My First Grow Setup!
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brettsog
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sorry, what i meant by training was LST. bend the stems gently sideways and tie em down until the whole plant is pretty much horizontal. helps keep the canopy even and better coverage when using fluroescent lights as they arent as intense as HID. less need for deeper light penetration as its all around the same height.
brettsog
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i topped once there was 6 nodes (topped right down to just above second node)to promote 4 tops. i only got 3 in the end but hey. she got a bit sick after i did a h2o2 treatment for my gnat problem. (soil must have had them in) but sorted now. also with cfl's u need to look at the actual watts. u probably have 2 x 23w and 2 x 9w plus the 2 t5's so proably closer to 100 actual watts. u will need to add a bit more if you wanna get decent bud. i would add at least 4 x 23w bulbs of mixed spectrums. it looks very blue the light u have. might wanna get some 2700k bulbs.
hopeyougotadutch
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CFLs don't put off much heat. Don't be afraid to let them barely touch the leaves. A few small burns here and there won't affect the plant aside from the burns. But, of course, don't let the light touch the buds. You want them about 2-3 inches away from your plants, max. Also, keeping the lights that close will keep your plant from stretching too much.
Training is also a good method to keep the plant short, as mentioned above.
Training is also a good method to keep the plant short, as mentioned above.
hopeyougotadutch
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Oh and if you can, try and find you some 40+ watt CFLs.
shamrockdoc
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LST train them with duct tape. Gently pinch a stem in your fingers and roll it back and forth CAREFULLY! until its droops...take a fan leaf and then tape it to the side of your pot. Worked for me and have multiple bud sites. its ghetto engineering...but effective.
