on the big plant at the moment because it is too hard to avoid it. Will this cause any problems?

Don't burn your baby... you need your fan leaves for food later on... those leaves are food storage, when they really start to flower you will notice those fan leaves will start dying off.

Thanks for any help. This is my first indoor grow, so I don't know if I'm doing well. I know my set up is embarrassingly ghetto but it seems to do the job.

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You shouldn't be embarresed by your setup... it works and that's all that matters!!! There are many succesful ghetto growers... ConcordDawn is one of the best. check out this link to his grow https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/380156-4th-cfl-grow-jungle-growth.html

I hope this was helpful, stay high.


haha answered all of your questions in your quote...

I cant really tell whats going on in the picture all i see is plants reflective foil and bulbs, anyways you should bend the tall one down. How long have they been flowering? You might wanna start bending the other ones down also if they are still stretching. Burning the leafs is never a good idea imo.

Thank you for the replies. They've been flowering for just over three weeks, I think most of the growth spurt has passed simply because they're 3x as big as when the 12/12 switch happened... I'm scared to bend them in case of breaking the stems, since they're already into flowering. I've heard they don't bend easily once flowering...

But will they just keep growing into the roof and break anyway? What are the downsides to just letting them outgrow their container's height without intervening?

That website is another one that seems to exclusively sell its high-watt CFLs as scew-ins. I need bayonet fittings, which seems impossible to find on the internet for high wattage. The 40 watt 2700 bulbs in my country cost $50 a piece... It actually would have been cheaper to go with a 250watt HPS in the beginning, in my country. Especially since the CFLs get way hotter than expected. Oh well, I'll pick up one 40 watt, bringing my total wattage to 202 watts for three plants. Hopefully get something from that.

The big plant has three or four leaves that are getting burnt away by being too close to the bulb, that can't cause many problems, right? Most people pull off more leaves during the grow anyway, right?