250 watt CFL Grow. Tips?

[DrewBerry]

Basically this is my first grow ever. Im using two 125 watt 2700k 7000 lumen CFL lights. Below are pictures of it, it just reached its first week last night. Tips are more than welcome thank you.

 

[DrewBerry]

Here's the girl in its first week

 

[peter berger]

Here's the girl in its first week

So far so good bud. What strain is it?

 

[DrewBerry]

So far so good bud. What strain is it?

That's what I like to hear . I am going to keep it updated weekly . I believe it's Super Iced Grapefruit or Big Bang #2

 

[peter berger]

Very nice

 

[driel]

Looks good, don't over water. its the biggest mistake I made with an early plant. Let the soil dry out pretty well. You'll figure out your watering schedule based on that. With those CFL bulbs you can try getting them a couple inches away. I haven't ever used higher wattage CFL bulbs and have instead opted for many smaller ones since CFLs will lose out on penetration so manipulating the plants around your plant is something you end up doing as it gets bigger. But you'll want to see how it feels by putting you hand a few inches away from the light and see how warm it gets. I've only ever burned a leaf when I didn't notice it made contact with the bulb . Top it once you get to around 3-4 nodes and misting the plant daily helps with humidity if that's something that is an issue wherever you're growing.

 

[DrewBerry]

I got them hanging, They're about 1-2 inches from both sides of the plant. I wanted to get accurate amount of lighting for both sides not only one. I have a watering schedule of about 3-4 days normally soils dry by then

 

[DrewBerry]

Looks good, don't over water. its the biggest mistake I made with an early plant. Let the soil dry out pretty well. You'll figure out your watering schedule based on that. With those CFL bulbs you can try getting them a couple inches away. I haven't ever used higher wattage CFL bulbs and have instead opted for many smaller ones since CFLs will lose out on penetration so manipulating the plants around your plant is something you end up doing as it gets bigger. But you'll want to see how it feels by putting you hand a few inches away from the light and see how warm it gets. I've only ever burned a leaf when I didn't notice it made contact with the bulb . Top it once you get to around 3-4 nodes and misting the plant daily helps with humidity if that's something that is an issue wherever you're growing.

So, what does it mean when the first leaves are developing spots that look like dirt but arent. Sorta like a light brownish spot

 

[driel]

You're not using fertilizer or anything yet are you? Try to get a pic up so it's easier to diagnose, brown spots usually tend to be nute burn.

 

[budlover13]

Keep your lights as close as possible to your ladies.

I agree with driel on the small lights over the big ones. You can hang them IN your canopy for better light distribution.

 

[DrewBerry]

I'm not using any nutes. Don't have the extra cash atm. Also, This is my first one I was that noobie that just bought what seemed fit without doing research. I'm hoping it'll grow