Plant Stretching

[jakal369]

Thanks headshake. I moved the lights 2 inches from their tops. Plus put some more cfls in there along the gaps of light. And the temp is around mid 70's right now, but I'm trying to raise the ph lvl. I've added baking soda to water and added some tap water with a ph of 7.5 to soil with barely 6.0, that'll slowly raise it? Hope everything prospers in the end! Thanks for your help so far.

[jakal369]

Update: mid way through only week two and the plants are glorious! I adjusted ph lvls to neutral, about 6.5 to 7.0, and they have trippled size and stems are strong enough to support them now. I'm so excited, we'll see what follows now. New pictures to follow soon.

[headshake]

you want your pH to be between 6.3-6.8. 7 is a little high.


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[jakal369]

I thought neutral was the rating to aim for. Next time I water I'll test again and try to bring it down to that 6.8 and see how the response is. While we wait for some more interesting pictures, what was everyone's first grow like?

[jakal369]

Two babies midway through week 2!

[GetThisOrDie]

nice progress so far dude! keep it going... To answer your question about my first grow. Geez where do i start... I got some seeds from a guy who said they were a very short strain which is exactly what I wanted. I built a stealth grow box out of a PC server tower and started with two 23watt CFLs and two 12" floros along the sides and was going for an LST grow. I quickly realized that this strain wasnt as short as the guy told me... SO I had to build a cabinet quickly as my babies were getting burnt from getting too close to my lights in the case. I am now in week 3 of flowering and my ladies are getting close to my cabinet top. They are gorgeous and full of buds!
I am now using 10x 23watt CFLs along the top of my cabinet and 4x 23watt CFLs along the sides. It was defintely a long hard journey but if you stick with it and keep reading the forums then you will be succesful. Keep at it and stay high.

[JeffersonBud]

You can combat stretching by adding some Bushmaster. Be careful though! It is VERY strong stuff. I use it as a foliar during veg to compress the nodes. Since I have limited space, I often have to use it the first week of flowering. The plants stop instantly and make the buds like softballs. It also throws the plant into flowing a lot faster. I use it at about 1/2ml / 1gal. with a 75% reduction in ferts when using in the res. As a foiliar, use with Penetrator and PH the solution.

[jakal369]

I went away for the weekend and when I checked on the plants, It's time to transplant one of them to a bigger pot, it looks water deprived, so I just watered it nicely. I was wondering how long can a plant go without water, and will it make a recovery after 3 days of no water/massive drooping.