my first cfl grow

daz321

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this is my first grow can i have a bit of advice from you experts please on what things im doing wrong,

i have 6 blueberry cuttings in 5 pots about 3 weeks old 1 pot has 2 plants in, they were like this when i got them.

i got them at 1 week old for the last week and a half they have had 5x20w cfl's over the top, this week i have added 4x16w d-shaped cfl's 1 on each side wall and 2 on the door and a 58w 5-foot strip light on the back wall.

i also have 2 bathroom extractor fans half-way up my room one blowing up and one blowing down.

i have had my lights on 18/6 since i got them but put them on 12/12 today because i had a smoke of some grapefruit bud today and oh my god,
had my last spliff at 3 o'clock and whan i got on the bus at 5 o'clock the bus driver asked me what i'd been smokin and said it smelt fantastic, so i orderd some seed when i got home so i have to free up my room so i've got however long it takes for these to bud if they do bud to make any inprovements,

i am planing to get a hps but dont know what size to get,
 

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daz321

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made some changes today:- re-potted in to bigger pots the root couldnt grow no more in them small pots.
made a new lighting board with 16 cfl's instead of the one with 5 cfl's i made when i started.
got 2 more fans but not fitted them yet they are gettin tubed to outside to pull fresh air in and hot air out,

need some advise on nutes these babies have only been fed on tap water from day one, my friend gave me some organic liquid seaweed today but i dont want to use it if its no good for them ,please help:wall:
 

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joeson

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you should make better use of your lights by placeing them closer to the plants they can almost touch the bulbs like 1 inch away is fine, you also need reflectors so that your bulbs on top are sending there light down instead of in every direction... that might be difficult so start by getting the plants closer to the lights.. i have experience with blueberry and average 1.5 oz per plant using cfls so goodluck to you hopefully this is helpful
 

Unrealbud

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Go buy some Mylar...they sell this stuff in rolls at Lowes and Menards Its not very expensive and you will yield about 20-30% more bud. You should lower your lights as well. Just dont let them get close enough to burn the plants(remember 95 degrees F is deadly).
 

daz321

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thanks for the info guy's, i dropped my lights there now about 1" from the top of my tallest plants and about 2" from the top of the others.
got some nutes today, canna coco a & b, my plants were potted in coco first then when i re-potted i used john innes compost,
not used any nutes as i have not a ph or cf tester and dont know how much to use, and i cant get to the grow shop untill next weekend because its only open working hours and i work long days.
anyone got any ideas? i dont want to nuke my plants.

thanks for the help
 

daz321

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just worked it out i have 442watts of cfl's in my little room, thats like 1900watts think i got carried away is this too much?
 

daz321

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made some changes today

coverd my walls, door & floor with black & white.

took all my lights out just left 13X20w cfl's till tomorrow, i got a free 400w hps off my friend just need to buy a bulb.

sorted out my electrics so i've not got wires everywhere.

moved one of my fans into the celing in my cupbord it's now extracting the hot air in to my attic.

bought a ph meter and tested my chem's i've been using and they are perfect not bad for a guess.

here's some new pic's what do you think?
 

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