1st grow.... F*@*#!! terrible!!!!

[bririr]

you can flower using just cfls but you have to have 2700k for flowering, and im pretty sure its 6500k for veg (sorry im very:stoned check the veg one up though just in case.
But if I was you I would start over with some half decent beans.

[veggii]

yo just keep growing them it'll be fine in the dirt,when they show sex you'll have too kill off the males so that'll give up more room. know the light is costing you lots of cash money in power bill! you can get 4pk off softwhite CFL's at walmart for 7.88$ I saw CFL's at lowes yesterday on sale! so their pretty cheap I got a case for $12 thats 50 cent each lol get the softwhite 2700k or 3000k works for flower will work for veg in a pinch the cfl's will drop your powerbill by 4/5's thats big $$ good luck

[magiccity445]

okay just walked out the grow room smelled really good..........:thumbsup:

yea i just might be picking those cfl lights up in about 2 weeks, so for now fuck it it's just gonna be under the work light. anybody got any really good ideas for a setup of CLFs.

also i kinda did notice that compared to other plants i been seeing on this forum that my plant does seem to be stretching up rather than building a base or getting more bush like... so for now, i moved the light at angel so that it's reaching the more of the bottom in hopes that this could help it fill out more.

just watered them too. fed em that good old fox farm big bloom but it was just by eyeing it i didn't measure or anything. it wasnt' much though at least not to me but we'll see how the plants takes to it in a couple days. i'll have more pics up tomorrow afternoon.

[stinkyattic]

You should read in the closet/cabinet section.
Not only is your light wrong, but you have multiple plants per pot, a bad case of thrips, and the soil looks really wet.
To re-size pics, r-click them in your computer and choose 'edit'. A photo editor program should pop up and one of the pull down menus contains options for re-sizing.
We can't change pics once they are posted, only remove the whole post.

[Puffzter]

Hehe, yeah that pic needs some rezising.

Easiest way to do that is normally just to open it in Paint and use the rezise function there. Just Take it to 50% in both x and y and save as jpeg and voila.

For the rest I am glad to see you here m8. It sucks to be broke that's for damn sure.
Especially when being broke like in your case cost you even more money in wasted electricity.
If there is no way you can get better lights until in a few weeks then can't you use natrual light for at least some hours a day?
I don't know how you live etc ofc but if you could use daylight some hours now and then it would help out a lot.
Then when you get better lights it will be ok again.

I just love that you are going for it though. This is not rocket science as long as you are not out to absolute maximize yeilds etc. One way or another you will succeeed on whatever budget and being on this forum will help you out a lot.
We've had a lot of people growing without budget and normally they come out ok, just have patience and keep an open eye around your house (and elsewhere ) and you will find things now and then that will come in handy.

Good luck m8, we'll be here to help out.

Puffzter

[magiccity445]

so...........damn there still stretching a little bit, and i might have killed one of the plants trying to tie the top down so the lower parts can get light. i mean it was okay for 2 days then i looked at it and it had broken somehow.....

fuck it tho i still gots two left if that one dies. i put pics up 2morrow.

i was planning to get some cfl's like everyones said i should but, i really don't understand most of the shit there talking about while there describing how many and what kind to get.... maybe it was cause i was reading all this shit why i :rastasmoke::rastasmoke:bakie faced:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:. if somebody can give me a direction to go in that would help.

[Dutch Pimp]

...maybe, something here will help explain:...http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...uch-light.html

[Sandm4n]

Dont give up you have come to far! every one makes mistakes their first grow so learn from them. first of all listen to stinky! she knows what shes talking about. second your soil looks very wet be careful not to over water them, also as others mentioned your light is complete shit.. dont feel bad the same thing happend to me my first time growing a friend of mine gave me one of those lights and said it was a grow light ehh wrong! it has the wrong spectrum of light for good floral growth! forget getting cfls because you really need to many of them for it to be worth it price wise in my opinion (although you can get away with as little as one or two small cfls you wont get that much bud) you can get a 150watt hps light from your local hardware store which has a much better light spectrum for 20-40 bucks i would def go with that. also you should never plant more than one MJ plant in the same pot!! they fight for root space and nutrients and can eventually get so intertwined together that they die. keep up the work and see what you can get out of it. keep us updated!

[magiccity445]

yay!!! i just went and got 4 cfls today i'm hoping it will be enough for it....
i'll have pics and more info up later

[Baka123]

Home depot sells T12 2 bulb 4 foot fixtures for under $10, the bulbs (depending on what kind you get) run about $10 each. That should get you through veg.. They also sell CFL's equal to 300w, they are 2700K and run about $15 each. That should get you through flowering. From what I have read the more light the better, you can never have too much :P