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"Freedom of speech is something I fought for so if you don't like what I said don't listen or read it, I can say what I want when I want and right now I am full of shit" - urfasha1
Man I feel so unloved no one is helping me:(, but anyway they are looking fine I pinched today so will give em a couple to recoupe and see how they heal.:thumbsup:
"Freedom of speech is something I fought for so if you don't like what I said don't listen or read it, I can say what I want when I want and right now I am full of shit" - urfasha1
it looks to me that everything is going good for you.mine are barely getting taller its they are just starting to spread.its been over a week and the roots are not in the res yet.i dont know why.i believe i messed up because when i got my seedlings it was 3 in on soil pot and i had to transplant into my hyrdo setup.my roots were all tangled up and i had to cut them apart.and as for the love im on everyday and ive been keeping up with just about everything on these threads as im triing to learn as much as i can from everybody.everything is new to me so as long as your plants are growing then to me it seems that they are not stressed a stressed plant will not grow or will have limited growth like mine until roots catch up.
I wish I could give U some advice but i have just been going on a prayer here, this is the first time I grew anything. As of yesterday I noticed that my tops are looking a little shredded like something is eating them or the lights r too close, I really dont know. I seen a couple fruit flys becasue my kids carved pumpkins(noticed them getting a little moldy) but I threw them away , I have been tracking the fruit flys and trying to kill them but they sure ass hell multiply. They have been in veg state for over a month and I decided to pinch thats when I noticed the tops were looking funny so I dont know if that was the reason(pinching). I tried to shift the lights because I dont think they are getting enough light at the bottom leaves. Ill be happy with whatever I get as long as its good, I would like to have enough to last me for a couple of months though. I should have been better prepared to do this but my budget was horrible and still is. I added some nutes today to see what happens, I had them without nutes for a week.
"Freedom of speech is something I fought for so if you don't like what I said don't listen or read it, I can say what I want when I want and right now I am full of shit" - urfasha1
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Originally Posted by darealbrain
Ok, I am going to try and help take this thread on, guess everyone is busy lately and so am I so I haven't been around much.
1st: Your plants are looking terrific. So you can relax.
2nd: Let me explain something about runts. Naturely, when you grow 6 plants (or any #) some will grow faster or stronger than others. Even if they are clones (when they are seeds, each one will be unique in its own way).
You can top the plant (cutting the growth shoot) slowing down its vertical growth from the top. The lower branches will grow and other plants may catch up in height.
When they are even again, they MAY stay even vertically, however the plant that you topped will ALWAYS be stronger and produce more because that was its nature to begin with. For instance, at harvest they could all be the same height with one plant pulling 1/2 a lb. and other plants yielding a 1/4 lb.
Topping is really for accomodating you height limitation, not for evening out each plant.
Now, I don't know how much vertical height you have but will a 400 watt bulb The total effective light penetration is about 2'. So you should switch to flower at around 8-10". They will double, even triple in flower.
You are already way too tall, so just do what a gardener does to a bush, just get your clippers and evenly cut your plant down to 10". Don't worry about what that means your cutting. I know you are nervous about this, just trust me. Then put them into flower right away.
Finally about your nutes. I don't know what you are using (brand) but go to their website or use the label on the bottle and mix your nutes per the instructions. Get a measuring cup made for hydro. I use around 8 or so nutes and I use a syringe, a shot glass and a beaker, depending on what the nute calls for.
Do that, and hit us back. I'll try and monitor you daily.
BTW- Growing from seed, be ready for your vigorous growing plant to be a male. Also, I noticed in the last pic a slight curling up of the edges of the leaves. This is due to it being a little hot for the plant. Raise the lamp a little.
Thank u somebody wants to help me, by the way (hit us back):what: besides that:D so happy that u want to help. I am kinda unsure with topping, I should basically cut the top off? but they look so pretty:( . The runt is 10" and the giant is 1 1/2 ft. I have pinched a couple of days ago and am waiting for them to heal. Okay I am confusing myself so i guess my ? is how do I top and ur saying I should flower right after i top? I was also thinking of using a reflector blanket to maximize light usage because I do not have money to buy more lights, do u think that will be okay? Looking 4ward to ur response, thanks in advance.
"Freedom of speech is something I fought for so if you don't like what I said don't listen or read it, I can say what I want when I want and right now I am full of shit" - urfasha1
Yes, a reflector blanket is a good idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by urfasha1
As is a small fan.
If you keep the plants gently moving, it gets light to the bottom leaf and strengthens the stem.
They "breathe" better too.;)
A strong stem gets important when they flower.
You are off to a good start, Urfasha.:)
Best of luck with it.
Weezard
To top, you basically cut off the very top growth shoot as it is emerging. You generally try and do this no later than a week or two before flowering. Your case is different. You overshot and need to cut everything down to ten inches. So in your case, dont worry about the technique of topping, or about being too close to flower.
Just cut them now and switch the lights, they will only look funky for about two weeks, at which point you won't even remember where you cut them, because they will be so lush.
weezard and Herbie thanks so much. Will do on the ref blanket, I already have a fan in there so it should be okay. Herbie as far as the topping I am so nervous but I will listen to u cause I checked out a couple of ur threads and posts and u rock dude. Will do the topping early 2morrow and change cycle, i just put nutes in yesterday but I read it is okay to have grow nutes for 1-2 wks of flowering, after that i will clean res and put bloom nutes. I hope everything works out because man I have been without for a while and I refuse to pay for garbage around the way. I am really starting to notice how much of an angry person I am without and that is not good at all. Ohh yeah when I top can I use the growth that I cut off as clones and also do I need cloning gel to do this? Or can Clones root just with light, water and grow nutes ?
"Freedom of speech is something I fought for so if you don't like what I said don't listen or read it, I can say what I want when I want and right now I am full of shit" - urfasha1