First Ever Grow. PLEASE LOOK! PICS! Opinion wanted!
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kieahtoka, thanks for the input! Why lose the tin foil? just curious...i cant get much better lighting right now! no money! one of the reasons its stretching so much is cuz my idiot roomate rasied the light about 5 inches above the plant when i was gone for 5 days, at least i think thats why.
Entropic, i use a 3' flourescent strip fixture with two bulbs both of which are "plant grow flourescents" and i have one stand alone light with a normal bulb type, but its not in condescent, its some type of grow light i guess, i dont think it does much good...but the flourescents are only about 1" away from top, i think it stretched cuz my roomate put the light about 6" above the plant while i was gone for 5 days...what should i do to make her bulk out and seem less stretched?
green_nobody
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tin foil, looks like insufficient lightning, stretched plant... i give you a C on this on but if the next gone look like that you get a straight F
tell us a bit about the set up, such as soil, lamps, if you got a fan going in there, stuff like this.
tell us a bit about the set up, such as soil, lamps, if you got a fan going in there, stuff like this.
My set up is the most absolute froogle, cheap one i could do lol, its in a 4'X3'X 9' tall closet, i used moisture control mriacle grow soil (which i now know from talking to people was bad), right now a 6"X6" pot. one 3' flourescent strip with 2 bulbs both of which are "grow flourescents" and one regular light fixture with some grwom bulb in it, i dont think that one helps much, now, the flourescent is only 1 inch above the plant...
green_nobody
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normal cool white CFLs, so 6500K work just fine, no need to by this special green floros which happen to be often actually 4000K or 2700K which both are rather useless for veg. could have caused stretching too by the way. heat won't cause stretching so much, that rather kills plants all together...
green_nobody
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get with of that miracle shit soil, just flush it of with water and dig your plant into a nice mix of normal soil and perlite, you can by those mixes in a good gardening store even ready to use for a few bucks
damn thanks for all the info, ya im not sure exactly what the floros i bought are, the jsut said it was for plants or somethin like that...like one of the boxes said daylight i think, but thanks for the soil tip, i think ill do that when i transplant...other than the stretching does she look pretty healthy? idont know anything haha...and the plant is apparently NY DIESEL crossed with GRANDDADDY KUSH, is that shit good?
Spittn4cash
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Plant looks fine, only problem is the stretching.
Either Move the lights closer or get more of em.
the Miracle gro is fine..I use MG moisture control as well.
obviously it hasnt hurt your plants and its definitely not gonna stunt the plants as long as you control your watering and nute feedings.
If U have any questions about the MG feel free to PM me.
Either Move the lights closer or get more of em.
the Miracle gro is fine..I use MG moisture control as well.
obviously it hasnt hurt your plants and its definitely not gonna stunt the plants as long as you control your watering and nute feedings.
If U have any questions about the MG feel free to PM me.
is there a way i could get more leaves on the stretched out part below?...also, i dont have any nutrients, this is flat out jsut grwoing under a light andbeing watered...also, where the lower "branches" are and where they meet the stem it looks like tiny little leave are starting to grow out of that "v"...what is that?
Spittn4cash
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You wont get any new branches below the last node. branches grow from the nodes between the fan leaves and the main stem. New branches will form the longer the plant is alive. As the plant gets taller and grows more fan leaves.
As far as the growth between the nodes:
Thats your secondary growth, either pollen sacks or buds will start forming from those branches when you switch your lights to 12/12. If your not using nutes then you may wanna consider feeding molasses or a sugar cane substitute.
As far as the growth between the nodes:
Thats your secondary growth, either pollen sacks or buds will start forming from those branches when you switch your lights to 12/12. If your not using nutes then you may wanna consider feeding molasses or a sugar cane substitute.