Is this baby ready for transplanting or not yet?
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Korner420Garden
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would this happen to be growing in a window sill?
THC888
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Thanx alot man i got the swamp cooler on and a fan above them i can see the stems of the babys shaking not too hard and not too little im going to upload a pic of where there at right now i got them under one Cfl and a halogen untill i get paid to buy more cfls but so far so good let me know what u think and your thoughts by the way im working on my grow room almost done just need to buy some fans now so i got them in the living room temporarily because its hot in the other areas plus no air and in hee the wind is perfect is nioce and cold
really comfy slippers
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hahaha... okay, That warm color will stretch your plant.. your gonna need a 6500k CFL man
darkdestruction420
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how often have you been watering it and how much? what method have you veen using to tell when to water them? it looks like you may be overwatering. as for transplanting, no its not time yet.
darkdestruction420
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No, they wont. I've done grows using all red for vegging and all blue for vegging and ive never seen a difference. What does make a difference is using both together. cannabis has 2 types of chloroplasts. one interacts with blue wavelengths to make energy and one interacts with red wavelengths. so using only 1 wastes alot of your plants potential. So i do agree he does need to get some blue spectrum cfls.
really comfy slippers
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Hmm... That to me, makes alot of sense.. BUT doing just 6500k makes a incredibly bushy, vigorous plant. Alone, without the warm spectrum. Im not sure if warm will, never tried. Never even tried them both together, but I believe ya. And actually im going to findout for myself nowNo, they wont. I've done grows using all red for vegging and all blue for vegging and ive never seen a difference. What does make a difference is using both together. cannabis has 2 types of chloroplasts. one interacts with blue wavelengths to make energy and one interacts with red wavelengths. so using only 1 wastes alot of your plants potential. So i do agree he does need to get some blue spectrum cfls.
really comfy slippers
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you can buy them at a store or online. look for the color spectrum number on the package. nothing less then 20 actual watts I'd say
really comfy slippers
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Plants stretch when they get insufficient light.. Try growing with a house light bulb and It will just stretch until it dies
darkdestruction420
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you need to water the whole area, not just the sides of the pot. dry spots in the soil are not good and if you only water the sides its pretty much inevitable you will get them. as for watering here is how you should check. im kinda lazy so i just went a found you a guide for it instead of typing it all out myself. all credit belongs to the original author.
The "lift the pot" method is a widely practiced, and very accurate method of knowing when to water your container plants.
The best way imho, to know when soil grown potted plants need more watering is by checking how heavy the pots feel. This method is very simple to learn once you get the feel for how light a ready for watering pot of soil feels.
Get an equal size pot and fill it with your soil. The medium should be about as moist as a new bag of potting soil. Use this planter as a learning tool to get a rough idea of how much the pots should weigh before watering again. The pots with your plants will feel only just slightly heavier when the soil is ready for more water. Pick up one of your planted pots, if its noticably heavy, do not water it until it feels "light". Next time you water a planter, pick it up and feel how much heavier it feels compared to the sample pot of soil.
It only takes a few times picking up the pots until this skill is like a "second nature" to you. You wont even need the sample pot after you get accustomed to the lifting method.
Sure your plants are always putting on more weight as they grow larger, but once you're proficient at lifting the pots, you'll also know how to compensate for the weight of the plants with ease.
I dont know how to better explain this method of knowing when to water, but believe me, anyone who learns this method, will always know when its time to water.
really comfy slippers
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Best method.
Make sure you completely drench your soil until water drains out when you water it. Note how heavy it is.. Now let the soil get completely dry, not just the top, completely dry through. Then repeat by drenching your soil again. Note how light the pot is when your Dry and ready to feed.
borntoshine
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Don't use a halogen light, it will burn your baby. Btw you could probably transplant it in a week and when you do make sure you put the soil a little bit higher so it doesn't look like shes stretched