Plants Staying in Veg Stage

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PissingNutes

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The light is good for vegging seedlings and by the looking at the soil there's a lack of roots and the stem coming out the ground shouldn't have the tender green look matching all the way into the soil or am I seeing it wrong. Those look like the lower branches that get cut when going into flower under 600w HPS.
 
NeWcS

NeWcS

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I don't think its due to defoliating. I think its a crappy light. Even with the missing leaves; the nodding indicates low light. Even with a low number of 'solar panels' the plants should be flowering.

OP doesn't even know when they started 12/12. 'been around a month'.
 
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chronnie49

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I would just start over with a better light if you can afford it. If money is really tight hps/mh would be a better option since quality leds can get pricey.
 
TerrapinBlazin

TerrapinBlazin

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I only just skimmed through this and maybe this idea is totally off base or has already been mentioned, but if you switched to 12/12 a month ago and they show no signs of flowering and you don’t know what strain they are, maybe they’re autoflowers? I’ve never grown autos but even under shit lighting when a photoperiod sensitive cannabis plant starts receiving 12 hours of darkness it begins flowering.
 
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abhilashb99

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TerrapinBlazin said:
I only just skimmed through this and maybe this idea is totally off base or has already been mentioned, but if you switched to 12/12 a month ago and they show no signs of flowering and you don’t know what strain they are, maybe they’re autoflowers? I’ve never grown autos but even under shit lighting when a photoperiod sensitive cannabis plant starts receiving 12 hours of darkness it begins flowering.
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Quick update, it’s just started to flower! Maybe the issue was I took off too many leaves and stressed it out and only now it’s starting to recover
 
Dumbguyneedshelp

Dumbguyneedshelp

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These 2 were advertised as 1200w and 600w but are really only 240w and 100ish watts... It's like saying a car engine can handle 1200hp before it blows up.. And advertising it as 1200hp even tho it it's not... Make sense?
 

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abhilashb99

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Dumbguyneedshelp said:
These 2 were advertised as 1200w and 600w but are really only 240w and 100ish watts... It's like saying a car engine can handle 1200hp before it blows up.. And advertising it as 1200hp even tho it it's not... Make sense?
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Yeah I understand. Gonna invest in some better lights for my second grow. God, growing weed is so addictive tho, makes you wanna try new techniques and stuff every time
 
TerrapinBlazin

TerrapinBlazin

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FWIW, do the work and build your lights. You’ll pay about $1 per watt of high quality LED any way you slice it. Your easiest bet is to get a board kit from HLG or Atreum, or even a Chinese knockoff. Strip builds are a little more involved, but you can save even more money putting stuff together yourself from electronics wholesalers like digikey and mouser.
 
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