Small CFL Setup

SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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umm right.....anyway. im at like 3 weeks now and im still sayin that its slow going, or is it supposed to be? and do you guys think i should put them in bigger pots at this stage? how friggen long should i veg these little things for, ive heard till they reach a foot tall. but at this rate thats a long ways away
 
Dr.X

Dr.X

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your plants look yellow and u say there growing slow, this could be some kind of stress or someting, did u give them nutes when they were young???
 
juststartin

juststartin

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i would transplant them at this stage. Haven't gone thru the whole thread tho so if they r stressed dont do it yet :)
 
Stoner87

Stoner87

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you might want to switch to a SOG if you don't want to veg for long, but you'll need at least 2 grow boxes, 3 is ideal, they look really yellow and crispy, are you givin them nutes? whats the temp/humidity in the box? how close are the lights to the plants? what ph are they getting? did you messure the PH of the run off?
what kinda of soil is it? how much water do they get everyday? did you name them? karma is important, I have a copy of *winnie the pooh's 'As good as gold' in my flowering room. don't forget to sing to them to!
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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it could be stress. last week i was in the hospital for a week and they didnt get any water or lights off time. so when i got back the soil was all crispy and some of the leaves kinda curled at teh ends, but i gave them water and a day later they looked ok, besides the decolouration i mean.
 
Dr.X

Dr.X

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hmmm, this could lead to complecations later on in the plants life, i would scrap them and start again dude, its not worth taking the risk long term. Before you know it youll have some healthy plants 2 - 3 times the size at the same age :)
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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Stoner87 said:
you might want to switch to a SOG if you don't want to veg for long, but you'll need at least 2 grow boxes, 3 is ideal, they look really yellow and crispy, are you givin them nutes? whats the temp/humidity in the box? how close are the lights to the plants? what ph are they getting? did you messure the PH of the run off?
what kinda of soil is it? how much water do they get everyday? did you name them? karma is important, I have a copy of *winnie the pooh's 'As good as gold' in my flowering room. don't forget to sing to them to!
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-i only have 3 plants and not a whole lot of room to grow them in so idn about a SOG.
-i dont have a ph tester so no clue about that either. but i use bottled water.
-the soil is a general purpose potting soil with perlite and sand mixed in.
-they get enough water so that it drips a little out the bottom of the cups.
-names? no i havnt named them. just labelled WW1, 2, and 3 on the cups.
-lol karma? i have a mark twain book and moby dick in there.
 
Love420faces

Love420faces

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give them co2 and check your ph man i bet that is the main cause of your slow growth...
the co2 will just boost them up a little bit for ya though..
 
jesus420

jesus420

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switch to 12/12 now if you are worried about running out of space...

you can 12/12 from seed and the plants end up being almost a foot tall with basically one big ass bud.

actually yeah your leaves look bad, esp. for this early on, when the plant is big it's okay to have some fucked up leaves, but these leaves are critical to the plants development...

i would start over and 12/12 straight from seed, i think it'd be perfect for your grow box size and it will take just as long as if you started 12/12 now except you'd end up with a lot better crop.
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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Love420faces said:
give them co2 and check your ph man i bet that is the main cause of your slow growth...
the co2 will just boost them up a little bit for ya though..
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how do i give them co2. i think im going to place them into biger buckets this weekend. and i thought that bottled water had an ok ph level?
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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jesus420 said:
switch to 12/12 now if you are worried about running out of space...

you can 12/12 from seed and the plants end up being almost a foot tall with basically one big ass bud.

actually yeah your leaves look bad, esp. for this early on, when the plant is big it's okay to have some fucked up leaves, but these leaves are critical to the plants development...

i would start over and 12/12 straight from seed, i think it'd be perfect for your grow box size and it will take just as long as if you started 12/12 now except you'd end up with a lot better crop.
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12/12 already? maybe. im transplanting this coming weekend so ill see how that goes for another 2 weeks. then if all has failed , ill put in my flowering cfls and 12/12 and hope for a christmas crop :p
 
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i'm getting ready to start my grow with the same amount of space. you gave me some good ideas. thanks. i think i would listen to jesus420 though... i mean you do have those 16 other seeds, just sayin. get some mozart playing on those budz! haha! good luck!
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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brianc01088 said:
i'm getting ready to start my grow with the same amount of space. you gave me some good ideas. thanks. i think i would listen to jesus420 though... i mean you do have those 16 other seeds, just sayin. get some mozart playing on those budz! haha! good luck!
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cool. glad you got some ideas. although there are some things i havnt mentioned. like i used a line of old burnt out xmas lights as an extention cord; cuz they have those plugs at either end. i just popped out every bulb in the line and snuck the cords inbehind everything in my garage into the cab. way more stealth than a bright orange outdoor extentioon cord. :p have fun doing it.
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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TRANSPLANTED! so i was bored today and decided to jump on this transplanting business. not sure if they'll grow anyfaster now they have somemore root space but ill see. if in 2 weeks i get no growth ill 12/12 them and hope for an xmas harvest.lol :p. here are some pics of the transplanting process and the new cab setup. (the light seems kind of dark in the photos, but trust me its brighter than it looks. i should know, every time i open the mofo i see spots for the next 10minutes.)
 

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SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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i have the one computer exhaust fan, but none are blowing direcly onthe plants. in the last pic in my previous post you can see the fan i have. do i need another fan in there to blow on them?
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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brianc01088 said:
what have you planned to do about the smell once you start flowering? i live with my mom while i go to college, i'm doin it stealth too. so i've come up with 2 ways to get around the smell. im building a carbon activated filter and i'm testing this out this next week before i build my box...Build your own Odor Neutralizing Machine - Cannabis Culture Forums
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i have an aquarium carbon filter i lifted from zellers plus somemore carbon fillup packages i also took. its just a cotton sac with charcoal in it. so far you can only smell "weed" once you get your nose real close to the plants other than that im good
 
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