Sr. Verde
Well-Known Member
Okay. Holy fuck. No offense we got a lot to cover dude!
First, did nobody notice that your plant was ALREADY flowering? He must have re-veged it.
Thats why it looked so weird.
Second, you have to figure that your plant will stretch 2x-3x it's height in flower. Everyone talking about taking it in veg for a long ass time I assume is talking about using some mh/hps lighting to grow some 6 foot plants (36 inches is 3 feet. 3 feet x 2 is 6 feet. 6 feet with a 250w CFL??). Your using a single CFL so you have to account for how much surface area that light covers. So, to be on the safe side, you want to start flowering when your plant could grow 3 times larger and still be OK as far as intense light.
Now I know you already started flowering but that's for the future dude.
Also, what color temperature is that light? 2700k, or 6500k?
If your using the 6500k for flower that's not the best thing to do. I mean sure you can skimp on some things but lights is where it all happens, without good light you could do an amazing job with the plant but it would still never reach it's full potental.
6500k is in the blue spectrum, in vegetation the plant likes this blue light to grow closely spaced nodes, basically more branches/flowering sites in a smaller height. (which is good because it will STRETCH like crazy in the beginning of flowering.)
2700k is the redder spectrum, the plant likes red light in flowering because it helps grow thick stems to support FAT buds, it also helps with the resin production.
If your using veg light on a flowering plant youll see a lot of leaf and not a lot of bud. (to a certain extent, it's not like there will be NO bud)
if your using a flowering light on a vegging plant, youll see a lot of stretching, and no dense thick foliage.
If you don't have 2700k lights go to home depot, and look for the big 42w (actual wattage) bulb, it says 2700k on the back towards the top, it's like $7 a bulb. What I did was I went and got a light socket adapter and 6 bulbs.
Then you can go find the "work lights" which are essentially a light socket on a cord that you can hang over your plants. Surround your plant with those light bulbs (not too close) and you will notice some CRAZY growth. CFL's don't really penetrate into the foliage light Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium bulbs do. So it is best to use many sources of light surrounding the plant rather than one large source on the top. Sorry dude I'm not trying to dis your light or anything.
What else... Oh yeah, backyard soil.
Did you sterilize that soil in any way to kill the bugs that could be in there? If not you could be dealing with some bugs in your dirt in the near future. I used some MG soil from outside and got some bugs that chew on my roots, 3 treatments later I THINK they're gone.
The pic attached is a cola from the 250w cfl grow i have going on... I vegged with 8x 24w bulbs (192w) for the most part. I only vegged for like 5 and a half weeks, I started with 1 bulb for the first week, then two bulbs, then 6, then 8 for the last 3 weeks. At the time I didn't realize how many I would need.
Also dude, I would look into some LST or something to spread those two branches coming up. If you spread them out the lower part of the plant will get more light and grow. If a part of the plant is in the dark then it grow some but not very much. Get as much of the plant in the light as you can.
First, did nobody notice that your plant was ALREADY flowering? He must have re-veged it.
Thats why it looked so weird.
Second, you have to figure that your plant will stretch 2x-3x it's height in flower. Everyone talking about taking it in veg for a long ass time I assume is talking about using some mh/hps lighting to grow some 6 foot plants (36 inches is 3 feet. 3 feet x 2 is 6 feet. 6 feet with a 250w CFL??). Your using a single CFL so you have to account for how much surface area that light covers. So, to be on the safe side, you want to start flowering when your plant could grow 3 times larger and still be OK as far as intense light.
Now I know you already started flowering but that's for the future dude.
Also, what color temperature is that light? 2700k, or 6500k?
If your using the 6500k for flower that's not the best thing to do. I mean sure you can skimp on some things but lights is where it all happens, without good light you could do an amazing job with the plant but it would still never reach it's full potental.
6500k is in the blue spectrum, in vegetation the plant likes this blue light to grow closely spaced nodes, basically more branches/flowering sites in a smaller height. (which is good because it will STRETCH like crazy in the beginning of flowering.)
2700k is the redder spectrum, the plant likes red light in flowering because it helps grow thick stems to support FAT buds, it also helps with the resin production.
If your using veg light on a flowering plant youll see a lot of leaf and not a lot of bud. (to a certain extent, it's not like there will be NO bud)
if your using a flowering light on a vegging plant, youll see a lot of stretching, and no dense thick foliage.
If you don't have 2700k lights go to home depot, and look for the big 42w (actual wattage) bulb, it says 2700k on the back towards the top, it's like $7 a bulb. What I did was I went and got a light socket adapter and 6 bulbs.
Then you can go find the "work lights" which are essentially a light socket on a cord that you can hang over your plants. Surround your plant with those light bulbs (not too close) and you will notice some CRAZY growth. CFL's don't really penetrate into the foliage light Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium bulbs do. So it is best to use many sources of light surrounding the plant rather than one large source on the top. Sorry dude I'm not trying to dis your light or anything.
What else... Oh yeah, backyard soil.
Did you sterilize that soil in any way to kill the bugs that could be in there? If not you could be dealing with some bugs in your dirt in the near future. I used some MG soil from outside and got some bugs that chew on my roots, 3 treatments later I THINK they're gone.
The pic attached is a cola from the 250w cfl grow i have going on... I vegged with 8x 24w bulbs (192w) for the most part. I only vegged for like 5 and a half weeks, I started with 1 bulb for the first week, then two bulbs, then 6, then 8 for the last 3 weeks. At the time I didn't realize how many I would need.
Also dude, I would look into some LST or something to spread those two branches coming up. If you spread them out the lower part of the plant will get more light and grow. If a part of the plant is in the dark then it grow some but not very much. Get as much of the plant in the light as you can.
