ok well at first off i thought that all my plants were just going to die but 4 have made it good. see here they are about 2 1//2 weeks old. Yes i know they streching, and anyone know when i should move the light up? :D
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ok well at first off i thought that all my plants were just going to die but 4 have made it good. see here they are about 2 1//2 weeks old. Yes i know they streching, and anyone know when i should move the light up? :D
You should have your lights 2 inches above the tip of the plant, that will stop them reaching up towards the light.
Not bad though:)
Is this your first grow?
yup this is my first grow, super skunk feminzed seeds :D
lower the lights man! it looks like the light is about 2 foot above the plants.. considering its probably not a very powerful light, you should keep it a couple of inches above the plants, like aspinthion said, seriously!! actually, i dunno, the only thing ive ever grown is a moustache haha.. good luck with the grow my man peace
lol thanks ya i went and measure everything the plants are around 7 inches each and the light is like 9 inches away... wayyy to far away so tomrw im gonna move them to 4 or 5 inches.
i reckon ghostokers right penguin,you will have to lower that light or consider gettin a MH
heres a pic of my super skunk after 2 and a half weeks under 250watt MH,i just put mine on 12/12 from 8 occlock lastnight and swapped my MH bulb with a HPS,heres pic from this mornin aswell
a good light would make a big difference if you could get your hands on 1 penguin
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Oh snap listen to him y0 :D
nice
Looking good Pingu!! A tip for the lighting put the palm of your hand directly above ur plants, if the light is too hot and burns the back off your hand, your lights too close to the plants, raise it up. You want it just to be comfortable warm if ya get my drift. Hope this helps u m8 and good luck with the up and coming harvest!
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if your growing under flourescents LOWER your lights! the light disperses too much cause its so damn weak. I really recommend your get a metal halide to do your vegging Stonedpenguin. You will have way way way way bigger and healthier plants. Either that, or get more flourescent lights and make a 'total emersion' setup or whatever the term is for the lights being all around your plants (within 3 or four inches) and hitting em with light at every angle.
this light isnt fluroscent its some random crappy light that said for indoor plants that my grandma got.... its like 150 watt but it produces a lot of heat for some reason so to what buddymyfriend said thats how the light is where i have it, i looked and tried to figure ot what the light is but i just couldnt haha wake in bake is good :D
well they look good right now, but if you don't want them to fall over and die because of there spindly stem you need more lights. If you dont have money to shell out for a mh or any other kinda hid lamp get some flourals for those because they need it. it looks like its just some hallogen light your using right now and i heard those arn't good for growing under. http://www.sharprubberduck.com good luck.
yeah, the plants require a specific color spectrum of light and your little bulb isent giving them enough of it =o( don't mistreat the herb or you won't get shit worth smoking cause it won't have the size or energy to bud (i think) buy some of those flourescent cabinet lights from home depot, i think they are like 6-10 dollars and their easy to mount.
personally i wouldn't put that light two inches above the plants. it dont look like flouros to me. back of the hand test sounds like good idea.
personally i wouldn't put that light two inches above the plants. it dont look like flouros to me. back of the hand test sounds like good idea. looks like could maybe be some sort of 150mh? maybe half foot away? bit of mylar?
To be honest, I'd change bulb, if that even creates half as much heat as a standard bulb, your plants will fry at 2 inches, burn at 5 inches.
I'd get a mini fluro, you can get them at any diy store in the uk, and I'm sure home depot or something will sell them in the states.
Also, from reading the boards previously, many people kinda slam special "plant growing bulbs" as being crap.
Only going by what I've read, but at least with a mini fluro your plants can touch the bulb itself and not burn.
get yourself a Metal Halide, or High Pressure Sodium, that mercury vapor lamp you got (I think its a merc) isnt proper for gro'n.
got a few bucks, like 30? go to www.homedepot.com and in their security lite section they have a 70watt HPS for approx 30 bux (last yrs price), that'd be more than enough for 1 plant.
almost 4 weeks now, they are bigger but still really really puny for almost 4 weeks and one plants got some spots on the leaf(picture inclosed) anyone know what it is? also the lil round leaves at the very bottom turned yellow and mostly fell off is that suppose to happen? anyways here ya go! :D