How are these baby's doing?

[taderick]

how do you think there doing at the moment seeing as im using sunlight through windowsill im planning on getting some lights soon maybe which should boost the growth rate hopefully.

[taderick]

sorry i meant how is this baby doing its only one plant obviously!

[Zandor]

Don't forget you still need air moving across them to strengthen the stocks.

[JoHimself]

lovely.

keep it up and the plant will shoot up. what lighting are you using? and what are you growing in? looks like a strange mix of poo and chocolate pudding. unles the plant looks unhealthy it should be fine.

[taderick]

im using sunlight its coming up to summer so im geussing its ok with the sunlight for now, oh and that soil is just got some dry spots that why it looks like that.

[taderick]

oh and on many grow guides it says to bend the stem back and forth and it will strengthen itself thats what i have been doing is this ok?

[Zandor]

oh and on many grow guides it says to bend the stem back and forth and it will strengthen itself thats what i have been doing is this ok?
A fan gently moving air around is better. Not only will the fan strengthen the stocks it will also exchange the air from the underside of the leaf. That's needed to grow quality plants so don't forget air exchange is important.

[dylan]

looks ok, but can you put it completly outdoors? that will really get it growing.

[IthoughtIknewitall]

It is not getting enough light. That plant should be alot bigger by now. You may not need a stronger light but you need more hours of the light you are getting.

[taderick]

i would like grow outside seeing its nearly summer and the days are really long but what about bugs surely theres a high risk of getting loadsa weird things eating the leaves.

[rhino44]

put it outside, the window blocks important uv rays that the plant needs to fully develop. put it in semi shade the first couple days because it could burn it if you stick it out in full sun immediately.plus the breeze will strengthen and thicken that stem up after a couple weeks.

[taderick]

what about bug controll what can i do to stop flies and thing from eating my plant, im thinking twice about putting outside because its small and may get eaten and die so i might wait 3 or 4 weeks any advice?

[IthoughtIknewitall]

Sevin dust works good if your plant can handle looking white against a bunch of green. I would use insecticidal soap.

[taderick]

its been a while since i last posted but i have now put the plant under a proper bright light at another location im not sure what it is but its like a pole shaped bulb with a metal bit next to it and its dangling on chains.

it is definetly growing better under this light leaves are growing much faster also it does'nt get hot under the bulb just warm and its 400 watt so if anyone knows what sort of light this could be please say ill try and put some pics on here soon.

[taderick]

anyone know what sort of light it might be??

[dylan]

got a pic of it?

[taderick]

heres a picture of the light i think its 400w or more does anyone know what sort of light this?

[Zandor]

HID type - HPS bulb

[taderick]

is that better than MH i know that it has gas in it is this best for veg or flowering can you use it for both???

give me info on it

[taderick]

ps what does HPS stand for?

[taderick]

i know it stand for high pressure sodium so dont worry about that
but i still need to know what its best for flowering, veg or what the spectrum specifcations on hps and if its good enough use all the time.

i also was wondering what height of a plant is it best to start flowering,
and if you have a plant in veg and the light period is 12/12 will it force flowering on the young plants and if the preflowers are visable and you change the photoperiod to 20/4 will this harm the plant or cause the buds to form at an early age or what?

[taderick]

????????

[thechronic]

looking good i guess

[Lovers]

could you put your plant like next to an open window in stead of fully outdoors?

[taderick]

i would think that it wouldnt make much difference because the way the sun moves the walls will block the sun and then sun would not be visible at some times during the day

can anyone help me out with my questions above??

[dylan]

HPS bulbs (like what you have in the pic) are good for flowering, but can be used to vegg also.