First time grow, advice please

[jtsik330]

If the girls in the hydroton are a month old then they are laggining in growth. I'm in the process of of completing my first hydro run and expierienced a few issues early on but after a month, I pretty much had a tree.

[COOLWHIP]

I think they are all lagging in growth but dont understand why, I am trying to get a successfull grow under my belt before I go to the local club and purchase clones,

[PhatJay]

I topped a few of them

This could be one of the reasons why they are a little behind. Topping slows down growth for a week, sometimes more.

[COOLWHIP]

K, thanks phatjay I was a little worried all of the new stems are starting to explode with new leafs now hopefully be able to start flowering in another week or 2

[COOLWHIP]

This mornings pics

[COOLWHIP]

Couple more

[COOLWHIP]

Do they look Indica or Sativa

[PhatJay]

They have broad leaves, so they will be on the Indica side.

[COOLWHIP]

When should I start flowering them?

[PhatJay]

As you are growing with CFL's and not doing LST or SCROG, it would be best if you put them into flower before they get too large. At 28 days veg my plants are around 14-16" high and they are about 26" high once they have stretched during the 1st 2 weeks of flower. Even at this height my 2x125w CFL's struggle to penetrate the lower leaves and I am only growing 2 plants.

If they were mine, I would wait till they get 12" tall and then go into flower or I would just flower them now and see how I got on. The longer you veg the more bud you will get, as long as you can give the plants enough light and food to make it.

If you plan to keep using CFL's have a read up on LST and SCROG for your next grow, it should give you a better harvest than just letting them grow naturally.

(the only reason I am letting mine grow naturally is because I want to test how much these techniques increases harvest size by)