How Does my plant look
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StrangerDanger
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looks healthy enough, but probably stretched out too much for my taste. What kind of light and how far from the plant?
brotherjericho
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Needs. More. Light.
brotherjericho
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What kind of bulbs? What color temp? 100w actual or equivalent?
badmojo420
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id kill them and start over with better lights, or at least have them much, much closer. just my opinion... i wouldnt waste my time or enegry with those scraggly looking plants.
brotherjericho
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Fuck that, his plant is stretched some but very manageable.
Troym8
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so what should i do for lights
brotherjericho
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Asking this question shows you are uber newb.
Look for CFLs in Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. If we're talking one plant only, buy enough bulbs to get you at least 100w actual, 6500k color temp. That will get you through vegging. Then you want to switch to 2700-3000k bulbs for flowering.
100w should be a minimum. You can position these bulbs 3-4" from a mature plant. Yours is mature enough now.
brotherjericho
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Your plant looks healthy other than the stretch. What is your soil?
a mongo frog
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this guys got to be joking right? kill the plant? wtf....
who says shit like that?
badmojo420
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yeah, now i would definitely scrap and start over with the proper soil and proper lights. save up a couple hundred bucks and buy an HID, preferablly a HPS (high pressure sodium) or move your plants outdoors. if youre going to do it you may as well do it correctly with proper equipment. you're a total noob (not trying to sound condescending) and you need to do some research. go to your book store and pick up "The Cannabis Grow Bible" by Greg Green. That book will answer almost any question you have at this point.
badmojo420
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someone who doesnt want to waste their time growing a stretched out plant to 6 feet to get a decent yield.
a mongo frog
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that plant has potential to be better than anything u have ever grown.
correct light. super crop, tie down this or that, top this top that.
u know the drill, say that next time. help some one.
badmojo420
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any plant can have that potential IF the genetics will allow it and the grower has the proper knowledge and most importantly the EQUIPMENT to handle it. he doesnt. i offered him advice on what book to buy and what lights to use.
he doesnt have proper lighting, using bad soil and nutrients, etc. with that combination of error Id just save myself the headache and start over.
ok, sure you can use CFLs to grow. you can use miracle grow too. Ive done it and been very disappointed with light and airy buds so if I can save a noob the time and trouble of figuring that out on his own, that is helping someone. Like my mama always said "if youre going to do something, do it right the first time" because lets ALL be honest here, nothing is worse than a disappointing harvest all because you neglected to use proper equipment to try to save a couple bucks here and there.
Not saying you cant get phat sticky potent buds from cfls and mg, you can, but its not likely unless you know what youre doing. pot is easy to grow, anyone can grow it, but to grow it properly and effectively is another story.
monkeybones
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what you have son is a couple of 26 watt CFL light bulbs (do not pay attention to what the box says the bulb is "equivalent" to
you will not grow marijuana with those, sorry
invest in at least 150 watts of real light. a high pressure sodium or a metal halide lamp will work fine