Cfl and Lowryder mix--sloooooowww growing!!

fastingowl

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Hey guys,
I have a small 2x2x4 area with two LR mix plants that are eleven days old and still only an inch or so tall. They are very healthy looking, with deep greens and the leaves are healthy. They are still working on producing their second set of leaves. True set of leaves, not counting the original two, so all together they are on the third set of leaves. Verrryy slow growing compared to reg. cannabis seeds grown/started in the same space under same lights. Lights are three 26 watt. 75 equal cfl's hanging about an inch or so above the leaves. They should have everything my regulars have ever needed, but at the rate they are growing it will either take them three months to grow to six inches, or else they will produce a sigle tiny popcorn bud a piece, if that. Is there anything I'm missing? Has anyone had similiar experience? I feel like I am doing everything right here. Inside the grow area is all glossy white, so the light is really bright in there, temp is fine, soil is a scotts mix for seedlings that has worked fine for others. Its weird because you read alot about these plants having hard germinations, but all three (another one just popped) germinated in two days in dirt without doing anything to them, no paper towel or anything. Straight from the doc to the dirt. Anyhelp would be appreciated.:spew:
 

propain

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yeah man i feel ur pain i had 4 lowrider ak47 and they all germinated in like 2 days but after i planted them three of them died about a week later and the fourth one is still only like 2in tall i planted them on feb 5 so its almost been been three weeks i dont know whats wrong my temp is good and i have like 6 other plants that are all growing fine and none of them are lowrider i dont know either and its really frustrating
 

fastingowl

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Yea man it sucks. Its weird that more people have not mentioned this. It doesn't seem to be a problem for others who have grown lowryder. Strange to me. Is your remaining LR still on its first set of leaves?
 

sirus420

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ya man i got something like that goin on right now my second plants is only two weeks younger than my bigger one and the small one es 5 inches while the bigger one is 11
 

fastingowl

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ya man i got something like that goin on right now my second plants is only two weeks younger than my bigger one and the small one es 5 inches while the bigger one is 11
Well its good to know that its not just me. MAybe mine will take off after a while...
 

grassified

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Last page is some picstures of my lowryders, look at this Group picture, the ones in the BIGGER pots are the lowryders at 2 weeks now, growing very slowly, too slowly....
 

dontpanic

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Mine are under 24 hrs of light. You think a bigger pot makes slower growth?
depends when you switch them to bigger pots. If you let a good root system build up in a small pot then move it to a big pot the plant will explode in the newer bigger pot. I think that if you started in a big pot then it might grow a lil slower..not to sure tho

you should try 18/6 which can be switched down to 16/8 after a month with no loss in yield. They will do well though from anything between 15/9 - 24/0. Quite forgiving plants as far as light cycles are concerned.
 

fastingowl

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Well guys, I don't know if it was the extrmem amounts of fertilizer I started adding, or if it was just time, but the LR's have really begun to take off. Suddenly they look like they are growing like crazy! I guess it's all about the timing. I have put alot of bio ferts in the last 24 hours but I really don't think that was it. It really seems like it was a time thing, like they had to get some leaves out and now they can really rock. Will keep you posted.
 

kinghash

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Well guys, I don't know if it was the extrmem amounts of fertilizer I started adding, or if it was just time, but the LR's have really begun to take off. Suddenly they look like they are growing like crazy! I guess it's all about the timing. I have put alot of bio ferts in the last 24 hours but I really don't think that was it. It really seems like it was a time thing, like they had to get some leaves out and now they can really rock. Will keep you posted.
lol, i told ya! mine was the same
 
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