Clones Budding while under 24hr lighting

Deon36

Member
Got a question here and I hope someone can help me out.
I've got 23 clones under 4 fluorescent 35w/each bulb and been that way for 10 days. They were doing ok till this morning.
9 of them have started to grow hairs (FEMALES). mY QUESTION IS....WHY ARE THEY BLOOMING WHILE UNDER 24/7 LIGHTS?
What can I do anbout this. Should I increse the light to MH 200w? are my girls still ok to veg?
Help!!!
 

lotsOweed

Active Member
Their not blooming, there called preflowers. They will pop out if u let em veg long enough. Its a good thing, their confirmed females
 

Deon36

Member
Alright..i'll leave them as is...there are very small clones like 4 to 6 inches...I still have to leave them to veg for a bit yet. At least another 2 months..I also find the temp where they are located a little cool. (around 20 C) should I relocate them to warmer location?
I've got all 3 mother's of these clones in bloom for about 10 days now and are doing ok. This is my first grow so COMPLETELY new at this. I have done quite a bit of reading but I find that everyone has they're own opinion on this.
So I will leave these clones as is and I will let you know how they do in the next few days?
 

zem

Well-Known Member
i think you will benefit if you use a bigger light, what will you flower with?
 

mccumcumber

Well-Known Member
Vegging for two months to be put in a closet is a risky strategy. I'd say veg until ~15'', you idealy want your plants to be 18'' from the light at all times and plants tend double or triple in size during flower.
Shown mathematically 72-18= 54
54-30=14" for grow medium (your soil in a pot I'm guessing)
54-45= 9" for grow medium
Obviously the 9" is impractical because your plant would probably get root bound. So long as you have a constant system (mothers and clones going to flowering), you won't have to worry about how big your plant gets.
 

Deon36

Member
Well I'll tell you what...this is my first grow and I kinda find this site has alot of ideas and controversy so...here are some pics of my cheap set up...pic #1 is my grow room..a little tight but I made it work. I have 4 fluro bulbs and also 2-100W MH bulbs on 24hr. Seems to be working no problems...all the ladies in here are clones and you will see on the last picture where they all came from.

2# is the bloom room...kinda rinky dink but hey...it worked out...I did make a mistake on the size...it's 4 ft by 8 ft with a 400W HPS.

3# are my ladies...there are actually 4 in there (you can't see them all) the one on the front right I threw in because I didn't know what gender that was was at the time...but...it's a girl. :) Also...all the plants you seen in the first photo came from these ladies in bloom.

4# I have a really shitty camera and I am limited to the quality of my pictur4es so I used a mag glass to show one of the buds. These girls have been in bloom for 3 weeks tomorrow. I don't think they are doing too bad.

So..what do you think??
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