Plants not growing...Please help!!

This is my first grow. One plant is about 25 days into flowering and the other 3 were just changed over to begin flowering. My main plant was a bag seed so I don't know the strain or anything, but so far it's all female. I didn't know if it looks how it should for going on the 4th week of flowering since I'm new to this. I've been looking at pictures trying to see if the buds should be filling in more or growing faster because it has very little bud coming in and has even stopped growing it seems. I had problems with burnt leaves and yellow spotting and am still having the same problem so I stopped using the MG nuts and am using a different kind (10-15-10) that worked good before i changed to MG. The other 3 plants are droopy and I was unsure why that would be. I'm only using a 48" (2 bulb) 3k fluorescent lighting with a cfl on the main flowering plant for added light. I water when soil is dry and mist the plants about once a day with a fan blowing in the area all the time and they are all in 1 gallon pots. So any help and ideas would be much appreciated!
 

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00hotrod34

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How many watts are you using? That may be why they are not growing much. I have 400watts of CFL on two plants. Also, how big is your plant compared to the size of pot you have it in. The roots need room to grow out and down. I personally dont mist the plant as it has caused problems for me before. CFL is a good way to go if you do it right. The correct kelvin has to be used for the stage your plant is in. You also have to place the light NO less than 4 inches away from the plant...mine are about an inch away ..and as always with cfl, the more the better. Good luck
 

NOWitall

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well without more info

mg is the devil, stear clear.

your buds look ok not 2 bad for week 4.
id say you need more light, ALOT more light. thats your main hangup right now

that 10-15-10 stuff sound like the shultz plant food.
works ok but has NO micronutrients.

bagseed can be good or bad.
if its from some kinda green its usually an indica strain.
if it came from mex, its usually sativa. (sativa's have longer thinner leaves, as opposed to indicas shorter broader leaves.)

sativas take roughly 3 more weeks to flower than indicas.

the pics look indica.

overall get more light
2 more of those 48'ers
 
Yeah I thought light might be the problem. The pots I have them in are 1 gallon deer park jugs ha! And the plant is about 2ft or so tall. The plant food is the schultz kind. Does anyone know a good, cheap fixture for CFL's? So I can buy that to put more up, I don't know of a good fixture i could get from lowe's or walmart...I have no grow stores near me. And do I need bigger pots or is the 1 gal fine? Also, why are the 3 other plants droppy and drying out on the leaves (not turning color just drying out)? Could it be overwatering somehow...I don't think I'm over watering but I looked at pics and it looked like it oculd be that. I think it is an indica strain bc the leaves are not long and thin. I have the right kind of bulbs on it i think.. (3k spectrum soft white T5 bulbs and the CFL is the normal size, not the bigger size).
 

00hotrod34

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go to lowes or wallymart and get a few $1.29 platic fixtures that you can hardwire and screw a bulb into. Then......get a couple $2.00 y splitters that screw into a fixture......and there you go
 

GPD.831

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What are the kelvin tempurature of your CFLs? It should have a number in the thousands with a K after it. (example 2700K, 4100k, 5000k, 6500k) 2700k is perfect for flowering, 6500k is optimal for vegetating.
 
It's 3 of the 26watt 2700k CFL's. Two are on light fixtures near the top on the plant facing down. And the third is on a outlet adapter on my serge protector positioned near the middle of the plant, it's not on a fixture, just open light.
 

mouserz

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its over fertilization miricle grow is very hot it is ok if you use 1/2 strength, no more. start off at 1/4. you nedd a fert near a npk of 10-10-10 for veg and 10-30-10 for flower and always start with 1/4 to 1/2 percent dose.try to get two 26w cfls at least on each plant.
 
Thanks. I have 11 cfl's total, so that's more than 2 per plant. I also am using the KGro nuts which are 15-30-15 and all of my plants are flowering, but for veg I have a 10-15-10 nuts.
 
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