Plants progress...What do you think?

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

Hi just posting pic of me plants progress they bout 3 and half weeks old now i gave up using my hps bulb and have em in natural light till its time to flower due to dramatic increase in growth when in natural light...here's a few pics of them tell me what you think of em!

Ze w33d Farm3r Reviewed by Ze w33d Farm3r on 08-15-2005. Plants progress...What do you think? Hi just posting pic of me plants progress they bout 3 and half weeks old now i gave up using my hps bulb and have em in natural light till its time to flower due to dramatic increase in growth when in natural light...here's a few pics of them tell me what you think of em! Rating: 5

[blinkoplinko]

nice and GREEN! what strain are they? perhaps, blzhooey doo-ay from nirvana?just taking a wild guess!!!GOOD LUCK!

[latewood]

[I]They are really stretching...when you say growth...do you mean up?
I think they are stratching form being taken out from under hps...imho

[Nochowderforyou]

If you are going to want to keep your plants in the sun, put them outside. Putting a plant by a window for light isn't enough for a plant to survive. Sure they're growing, but if you look, you can see just how bad they are stretching. They are reaching for more sunlight and keeping them inside, in direct sunlight, it gets very hot. So if you want to keep your plants in the sun, put them outside at least so they can get enough of it. Keeping them there and they'll just keep stretching and eventually it won't be strong enough to hold up the weight of the incoming buds.

Or put them back under the Hps. That's better than window sun. Trust me, I've tried growing in the window...doesn't work so well. Things get strecthed out and lanky. Under a standard Hps they will keep stretching. CFL's/Floros work amazingly well during vegging because of the low heat factor they give off. The best bet is an Mh bulb, but those are quite pricey. Good luck.

[latewood]

I found a place last night that sells 150w hps/medium base for $11.95...I didn't want to get too deep right off the bat, but chowder is right on...Fluoros can be put right on top of new plants to keep them nice and tight...I use fluors for clones/seedlings...400w MH for Veg, then the MH and a 250w HPS for Flowering.
Before you ask: Ebay or Inside sun has the best deals without a doubt...
I think I am going to buy 6 of those med. base 150hps and make an 900w flower chamber...I have to research if they last very long...

[Marc Benson]

latewood, The medium base still require a ballast. I looked at those too and thought you could just throw 'em in a regular 'ol screw in socket but it won't work. At least not the ones I saw with a medium base. Let me know if you find out something different!

And yep ZE you need more concentrated light. You can buy some 23 watt cfl's for about $6 a piece in daylight spectrum and the clip on sockets for about $5. I have 4 of those and 2 43 watters and they put out some major light. Not like a mh but my plants are what I call 'stumpy' cause they're so short and compact. One is 4.5" tall with 6 nodes already!! Got another one that's a little over 2" and it has 4 nodes! So amazingly close growing. Stems are getting hefty too to hold the 8 pound buds I'm planning on...ha.

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

cheers for the info i might have some floros somewhere but not sure i think they're 4" and for my aquariums but not sure if i have any spare connectors and shiite nor if they're suitable for plant growth! work on this i will! cheers for the help!.

my bad not 4" but 4'...DUH!!

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

Hey ppl i cldnt get any CFLs unfortunatly so i got em under the hps now and the light is about 1-2' away from the canopy..nodes are starting to bunch up now which is good and ive notice there are what i think are new leaves comming out on each side of every node stems are starting to thicken up which i am also pleased to see ill post som pics on later on to let ya have a look!

[latewood]

latewood, The medium base still require a ballast. I looked at those too and thought you could just throw 'em in a regular 'ol screw in socket but it won't work. At least not the ones I saw with a medium base. Let me know if you find out something different!

And yep ZE you need more concentrated light. You can buy some 23 watt cfl's for about $6 a piece in daylight spectrum and the clip on sockets for about $5. I have 4 of those and 2 43 watters and they put out some major light. Not like a mh but my plants are what I call 'stumpy' cause they're so short and compact. One is 4.5" tall with 6 nodes already!! Got another one that's a little over 2" and it has 4 nodes! So amazingly close growing. Stems are getting hefty too to hold the 8 pound buds I'm planning on...ha.

thanks, Marc, I will follow-up on those...Damn, I thought they would be awesome to stick 6 of them babies in the top of a box, too good to be true.
Ze...45w cfl's at Wally's and in my experience using them they workpretty good, especially if that is all you can afford.

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

Yo ppl finally got round to put som pics on they look nice and healthy the bottom of the stems are starting to shed the outer layer by the looks of it and are thickening up...one of my girls got bit top heavy and gone flop! not too worry help her out wi som good ol bog roll tube and now shes comming back with vengence! without further adoo here's the pics i've promised!

P.S= ive stuck with the hps as it gives off bout 20-30,000 lumens of blue spectrum...thank god for grolux bulbs!