Quote Originally Posted by Scarlet Sky
mark, i'd try to get that hps closer, 12 inches is great, it'll help reduce the stretch dramatically. as for the 12-12 stretch, you can expect at least a double height stretch. it will be about two weeks before you start noticing any bud mass, another week or two more for the first trichs.

deff continue to feed with your veg nutes, as these guys can go chloro realy quick. i recomend veg nutes for the first two weeks of flower.

also, if you can, cool it down in there a little; they look like they are too warm. mine like temps in the sixties, and anything below...

hope that helps, and looking great!
yeah scarlet, I've been warned over and over about temps...85 Nothing I can do about it right now except for when I'm in here, I keep the door open...it allows for a bit more air to get in there...I found the exhaust duct nearly useless..at least until my cool tube arrives. Which should be very soon..cool tube will let me keep it lots closer with the light being closer it makes me nervous given they're already physically showing stress...I've had hermies past two grows..probably mainly cause of heat issues..I would hate for that to happen again. Could you give me any idea how much stress is too much? or does it vary too much..? Hard to adequately ventillate my closet..I've got everything done right now that I can..

also could you maybe speculate if my stretching atm..and possibly any stretching through flowering at some point will affect my bud production? from what I understand orange spectrum is really good for fruiting/flowering...and not so good at veg..will it be comparably better at encouraging flowers?