First Ever Grow: 2 Years of Lurking

PoorDad said:

Sucks when you are doing all this work and no idea if they are girls..... I'm in same boat. If I end up with a bunch of males - I can get clones locally, but they won't be free. Probably about $5 or $10 apiece. Nice thing about clones is ya know they are girls and the ones I would end up with are very high quality strains.

Good luck man!! Looking good!!

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Penyajo said:

They look good. It does look like you are soaking them a bit with the light tho. I would say just back your CFLS up just a bit. This will take the droopy look out of your plants and they will reach for the lights. When they get a bit bigger you can move the CFLS right back down on top of them within a inch or so. But when they are small like that just let them reach up just a bit. They look healthy keep up the good work!!

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tnelsonfla said:

I say keep the lights where they are. I would watch your watering ... It should be every 2-3 days right now...and maybe just straight water and wait on the the nutes for a few weeks.

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PoorDad said:

When I helped friends with their grows under 1000w mh lights - we would water based on the weight of the pot. You can pick up a 1g pot and feel how heavy it is. Right after a watering they are heavy. When the pots are just about dry they get significantly lighter. Never let them get totally dry, but you'll begin to get a feel for how light the pots should be when dry enough to warrant another watering. Pick them up just an inch off the ground every day. Feel the weight. Even a 3g pot is easy enough to pick up just a bit and feel it. 5g pots is getting a bit too heavy for this old mans back.

A light pot and wilting leaves is a sure sign that it's starved for water and stressed.

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