First grow. Looking for advice

[redtails]

Don't know why you would want them to stretch...stretching during veg usually means the plants aren't getting enough light.

I think your plants are a little bit slow, but I've seen way worse. Remember that the light in the tubes is spread across the whole 4' tube so the plants are only getting a portion of the lumens that it's rated at.

[canni13is]

Are ferts used for faster growth? If so what is recommended?

[ForgetClassC]

No ferts untill they have about 4-5 nodes. If you have soil that has an analysis on it, you shouldn't need nutes for a good bit seeing as thats a giant container.

[LetsSeeYa]

the lights are 40w 3200 lumens. So 3200 x 4 = 12800 lumens. I assume my lighting is fine... anyone confirm?

Well the more the better but if ya have cfl's, when they get bigger i would use em for sure. Even now you could use them 2-3'' away from your plants they will grow faster. But, what ya got going on looks good, but add the other 2 lights and try to reflect some light your loosing from the sides with painted flat white card board or something reflective. I started w/ 2 cfl's as its a set up and grow at the same time due to low cash flow. But, after i put the y splitters on, you could tell the difference each day. You will see the difference over night. But, other then that, they look great:thumbsup:.Oh and yeah no nutes yet as this was answered:jointsmile:

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[canni13is]

I just replanted them both into their own pots, i will post a few pictures in a few days after a hopefully successful transplant.

[canni13is]

I also just broke down and added a cfl directly in the middle of the pots. not much room under there but i got it. Temp is now a steady 70.

[redtails]

Alright, you're well on your way now. Stay vigilant, it's only a little while longer!

How big are you expecting to let your plants get? I'd say you might have 2 or 3 more weeks until you start to flower if you plan on using fluorescents the whole way. Now's the time to get yourself ready: make sure you have enough lights to finish a 2-3' plant(fluoros only penetrate like half a foot or so really well) and some fertilizer with a higher P and fairly low N.

[canni13is]

Today i also went out and bought new cfl's and replaced the ones i had in my setup right now. I noticed that i wasnt using 6500k daylight bulbs so i switched them out. Hopefully that will give them a better spectrum of light they need.

After transplanting them last night and watering them the leaves are still droopy. im assuming it takes them a few days to recover from the transplant and continue growth.

[Charbud]

they do look a bit small for 24 days, heres a pic of mine at 27.

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if you play around with your plants too much you will encounter problems and i found that out the hard way ! just try not to think about them too much and let them do their thing !!

good luck:rastasmoke:

[redtails]

The leaves droop when you water a lot. Now that's not really a bad thing since you just transplanted and probably watered quite a bit, but if they don't perk up soon there could be other problems causing it.