Newbie grower in need of advice

[mizzzle]

:rasta: :thumbsup: Wassup pplz!!! Im new to this site and and new to internet forums in general. But more importantly im here for advice and maturity in cultivation.

Iv been growing my plants for 52 days now (so around 2 months), they'v been growing in rockwool from birth and i stated off given them blue spectrum lighting of 125w on a 18hr on 6hr off cycle, then gradually dropped an hour of daylight evry two days till i recently reached the 12hr cycle. I now use the red spectrum lights agen at 125w. Iv also used the necessary foods and pH at the recommended rate (... i think!).

At there present state they look aiiite!! but as its my first grow, i have a few concerns and paranoia as to how it is growing.

First the leaves started getting these strange gold spots, which i noticed burning thru the skin; also the colour of the leaves arent a dark green like those on varius pictures iv seen??? is something wrong??

Secondly the plants arent as bushy as i thought they mite b and compared to others iv seen. Plus the the first set of leaves that developed turned yelllow, so cruelly but in all the kindness of my heart, i cutt em off. was that wrong???

And thirdly, i just wanna know if they are healthy. Iv dun some research prior and during the growth process and its seems to ave dun sum good but id like sum advice from experienced growers and those of you in a similar situation to my own.

Pleas reply me and thank you all for your time. PEACE!!!:thumbsup:

[locomark]

Well Mizzzle,

Your doing well from the looks of your plants. The spots is mostly likely caused by the water's ph being off. You may need to increase the fertilizer if you concern about the leaves not being dark. You want bushy get more light. http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/

Loco

[StankyGreenBush]

The overall color of leaves will vary from strain to strain and even from plant to plant within a single strain. The glossiness or shine of the leaves also varies.

The bottom leaves will turn yellow over time. I never really cut em but instead give them a little flick with my fingers every few days until they are dead and just fall off.

I'm interpetting what you call "bushy" as nice and close nodes, but you could also mean width of the plant. "Bushyness" is a factor of light and genetics...which I'm just learning now. Use proper spectrum for the stage and keep your lights as close as possible to the tops and also have lights on the side and then you can say you've done almost all you can to make them bushy. Well maybe there's something else you can do but that advice will have to come from someone else. From the looks of your pics it looks like the nodes are nice and tight so I would say you've done pretty well with the light.
If you want wider plants then top them off next time

[BONG0]

That sucks... the plants look good, but i am sorry to say your lighting has inhibited your plant, You should have been using 24/7 ight this entire time, your plants are very small for the age, my plants are atleast 25 days YOUNGER than yours and huge, i grow entirely with rockwool too. my plants are a little over 1 month old.