need advice and opinion

gsxr1000

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:wall:View attachment 1294760View attachment 1294748View attachment 1294747View attachment 1294750DSCN2548.jpgI have five skywalkers 3 1/2 feet tall, 2 weeks in to flowering, and I am using floral bloom and hydro plex. Also (2) 250 cfl lights and 2700k plus (1) 65 watt 27k, what should I expect out of this? What can I do to maximize it more. I think I got enough light let me know. Here is a few pics. Oh bubble tonic system and 5 gallon buckets and I give it half of the recommend dosage of requirements on the bottles dosage.

Thanks
 

stickybob

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turn your bulbs horizontal if you have room, a LOT more light will reach the plants. they should be about 3-6" above the canopy
 

Canibal

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IDK if it's just the lighting but you're plants seem very yellow. What strain are you growing? Some strains are lighter than others
 

gsxr1000

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its the lights and its skywalker started seein little white hairs. this is my first grow . just little shit me and my brother did wishing for the best. an wanting to know how to do more. do u know what should come of these bitches
 

Nice Ol Bud

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Dont worry about your yeild,
its important but its impossible to tell unless you have documentation of past grows,
Your doing good from what I can tell, just keep doing what your doing!
 

ArcadiaAbsent

Active Member
Looking good from here, I've used Floranova and have been impressed with the results, in both yield and potency. Because of its thick concentrated nature a solid mixing/shaking is a must. The issue that you will encounter and is mentioned often here is the lack of penetration with CFL's. With the height of your plants, you are unlikely to see solid bud development at the lower 1/3 of the branches. Your best option here is to get the lights nice and close to the canopy, trim up your bottom and low hanging branches, and attempt to flatten your prime growing space. Bamboo stakes and plastic twist ties are cheap, and can aid in manipulating flexible stems. Try to get your bud sites in a fairly equal horizontal level, and relatively close to the light source. Even 600w HPS lights fail to produce dense nugs at the lower levels of three foot plants, so getting those from CFL's can be an uphill battle. I agree with stickybob, that horizontal light placement with a quality reflector will probably be superior to a vertical hung bulb in this case. You may consider adding supplementary side/bottom lighting with long fluorescent tubes to help the bottom rungs of your plant get more light. I've personally grown a few different strains to an average of three feet in 5 gallon soil containers under a mix of 600w and 1000w HPS bulbs with the Floranova line, and was happy to get 2-4 ounces per plant. Without much knowledge of your strain and little practice with CFL's its hard to guess a yield, but with some work and diligence a .60-.70 gram per watt ratio is doable in my estimations under your circumstances. Good luck, I'll continue to check in for progress updates.
 

kpac

Active Member
The color could be your ph being off check your ph. and the directions are there for a reason it you want yield put the damn nuits in!
 

gsxr1000

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Looking good from here, I've used Floranova and have been impressed with the results, in both yield and potency. Because of its thick concentrated nature a solid mixing/shaking is a must. The issue that you will encounter and is mentioned often here is the lack of penetration with CFL's. With the height of your plants, you are unlikely to see solid bud development at the lower 1/3 of the branches. Your best option here is to get the lights nice and close to the canopy, trim up your bottom and low hanging branches, and attempt to flatten your prime growing space. Bamboo stakes and plastic twist ties are cheap, and can aid in manipulating flexible stems. Try to get your bud sites in a fairly equal horizontal level, and relatively close to the light source. Even 600w HPS lights fail to produce dense nugs at the lower levels of three foot plants, so getting those from CFL's can be an uphill battle. I agree with stickybob, that horizontal light placement with a quality reflector will probably be superior to a vertical hung bulb in this case. You may consider adding supplementary side/bottom lighting with long fluorescent tubes to help the bottom rungs of your plant get more light. I've personally grown a few different strains to an average of three feet in 5 gallon soil containers under a mix of 600w and 1000w HPS bulbs with the Floranova line, and was happy to get 2-4 ounces per plant. Without much knowledge of your strain and little practice with CFL's its hard to guess a yield, but with some work and diligence a .60-.70 gram per watt ratio is doable in my estimations under your circumstances. Good luck, I'll continue to check in for progress updates.
 

gsxr1000

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dont have a ph meter but we put 3gal rec dose in for gal water .........so wishing for the best hope i dont lose them.
 
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