First time growing.
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MickFoster
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They look healthy.......good job.
Welcome to RIU.
Welcome to RIU.
I did it weird, because for the first few months I had only 1 60 watt sun blaster on them. But as time went on and it was obvious some plants and some sections weren't getting enough light I slowly added more light. I started with 4 plants of 4 types seeds from a friend, but gave 2 up for adoption when they were outcompeted for the lions share of light.
Currently on top is 2 2ft feit electric 60 watt pink/blue LED's, and on the sides I have sun blaster 60 watt fluorescents.
Organic, pro-mix soil. I use 5-5-5 liquid (1ml/liter) and 0-0.5-40 powder(1/4tsp in 4 liters) combined from my local store to feed every third watering. The one on the left was weaker to nutrients and clawed a tinnny bit so I dialed back the nutrients to 1/4tsp of the bloom from 1/2tsp, and it seems fine now.
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I was just messing around and maybe got carried away as they grew with lighting 
As I could see they needed more light, I wanted to get them more light. Just before flower/stretch the bottom half of the plants had 0 growth as it had all died due to no light, but I got more lights and the bottoms kind of filled out a bit now, maybe they are too young/weak, I'm not sure.
As I could see they needed more light, I wanted to get them more light. Just before flower/stretch the bottom half of the plants had 0 growth as it had all died due to no light, but I got more lights and the bottoms kind of filled out a bit now, maybe they are too young/weak, I'm not sure.
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Lowkeygardener
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Others will chime in on this as well, but in the future, let each individual plant have its own pot to grow in. Also with the space you have, I would grow just one plant next time and top it a couple times as well as some good LST. If its 14 days since you saw first sign of flowering, I will assume you are about 3-4 weeks into Flowering meaning that they are going to continue to get taller, keep that into consideration.I was just messing around and maybe got carried away as they grew with lighting
As I could see they needed more light, I wanted to get them more light. Just before flower/stretch the bottom half of the plants had 0 growth as it had all died due to no light, but I got more lights and the bottoms kind of filled out a bit now, maybe they are too young/weak, I'm not sure.
Yes, I learned about topping too late. these were already pretty tall when I finally did some reading on this and learned about topping and all the ways you can approach that. Next time I will definitely experiment with some of that more. And again, yes, if I do top right one plant would hopefully be able to have a main branch tied upwards with each of the 5 bamboo rods I have in that pot.
And the main stems on these have seemed to stop growing upwards weeks ago, their new (and much too late) side branches are still growing a fair bit, but the height of the main plant seems to have stopped.
And the main stems on these have seemed to stop growing upwards weeks ago, their new (and much too late) side branches are still growing a fair bit, but the height of the main plant seems to have stopped.
In the past 24hours most of the leaves on the flower nodes have started to show this kind of coloring rather than full dark green, lighter in the base and darker green farther out.
It's only one of the 2 plants, It is the more hardier of the 2 plants in my opinion and the other plant in the same pot is not showing anything of the sort change-wise.
Is this normal coloring for these leaves now or is this something I should be worried about?
I think it might just be new growth growing quick, baby plant matter closer to the node, but I'm not sure if it may be early sign of a problem.
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You need a lot more light or a shorter plant.
drsaltzman
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You're not going to get much density with the sparsity of your growth and current lighting.60 watt grow lights in full 360 around 2 plant is not enough light for this????
My 60 watt setup may not be the BEST but is it not ENOUGH?
I know, i wasn't serious when I started this, it kind of just happened and now I do think this is something I could get more serious about later or next time I try. As far as what I'm doing now it is what it is and I'll get whatever experience and knowledge I get and use it forward, just fun to grow it and cure it and do the things that you do.
Dank Bongula
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Don't forget to smoke it! Switch it up to one plant and a more powerful light and you'll be just fine. GL
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