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[MaryJayne420]

The root zone MUST be in a light proof area, hence the black bucket. You can get a clear bucket if you want but your gonna have to paint it black or light proof some other way. :wtf:

Don't get to excited yet ........ wait till ya get a Bud growing :jointsmile:

Thanks Tiny, I didn't know that at all! So i'll just keep the same setup that I have then, it seems to be working for me. Furthermore, I have taken more pics as promised. You'll notice that there is more of a vegatative bloom to it and it's reaching up to the light that is just 3 inches above it (from what I read, this is good to keep it from getting too stretched out). Before then, it was just branching straight out. The first pic is an example of my beauty 4 days ago and the picture below that is today - which again is a DRASTIC difference from yesterday when I changed the water/nutes. ALSO - where the stem was brown from it getting close to rotting, because it was sitting on constant moisture on the rockwool. It has almost successfully shed and it's a bright healthy green stem underneath!

The below photos are in order:

1. Taken on 1/4 -

2. Taken on 1/8 -

2. Taken on 1/8 -

I would imagine in the next 3 weeks or so (just guessing here), i'll need to have my flowering lights ready. What am I supposed to look for on the plant to know when to go into 12/12 flowering?

As always, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!

MJ420 :thumbsup:

[tinytoon]

When to flower is pretty much up to you. Key point is allow for double the height you have when you flower. If you start 12/12 when your plant is 12" tall then should be aprox 24" when done. I would think the concern atm would be to strengthen that stem to be to support the plant. Place a small fan to create a GENTLE breeze, just enough to wiggle plant, that will make stem stronger. What kind of lights are you using??

[MaryJayne420]

When to flower is pretty much up to you. Key point is allow for double the height you have when you flower. If you start 12/12 when your plant is 12" tall then should be aprox 24" when done. I would think the concern atm would be to strengthen that stem to be to support the plant. Place a small fan to create a GENTLE breeze, just enough to wiggle plant, that will make stem stronger. What kind of lights are you using??

Currently i'm using 2 Florescent fixtures: Sunleaves T5 2' Strip Light. They are 120v / 26w 6500k.

http://www.sunleaves.com/senddoc.asp...-1029C3E93A84}

I have them suspended vertically above, and stretched across my setup horizontally. I have them spaced out from each other to ensure that I try to distribute the light equally.