yo how long do i need to veg before flowering
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Kratose
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It really depends on how big you want your plant, how much space you have, and if you have enough lighting to penetrate big plants.
What/how many lights are you using to grow? How big is your plant now? Usually people like to veg for at least 5 weeks before putting them into flowering. I like to veg a little longer, around 7 weeks or around 2 feet tall. I grow with HPS lighting thou.
What/how many lights are you using to grow? How big is your plant now? Usually people like to veg for at least 5 weeks before putting them into flowering. I like to veg a little longer, around 7 weeks or around 2 feet tall. I grow with HPS lighting thou.
im using cfls i got 8 23watt 1 42watt 2700k bulbs my plants about 4 inches is that small for 20 day veg lights like 1and a half inches away would of went for hps too but heat is a problem day temp like 98 outside and im in a wooden house
its about 15400 lumens my box for flower is 2 ft wide 2 ft deep 4 ft high
Kratose
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Your probably going to need more lumens for the flowering stage. 4 inches isn't to bad for 20 days. CFL's tend to keep the plants shorter and bushier. (Thats a good thing) Do you have any pics you can put up? With the lighting your using I wouldn't let them get to big. Your plants will stretch once they go into flowering. You could put them into flowering around 10 inches. What type of CFL's are you using? Cool White? Warm White? T5's are pretty good lights. Not to expensive and do a decent job.
Here is a good link for you. Its about CFL growing. Check it out
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/202718-cfl-tutorial.html
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this is the veg room 5 27 watt 5500k 1 19 watt 6500k cfls
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this is the veg room 5 27 watt 5500k 1 19 watt 6500k cfls
Kratose
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You can lower your lights a little. They don't give off to much heat so you can have them pretty close to your plants. I see a little stretching. Are those cool white bulbs?
Do i detect some nutrient burn? What are you feeding them? What type of soil are they in? Does it have time release nutrients?
Do i detect some nutrient burn? What are you feeding them? What type of soil are they in? Does it have time release nutrients?
swishsweet
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the way your lights are situated isn't allowing the majority of the light to get to the leaves. CFLs give most of their light out of their sides not tops. You should just get some of those really cheap Y adapters and 2x as many CFLs and double up your power!
i really dont know i saw three reasons y they look like that heat which i think its from of fert burn idk there daylight bulbs im giving them earth juice grow every watering like 3 to 4 days and just gave them mollasas but thats all the juice is half strenth half tablespoon per gallon just peat moss and pearlite no nutrients in soil
im low on cash as for now i thought most light comes from the bottom but now i know thanks for the info
swishsweet
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No problem, good luck with the rest of your grow
Kratose
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I would give them a good flush. I see the tips and sides are burnt a bit. When they are that young you have to go very easy on the nutes. And those Y adapters are pretty cheap. I use them for my clones. Because the way the Y adapter is, it makes it so the light's side is illuminating your plants, and as Swish said most of the light from CFL's comes from its sides. Plus having 2 lights on one plug is always nice.
so i just flushed them hope they get better i just noticed the new leaf tips turning yellow your right fert burn as for the y adapters as soon as i get the cash ill buy some i want them to get the light they deserve lol hope all goes well thanks for the help ill update with pics later so you can let me know how im doing
dormeo
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afaik, spiral CFLs are best put vertically and the straight CFLs horizontally.
Kratose
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I hope everything gets better for you. Make sure you really flushed them out good. Make sure there is good drainage when you are doing so.
Yeah the more lumens the better. I will be looking forward to your updates.
bigv1976
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What is a straight CFL?
thcmonster
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a straight cfl is where the tubes are straight and then turn 180 degrees to come back Examples
<--straight cfl
<-- spiral cfl
thcmonster
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LOL
SlickMick
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every CFL is different the manufacturer will put on the box the "Burn Orientation" ive seen spirals with vertical or horizontal orientations. same with any bulb they all have designated orientations due to it being the best possible way and is how their numbers in lumens and such are obtained.