Quote Originally Posted by lastinmyclass
First grow started three weeks ago. Pure Afghan was a bust due to over water and ph lock out. Second round is Satori and PPP. 100% germination with the PPP and VERY healthy and agressive growth in the plants under CFL. A bit concerned because after almost three weeks the plants are less than 6" in height although they have three sets of alternating leaves!!. Are the lights too close perhaps? They are in soil, ( Stinkys recipe) but in a very hot atmosphere (85+-). Just started to show sex signs at the nodes but I need a scope to read them. Maybe I sould start a thread as I have learned quite a bit reading the adventures of others. Thanks and Props to you all.
I am growing Nirvana feminized PPP under (2) 400 watt mh for veg and 4 hps for flower, in organic soil. Mine are about 3 weeks from harvest at this point.
As this is my first grow I can't claim to be an expert by no means, however I noticed mine growing real slow for the first 3 to 4 weeks, in fact I thought I was doing something horribly wrong and had damaged my plants somehow. They were only 3 or 4 inches and not going anywhere!! Around week 4 they suddenly started going crazy! an 1/2 to an inch a day until they reached around 16 to 18 inches, and extremely bushy, thats where I decided to put them into flower ( around week 6 to 7). Now they are 36 + inches and just as big around, with buds everywhere.
I think relatively colder night temps and a high ph ( 7.0) might have contributed to my problems, as it was soon after I remedied these that they started to grow.
Also I had them planted in rather large pots (3 gal and 5 gal ) and I think that all their energy was going to the root developement rather than leaf developement.
I'm looking forward to trying it out, its all I can do to refrain from trimming some undeveloped bud just to see what I have