plant trouble

wow since yesterday she grown more than in whole past week , or even more.

Not sure about CF's, For my plant I'm using 4 4' shoplights with with 1 cool white and one warm white in each lamp totaling about 320 watts, not use about the lumens coz I threw away the packages the lights came in but I roughly remember each bulb being around 3000, give or take a few hundred lumens. Pretty much covers both spectrums of light blue and red, not as well as a 400 watt HPS would though, and would yield much more buds, But i'm on a budget so this was all I can afford and I am getting great results from this setup.

If your limited on space and cash, just do what you can, but be mindful of the light spectrum, watts, lumens, and heat.

Good Luck! glad shes doing better.

u use so much light for one plant ? is it neceserry to be that big ?

I could probably get away with 2 shop lights but i'm trying to get the most bud possible out of this plant and fluros dont emit as much light as a 400 watt HPS which is probably ideal. After this one plant is done, i'll be putting 5 clones under those 4 shoplights, probably add two more shoplights.

after flushing she grew well for 2 days , but now she looks like stoped again. I checked the soil and it's moist. I didn't do anything since flushing. can it be because of 24/0 cycle ?

i dont think so, i think its in a normal stage, plants take its time to grow

Could be the temperature? whats the temp in the grow space?

about 77 at the bottom and 86 at top (by the lamps). I don't see any decent grow for 2 days, well atleast they are not becomeing droopy again, maybe it's a lack of N or something because I didn't feed them since flushing. maybe I should add some ferts then the soil dries out enough ? by the way I added about a half inch layer of small burnt clay balls, so I would not not disturb the roots then watering, was it a good idea ?

oh yeah and I don't really like the color of top leaves, some are half light green/ half dark green, some some are dark green with some purlpe shade if you look closely, some weins are little bit red or purple.

I definetly would not giveit any more ferts until it is thriving. If it keeps acting sick flush it with pure PH balanced water. You can dry it by gently unpotting it and wrapping it in 2-3 layers of absorbent towels.

Well, the temps ok, I would definitely leave it alone, no ferts! Just be patient.

Clay balls? not sure what good those would do..

I don't know how it's called in english, it's whose little balls that are sold for drainage, they are put 1-2 inches in the bottom for better drainage, there is stated on the packed that it can be putten to the top too, so the soil would not be disturbed then watering, and to keep the soil moist for longer time. so was it a good idea to put them on the top ?

Not sure if those will make much differance, I've seen them used for hydro setups but not for soil grows. I dont see anything wrong with it, But I believe thats why theres pearlite (white pellets) in the soil to begin with as far as moisture retention goes.

As far as disturbing the soil, I dont think you have to worry about that unless your watering with a hose..

Anyone else care to comment?

i think he must be patiente, plants wont grow like if they were magic beans, they live by cycles, sometimes it will grow fast, and sometimes it will stop... just let it be,
Ill recomend you to use yellowish light, you can get fluors that say warm light, those work to make the plant grow faster

but everyone says that cool white is better for vegetative, well maybe I'll try to change one of 6800K bulbs to 2400K bulb (not sure for numbers exactly). oh yeah, and lower leaves are still dieing, well atleast whose that were lil bit yellow before the flush, and the leaves were becoming droopy today again so I watered her and will see what happens.

the leaves are turning to non-droopy condition, but the weins have really turned red, are you sure I shouldn't fert her ? what's the cause of red weins then ?

oh, and there is no perlite in my soil, because there is no place to buy perlite here :( is this very bad ? I'm using some universal soil for home plants.

its alright, dont feed it right now... in my experience yellow light made them grow much faster... remember HPS is a yellow light...

Slayah,
I would chill as far as using ferts for now coz your plant is recovering from stress. Here are some links though that may help.

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStri...6/nutrients.htm
http://users.lycaeum.org/~npkaye/chart.html

Stick with the cool whites for vegging, those should be ok.

Dont worry about the pearlite this time around, but in future grows make sure you get potting soil thats properly mixed.

yesterday I watered her and today I found the leaves droopy, and on younger leaves the tips are curled down. what would you suggest to do ?

is the pot standed in water?

what's standed ? the lower fan leaves have turned yellow, and it seems that the upper one's are turning yellow too, the top leaves are yellowish too, the weins are red, all leaves are droopy, it seems it's sufering from a lot of definecies, I really think that it's time to nute, or not ? she's getting worse very fast.

do it...