btw, when you get a chance ditch those tube flouros and get some CFL's. the light is directed much more efficiently. A lot of light is lost with those length tube flouro's.... or even better go HPS,,, but that is not always in everbody's realm.... depratment stores and hardware stores carry 40-50 watt helical cfl bulbs putting out 2500 to 3000 lumens a piece,, and i am sure you can buy them for less than 10 bucks in the states
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i dont know if i am not understanding you but you say you purposefully pollinated your first grow? Thats a new one.
You need to bring that temp down. with a 400 watter in 100 square feet you need a good amount of cooling unless your house is good and cold to begin with.
RO water is great for ph and salt buildup but since it is missing many naturally occuring minerals (as the RO process removes almost all minerals, [7 ppm compared to spring water at close to 300 ppm]) you will need to feed with micronutriens sooner. soil will go for about 2 weeks give or take until it needs some repleneshing.
This is because the plant is focusing its energy on seed production rather than organ (flower or bud) production. the plant "feels" as if it has acheived its goal by having seeds to reproduce.
is it an autoflowering strain? because you might just be wasting your time.
alwats depends brutha,, just a tip though,, dont go by the hairs go by the trichromes (crystals). look at them closely, if they are clear you are nowhere near ready to harvest, milky means you are getting closer and "amber" means they are ready.
at the very most i would only use those tube flouros as secondary lighting. An example would be running them vertically on a vertical grow with the overhead lights as the primary. If you already have the bulbs there is no harm in using them (other than the +elec bill) just dont use them as your primary source of lighting. they can be helpful by getting some light to areas that would normally receive next to no light or none.
More light. if you have to go CFL's and you have to go cheap you can buy 40-50watt bulbs for 10 bucks or so at those evil big box stores like lowes and wal-mart
here is some advice, dont grow in your parents house unles they are down.
"just barely sticking out" how much is that?
they could have died.. its hard to say,, give it a few days and if nothing happens they are toast.
Half inch is twice the recommended plant time but i have had ones about that size and have had them successful, so something must be wrong. I cannot pinpoint what is wrong because i dont know what you know.
have patience, rome wasnt built in a day... or three days
