General and flowering questions for a FIRST time grower!

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smokiethebandit2010

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question about lighting and plant issues

Hi i have just recently put my plants into flowering and i just went out and got some new lights for the flowering they are as follows 100w equivelent CFL and actually use 26w they are rated 1750 lumens per bulb and are soft white 2700k i have three above and three below on 2 plants, and so my question is is this enough light and the right kind of light for flowering? also my plants seem sick here lately and they are very droopy towards the bottom and some of the newer growth and leaves are light green in the middle with dark green edges (wasnt getting good light at the bottom prior to tonight) have been feeding them MG all purpose plant food 1/4 strength and just switched over to MG Bloom Booster which is 15 30 15 P-K-N is that good for flowering stage i know i have heard some bad things about MG but i havent had any problems with it and this is a budget grow so i can only get what i can afford atm also i have been watering with distilled water because it is a neutral PH to see if issues were a PH issue or not but before that it was well water from the tap, one plant is about 1 foot to 1 foot and a half tall and he other is half foot tall now. i will post some pics of the setup and let me know what you think...and i will surely appreciate all the input...Thanks!!!​
 
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smokiethebandit2010

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sorry if the pics are a little blurry if you would like to see specific pics of specific parts of the plants or grow room please let me know and i will do the bes t to get them for you also let me know what you think the sex of the plants are...Thanks
 
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ftpstrangr

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Hey bro, I'm no expert by any means to start off with. But in picture 7, the droopiness you are talking about at the bottom of the plant is just the fan leaves bending towards their light source (the lower cfls). The top ones aren't bent because they have light above them. As for the other plant my best guess is either over watered, or has some nutrient deficiency. ( I know super vague..)

As for Cfls, I have never used them. From my understanding you could grow with 6 26w as you are doing (correct me if I'm mistaken), but would greatly benefit from 3-6 more :). Good Luck m8
 
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smokiethebandit2010

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i will definately take that into consideration also here are some more pics and yes i think i burnt them ugh more problems so i am going to flush them with distilled water and see what happens for that..
 
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smokiethebandit2010

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hey here's a question and promise not to laugh but it crossed my mind that if i used a string of all red xmas lights together the little bulb kind wouldnt that help to add lots of red spectrum light to the mix could it work or even help? this should get some very interesting answers and im looking forward to hearing the reply's.
 
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