unknown strain indoor grow week 4

[cairnzy]

Unexperienced grower! Here I have 2 plants which a friend gave to me a week ago, he said he had germinated the seeds 3 weeks ago. I've baught 2 45watt cfls (1 red 1 blue spectrum) and a 80watt gro-lux all on 18/6. As far as I know they aren't autoflowers because at week 4 there is no signs of flowering. Inside my cupboard I have lined the walls with white reflective pvc and have a small clip on fan. The teperature is currently around 74. I've been using tomatoe feed for the last week and they have. Grown well and look healthier than when I got them. Ill kee posting pictures and hopefully receive some good advice

cairnzy Reviewed by cairnzy on 05-08-2011. unknown strain indoor grow week 4 Unexperienced grower! Here I have 2 plants which a friend gave to me a week ago, he said he had germinated the seeds 3 weeks ago. I've baught 2 45watt cfls (1 red 1 blue spectrum) and a 80watt gro-lux all on 18/6. As far as I know they aren't autoflowers because at week 4 there is no signs of flowering. Inside my cupboard I have lined the walls with white reflective pvc and have a small clip on fan. The teperature is currently around 74. I've been using tomatoe feed for the last week and they Rating: 5

[cairnzy]

Pictures I took 3 days ago

[cairnzy]

Here's a picture taken yesterday. Can anyone tell me roughly how long before changing to flower

[Purple Daddy]

You can flower at anytime it's just a matter of how big you want them to get. I see a LOT of people on here flowering 2ft tall plants and I don't really understand why, a 2 ft tall plant under good conditions can grow easily another foot or more in less then a month.

Why do you have them both in the same container?

[cairnzy]

Ok so what would you say is the ideal height to start flowering if my cupboard is roughly 4-5 ft. And I was given them both in the same container and wasn't sure if it was too risky to transplant would you reccomend a transplant now?

[MDFinest]

You should go ahead and tranplant right now. Dig around both plants and dig deep enough to get under the roots and get the plant out without disturbing either root systems. They are on their 5th nodes it looks like so both root systems are probably fairly developed. I wouldnt wait any longer to transplant as it'll only become more difficult.

[cairnzy]

Thanks ill get it done asap. Is it better to use the largest pot possible? And would it be ok to put both plants back into 1 pot aslong as the pot is quite a lot bigger than the pot they're currently in. Im limited to the size of pot I can use as the cupboard I've got set up isn't very big. Would 40-50 litres do it?

[cairnzy]

does anyone know if 45watt cfls can cause fan leaves to curl or burn? or could this be a deficiency? some of the fan leaves near the top have been curling at the ends so i lowered them 6" and they seem ok now. ill post a few pictures of the leaves in a couple of hours to see what you think.

[Charbud]

If your using cfls you should flower them soon as if you grow them really big the light cant penetrate that far down the plant so would just be a waste of time. 40-50 litre pot sounds huge! one with a ten inch diameter will be fine id say even though i use tiny ones. If yur using cfls make sure they are as close as possible without burning them- as i said before the light doesnt penetrate very far so that inch closer will make a difference. Are you using the correct spectrum cfls ? red ? and make sure you separate the two plants soon as - should never grow them in the same pots. C

[cairnzy]

im using 1 red spectrum and 1 blue sectrum, im planing on seperating the plants later on today or early tomorrow. i have another pot the same size as the one theyre currently in which is roughly 10" ill put 1 of the plants in there. i wasnt planning on growing them too big because of limited space in my cupboard i was thinking another 2 weeks of vegetating then switching to 12/12 does this sound about right? thanks for the help charbud