Seeking Advice - First Grow

Hey, I'm new to this forum.

I just started an indoor CFL grow. 2 plants at 2 weeks Veg with 2 100w CFL daylight each. 24/0 lightning. They're in a 5 gallon bucket with Coco Coir and Perlite. I seem to have a good grasp on things but I need some help determining where to top, super crop and all that fun stuff. My two plants are attached below, they are both Sour OG clones. Any advice would be dandy, thanks m8s. I have been using Fox Farms Grow Big and CalMag as needed, along with maintaining a 6.2 - 6.8 pH level. I keep my lights around the couple inch mark, I use the 'hot hand' trick. The temperature stays at a steady 72 degrees in my closet, but I do not know the humidity (yes, I understand it is very important).

Here they are now. They're 4 days away from 1 veg month time. I'm running 414 watts of CFL which is 18 lights. I super cropped, topped and scrogged them. I will be flowering in a few days.

Thanks for the help, all.

I've figured it out on my own and here is another update. I am 4 days into flowering after 29 days Veg under the CFLs. I recently acquired (2) 450W Advanced Platinum LEDs.

Looks like they responded well to the training. Nice canopy.

Thanks @Rusher ! For a first grow, I think it is going quite well.

Hi Lunch_box. Thanks for sharing images of your grow and for your purchase of our p450s. Please let us know if we can be of any service. Keep on growing the dream!

Lunch_box said:

Hey, I'm new to this forum.

I just started an indoor CFL grow. 2 plants at 2 weeks Veg with 2 100w CFL daylight each. 24/0 lightning. They're in a 5 gallon bucket with Coco Coir and Perlite. I seem to have a good grasp on things but I need some help determining where to top, super crop and all that fun stuff. My two plants are attached below, they are both Sour OG clones. Any advice would be dandy, thanks m8s. I have been using Fox Farms Grow Big and CalMag as needed, along with maintaining a 6.2 - 6.8 pH level..

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g'day Lunch,
nice plants
5.8 ph is best for coco especially in bloom
VG

@Tjohnsoniv1200 Thanks! I love them so far.
@verticalgrow Thank you I appreciate the advice! I'll definitely look into that pH level.

I think it is safe to say that it is way to early for the netting.. I would remove that until much later when you are well into flower.. I don't scrog or anything, but do use the netting as support for heavy buds, and also nice to be able and tuck leaves away that are on the outside of the plant rather than clip them when I defoliate..

Good luck brother ..

I think you should nix the CFLs and get a starter LED. I have Lighthouse Hydro BlackStars, but am currently only using my 450w ViparSpectra. They go for $149 on Amazon. The 300w is $99. It'll have been the best thing you could do for your plants. Those CFLs are going to get tedious, and the yield will be next to nothing compared to LEDs.

I still have a month to go until harvest. Those are forming buds.