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Hi everyone, this is my first grow and so far i have had a few setbacks but now i am up and running, i am using a my own mix of soil ( a good organic soil, perlite,vermiculite and fresh mole castings). Im using 3 flourecent lights to veg and have got a 400w sunmaster dual spectrum for the flower stage. Im using canna terra vega for the veg nutes and have canna terra flores for the flower stage, i also have pk13-14 and canna boost. This is the straight forward bit, the plant im growing is either a ak48 or superhaze, my partner opened the grow room and the lables went everywhere and got mixed up im hoping its the ak.

The first picture was taken 21/06/11
The second was taken on the 30/06/11
and the last was taken 10/07/11

First question does it look good ???
second question when should i change the light cycle from 18-6 to 12-12 ?
Any help would be appreciated. Increase the peace

Your plants look fine , as for vegging some people recommend 4 weeks but it really depends on how much you want off your plant i like to veg for 8 - 10 weeks this way i get a lot of cola for my time .. PEACE

they look great good work...I mean if you want you can switch them now but I would wait like 3 more weeks...when your plants flower they'll grow like crazy and get way bigger

Thanks guys, is it normal for the branches to double up i mean on the nodes i have double branches coming out of 1 node so 4 branches to 1 node ? that is worded rubbish but its the best i can do to describe ??? Think i will leave it veg for another 3-4 weeks as thsat seems to be the advice im getting.

Looks kinda sparse for a 400w MH. Can you get it closer without heat stress?

im not using a mh for veg im using 3 flouresent tubes...... i got the 400w hps dual spectrum for flowering.

I think you may be better off using the 400W for veg. Floros are great for situations, like high heat areas with little ventilation, or germ/clone/seedlings.. but after a couple of weeks give em the glory of the mini-sun inside!

Oh and the weather is real messed up at the moment so i got to keep an eye on temp, it can drop to 20c and go above 30c im trying to keep it to 25-27 buy turning on the hps to heat up and fans to cool down.

So can i use the hps dual spectrum to veg and flower ???

Yes. That's what they are designed for. It won't be "quite" as good as a pure MH for veg and pure HPS for flower, but it will be close. And it will make those 3 floros look like you were growing in the dark.

Ok should i change them over during the light on period or just before it goes dark ??? Thank you for the input

At this stage you should be doing 24/7 lights anyway unless you have some major heat periods where you want lights off. At minimum you want 18/6. Don't think it matters when you change, just kep the lights 6-12" higher than you normally would the first day and move it down so they can acclimate. Shouldn't take but 2 days to get them hardy enough for the lumens.

And watch the heat. Don't go over 90F peak for long.. 78-84 would be great.

Great thanks for the heads up i will keep you all posted with pictures over the net few weeks.

Ok so im 32 days into veg she is about 18 inches high are these mini flowers a good sign and does it mean it is ready to go 12/12 ???
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That's a nice healthy stem and it's showing pistils already. Decide on a pruning technique and flip the switch

If you have an available HPS I'd use it. I've been keeping my fluorescents really close to my plants. I've even burned them a few times but they're still stretching like crazy and the flowering is much to be desired. You wouldn't have problems like this with a hps. Going off your pic there it looks like a female. Yea, it looks like you're ready for flowering. Slap that puppy on a 12/12.

dannyboy602 said:

That's a nice healthy stem and it's showing pistils already. Decide on a pruning technique and flip the switch

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What do you mean by pruning technique ? ? ? I was just going to let her grow as she wanted, going to change the nutes over in a week, i have already added canna boost to my veg nutes please any help and advice will be taken on board.

easyrider23 said:

If you have an available HPS I'd use it. I've been keeping my fluorescents really close to my plants. I've even burned them a few times but they're still stretching like crazy and the flowering is much to be desired. You wouldn't have problems like this with a hps. Going off your pic there it looks like a female. Yea, it looks like you're ready for flowering. Slap that puppy on a 12/12.

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Money is tight was going to get this one down and then get a 400w mh and a 400w full hps as my ballast can use both, and maybe a cooltube as temp is an issue in my tent.