New grower need help please

Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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From your phone, I believe the easiest is to email them to yourself, then save, then load directly here, or you can use a host, like photobucket which has an option (on home page I think) to delete the location info and encode your pics.
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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Off to a good start, maybe add some soil, enough to bury about half of that stem, and get your lights closer to avoid more stretching.
Sorry, I don't remember if you mentioned, but what kind of lights are you using?
Note: next transplant, mix more perlite.;-)
 
newgrower94

newgrower94

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I'm only using a 13 watt cfl. I'm going to get more today. I just don't know if I should go to hps. Or what's . But I'm only growing this one plant so I don't know the exact wattage I need. I heard one hundered watts per plant is that right?
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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Sorry, I can't help ya with the big stuff like HPS or MH, but I vegged my 1 plant with 52w of 5000k and 46w of 2700k CFL's and she turned out nice.
Here's 21 days from sprout, when I transplanted.View attachment 2490228
I fed on day 25, and here is plant on day 31.6dec10_zpsa6eea805.jpg
Don't worry, somebody will pop in here and help ya with your question about lights for later.
 
SS68396331

SS68396331

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CFL's are great for seedlings and veg. CAn't beat the cost to run them, There have been some pretty bada$$ yields from CFL growers here. I supplement with them and they do help no doubt worth the money..pay attention and don't get crappy ones. I found some 65W/2700 at lowes for like 12 bux. fixture was another 12. Then there is that outside yard lamp I also use..it rocks, it grows two plants too big for the box. I guess it really depends on how much you want to spend..I initially bought cfl's, then added my HPS and MH later by shopping craigslist..I saved a TON of money. Got a mover AND a 400W HPS brand new with the track for a trade..I gave up an old Skil worm drive..

So the question is..how much do you have to spend?
 
SS68396331

SS68396331

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And I might suggest you do a little bit of reading on lighting 101 as it applies to growing. You risk wasting time and money if you don't.
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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newgrower94 said:
That's less than one hundered watts for the entire grow?! Wow cfls I heard they yield less though:(
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They DO yield less, depending..........
There's just so many variables for EVERYTHING.
that 98w was just up until day 55, (including the 30 days of veg), then I added more, to bring my total up to 305w, for about $100 altogether.
I'll post some of the current pics in about 3 hrs after lights on-I usually take my weekly pics on Mondays.
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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If it was me, I would run and get a few more.
You won't overdo it, and the lack of light is why I noticed the stem and suggested burying part of it.
 
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