can someone take a look at my plant

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marmaduke80

Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #1

hiya this is my first indoor grow and would really like it if someone could tell me if my plant is going well, it is a auto ak49 about 4 weeks old


i have been feeding it with a bloom solution and its been under 24 hour light for the first 2/3 weeks and now 18/6. it all looks green and smells kinda nice but considering it is my first grow i have not really topped or fimmed it. THAAAAAAAAAAAANKS

 

JTB16

Active Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #2

What kind of light setup are you running? CFL?

 

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marmaduke80

Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #3

ya i have 4 20w cfl bulbs covering the top and both sides of the plant.

 

JTB16

Active Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #4

Try to get more of a focus beam of light on the top of her and keep them close. I guess CFL cause she looks a little stretch but thats ok. She looks pretty good bro.

 

shadyslater

Well-Known Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #5

well she's a she which is good

 

tekdc911

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• Sep 14, 2013

• #6

this plant is not in bloom yet
unless you want it very hungry really soon
i would continue with a veg feed or 2
it is just showing sex/preflower
when it gets pom-pom puffs of hair its in flower
it should be balls to the wall in veg growth right now
the stages go
seedling 0-(15-21days)-(veg-preflower-veg(2-6 weeks after preflower))- flower
this is just rough estimate on times from my experience

 

tekdc911

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• Sep 14, 2013

• #7

that baby needs some more light
they sell like 50w "real watts " for 15-20 bucks at lowes atleast get one larger light
and move it around to different tops
you could get a cola to fatten up finish and chop it
then move the light to another cola and let it get swollen
i harvest 2-3 times every node gets a chance to swell
i did this when i used cfl for a couple years
i have alot more lumens now and still do it

 

Lurkdewitt

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• Sep 14, 2013

• #8

Do every thing tek says, and if I were you, I would cut up a coat hanger and tie down the main stem after a watering.

 

brotes grandes

Active Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #9

She needs alot more cfls around her mate. I started out with cfls at around 120ish watts total and my plants always grew slow even tho I had my cfls evenly spaced. If you can almost double that 80w you have I'm sure you will see the difference in the next week. GL

 

tekdc911

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• Sep 14, 2013

• #10

agreed at this point more light will help in so many ways this is the last stretch before flower and its 1" a day growth sometimes more
dankster has a ak49 going for the party cup contest and plenty of pics to kinda give you a time line

 

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marmaduke80

Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #11

great thanks for the help, i was thinking about putting just one more 20w cfl in there only as i am pretty skint. I have watered the plant today and just tied it down with an old hanger (thank you Lurkdewitt)

my plan is to buy a hps bulb system around next payday 30~09 its prob not the best solution after the advice you guys have given (i try and work something out)

thanks again

 

OrangeHaze

Well-Known Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #12

Keep your cfls close as well. Like 1-3 inches from the plant. The penetrarion value on CFLs is lower, so they need to be as close to the plants as possible.