First Grow EVER!! Let me know what yall think. Advice is appriciated!!

Well as you probably know this is my first time growing....im not exactly sure if they are growing right... it seems this is taking forever!!! they germinated n were put into the ground nov. 15 w/ 18/6 light ever since. My questions are do they look to be growing normal? Are they big enought for their age? Also im using the complete floranova series...should i water with 1/4 nutes everytime...everyother time... or just see what the plants react too? I know there are alot of questions but hey, its my first time. Please let me know what yall think about my set up. Also i was thinking about moving one to my homemade DWC bucket n trying that out....any suggestions??
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pabloesqobar

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Cute dog.

Your plants seem to be a bit stretched. Perhaps raise up some of the plants so the tops are all at the same level, and get them closer to the lights. Are you growing all those plants with just the 3 CFL's? What wattage? You may want to get more lights in there, and even position some on the sides.

I only feed every other watering. Does Floranova have a feeding schedule you can follow? I know nothing about DWC, sorry.

And if time is of the essence, you can always switch over to 12/12 and start flowering. Good luck!
 

Xiphos

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If those three cfls I can see are the only lights you have then that's your problem. Wayyy more light is required you need 100's of watts.

Your plants are a little lighter green than normal and i see some bottom leaves yellowing so they prolly need some nitrogen too give them 1/2 or full doses when u feed now.
 

gobbly

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You'll most likely still get yellowing and dropping at the base just because those lights aren't going to support lower growth and leaves that don't get enough light will slowly yellow as the nutes stored are used up and then they fall off.
 
No im running a 175 Mh with those 3 CFL's. i plan on getting more CFL's but my extention cords are all on the house so i cant make CFL light.

And yes the FLORA series does have an instruction chart...but im not sure if its for MM growing...

Please let me know what i should do to these little ones,

and should they be bigger for being in the ground since nov 15?
 

gobbly

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hmmm, didn't see the mh, just was seeing 3 cfl's up top... I'm not really a fan of sub 400w for HID, but yeah, that is enough light to keep the leaves on I'd think, so disregard my light statement :)
 
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