how do they look.
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GrowingfortheGold
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Long internodes with some stretch...sounds right on target for a cfl grow haha. Keep on growing and learning!
ataxia
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I'm a first timer using cfl also ... yours are looking good. Can't comment on how much you'll get out of it. I'm still harvesting a similar size plant also .. I've learned a little bit through trial and error though ... You should definitley trim the top leaves of you're plants to keep em shorter .. I have two girls in my space around your size (i let them veg too long) but i have 4 more that are about a foot tall and the light is distributed nice and even. plus, they're easy to maintain. i really love the pics with the leaf burn!!!!! another problem when you grow them too big. with cfls I have them all over different leaves also Looking good for first time man .. looks alot like mine!
GrowingfortheGold
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I can see you've overfertilized them a bit. Those heavy indicas like a higher ppm which is why they don't look as bad. However sativas like it lighter which is why you have save definite curling down. You also don't have a good distribution. If I were you I would have LST all the plants to go flat across. Then drop all the cfls right over the canopy. CFLs don't produce enough light to penetrate deep., 6 inches for the small 23 watters and such. You should also trim the lower 1/3 of the plant because it simply doesn't get enough light and is using energy that should be directed elsewhere. Perhaps next time you should also grow strains with the same genetics so you don't have to struggle as much with a long stretching sativa and lst quite a bit.
Is that what you were lookin to hear when you posted ;o ?
Is that what you were lookin to hear when you posted ;o ?
ataxia
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do you/have you grown with cfl GOLD??? i'm actually waiting for my girls to wake up so i can take some pics... I added another 65 watt yesterday and wondering what someone's opinion may be about placement... I'll post a link when they're up.
GrowingfortheGold
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The curling of the leaves is from overfertilization. If you have severe curling and no burn than it isn't overfert the plant isn't receiving the proper ratios of nutes.
Yes I have used CFL's and HID's.
Yes I have used CFL's and HID's.
ataxia
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YEP!!!! that's exactly what's happening.. no burn but curling all over the place ... i've been following FF soil schedule but i think i may have over fert at some point. I'm guessing it threw something off.. anyway
to fix it?
GrowingfortheGold
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Well usually overfertilization will show nute burn but on some mainly sativas the leaves will simply curl. If your leaves are now a healthy green and there is no INCREASE in curling then the problem is already solved. Curling like burn is not reversible.
Just go easy on the fertilizer and keep all you variables in safe zones.
Here is an example...notice no burn but just yellow tips and the slight curl. Oh and what a surprise a sativa phenotype...
Just go easy on the fertilizer and keep all you variables in safe zones.
Here is an example...notice no burn but just yellow tips and the slight curl. Oh and what a surprise a sativa phenotype...
cee1230
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yep thats what im lookin for all help is appreciated.these are all diff bag seeds so ididnt no what strain. yeah i would have lst sooner but i started flower when it was a foot and a half i didnt think it would get this big.for my next plant s i will lst all of them so i can have a nice level canopy,i am constanly havin to move my lights around . the smaller plants are a couple weeks younger 1 of them is the same strain as the tall 1
ataxia
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I understand totally ..like i said ...i'm doing the same thing ... no worries though if this one doesn't yeild enough just wait till the next grow.... hopefully we'll get it right eventually
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SmokeyMcPuff
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Your soing great each grow gets better and better
cee1230
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yeah thx +rep. i will keep growing def. i cant waait to order some good seeds so i can start smoking good.my days of smoking dirt will be over.this site has helped me alotr i feel like i know what im doing .but i know i still have a lot to learn heres my entire grow if interested. https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/243335-first-grow-will-work-10.html
ataxia
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Yeah just put a few pics up... check it out
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/282993-any-suggestions-light-placement-i.html#post3523956
AutumnsRedTears
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I would say too early to estimate because so many things could happen between now and harvest. but it's looking good!
Cane'Bosem
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GrowingfortheGold, cfl does not mean what you think it means.
Day 50 from seed.
See any stretching here?
Any long internodes?
I didn't think so.
CFLs are great. I use them for the entire veg period and switch to a 400w HPS for 12/12.
CFL placement is the key. Work on that for next time and you wont get ANY stretching.
Good effort!