I never realized growing was so complicated

i HAVE NOW SWITCHED TO A 20/4 LIGHT CYCLE UNTIL THE NEW BULBS ARRIVE.
What effect do you think this will have on the plants?
Would you consider them ruined.

Any changing or fiddling about can stress a plant. If it doesn't harm it, it could turn hermie on you from stress. This is probably not going to happen since it is rare, and a few varieties are real spoiled while others can take anything you throw at them. Just try not to change stuff too much or too often. 20/4, 18/6, 24,0 - it won't really matter much at this point. Different cycles have different pros and cons, but as long as you have a veg cycle right now things are on the right track and the babies will probably turn into toddlers. PS. if you type in all caps on the internet it means you are abbreviating or yelling.

I was thinking of doing this (keeping the light 1 foot back) but i am worried that it will stretch the plant looking considering i have the wrong bulbs at the moment.2700K

No matter what the light, you want to keep it back from plants that have just sprouted. Over a period of about 2 weeks you should gradually move it closer until it is as close as the plant can stand without stressing it. That's an inch or two with CFL, anywhere from 4 to 18 inches with HID, and 0 inches if you have a properly set up cool tube.

try this game called O-GROW its pretty good growing guide...
Why the sarcasm?

I'm not sure he was being antagonistic. I kinda thought he was tyring to help. Another great guide/game is HighGrow. Both are available here: downloads drugs and cannabis related downloads like games drugtest and a rolling handbook Incase anyone is interested, here's some info and download links from the site:
O-Grow 1.0 (10 mb)
Released in 2006 O-Grow is the first continuous-play marijuana growing simulation game on the PC. Offering two gameplay options of full mode or simulation mode, players can benefit from all game features or disable the fictional parts of the game such as the trading market and objectives. Choose your seeds to plant by reading the information in the shopping section. Gameplay is accompanied by original music.
HighGrow V4.20 (2,03 Mb) - Legal Marijuana Growing
HighGrow is the world's first artificially simulated marijuana growing program. You can now finally grow your own marijuana plants without the constant fear of a visit by members of your local narcotics branch. With HighGrow version 4.20, you can choose and plant ninety seeds at any time, and then watch them grow into large potent marijuana bushes, harvesting them when you feel they have reached their peak potency. This educational program realistically imitates the life-cycle of the Cannabis plant. You'll be able to adjust the lighting, water, fertilize, prune and care for your developing plants, while learning more about them at the same time! File is zipped.

I think both of those are really cool programs, and have a bunch of good information on how to grow.

How far awayshould the fan be.I bought a desktop oscillating fan today and have it on a low setting a few inches from the plants. They are still young and the stems seem to movewith the air.

That's good that the plants are moving with air, but at this stage it should be real slight. In fact you don't really need to make this happen for a couple weeks. When they start growing good, then they should be gently rustling in the breeze, not getting uprooted and flying away in a hurricane. This makes them much stronger overall, and more likely for a branch to hold a big glob of bud. However, you do need to keep the air from getting stagnent by exchanging it occasionally with a fan. The plants will probably move a little from this. How big? How far away? Depends on a lot of things, especially the cfm of the fan. Oscillating is good. Just make them gently and slightly move, then as they get bigger, make them move more aggresivelly. Keep in mind more ventilation means lower humidity.

I hope I answered your questions. Good luck.

I had a lot of fun with HighGrow before I ever germed a real seed. It actually taught me a lot.

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I had a lot of fun with HighGrow before I ever germed a real seed. It actually taught me a lot.

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You see? A teaching aid that's fun. If you are a begginer this might be an awsome place to start. Like I said, a lot of information. I wish I knew about this before I started growing. It might have saved me hours of frustration and work. You don't even have to do the grow similation to get at most of the info. Even if you're not a begginer it's a good idea to take a look.

Thanks Opie Nuts for all your help.You really are a merit to this site.

I never realized that using caps was shouting a apologize for this im new enough to forums.


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I owe you an apology.I looked at your post and read about keeping a fake plant alive and taught you were poking fun at me.

When i look at sentences i some times get words mixed up.Im not illiterate or anything like that.I got a bang on the head 2 years ago and that is one of the effects from it.

Glad to help. That really sucks about your effects of getting hit on the head. At least you're still alive and can function.

Latest pic.

I took 10 and only 1 was useable.The rest were too blured.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...1/102_1153.jpg

As best as I can tell, that plant is nice and healthy. And I've always said you have to take about 50 or 100 pictures to get one good one.

I have 2 plants under one 600w hps in cooltube. This is in a wardrobe with one extractor fan connected to the cool tube. Light can hang abt 12" from plants due to cooltube. Use the hps throughout veg & flower

Today my plant is 19days old(From the day it broke through the soil)

Another week and i have to transplant to bigger pots.I have a multi purpose compost.Which has enough food to feed the plant for 6 weeks.

Im wondering if the compost will cause root burn?

Also should i still feed the plant for the next 6 weeks.

If your soil is set up to feed the plants for the next six weeks, then don't add any other ferts during that time. In general it is best not to use soil that has food in it so that you can control the grow cycles.

If it's made for planting plants, then it should not cause root burn at 19 days old, but you are supposed to feed with about 1/4 strength nutes when just starting to feed. I don't know what strength your ferts are.