2nd try - cfl closet grow

1st set of pics - 3 weeks in

2nd set of pics
3.5 weeks old


the cups i'm using are 8 inches tall and 4.5 inches wide, any idea when i should transplant?

any comments/advice are welcome

added nutes on wednesday, they are lookin better so far

somethings wrong dude.. my bet is not enough light... they are VERY small for their age..

no nutes dude... way to small for them

my lights are 5000k, should they be a higher color temp?

no thats fine how many watts are you using?

i have 6 27watt cfls so 162w total

ye somethin aint rite here prob not enuf light and could prob do with more perlite or somethin mixed wth your soil and do u hav slits in your cups for drainage nd air?

yeah a bunch of holes in the bottom of the cups, i think im just losing too much light because i dont have any relectors

ok well that should be ok for now.. but in the very near future your going to need to at least double that for good results, btw the sooner the better if you could double it now with some red/orange spectrum cfls they would def. grow faster.. here are some further questions to help diagnose the problem..

what type of soils are you using??
how often are you watering?
how close are your lights.??
do you have ur light contained?

with that little of light u NEED to contain it... set up anything with a white surface around the plants

read this..... Sticky: Things to know about lighting

a few i had before wernt gettin any bigger till i moved them 2 bigger pots. u cld mayb try tinfoil 2 help reflect your light and keep your lights dwn pretty close 2 your plant

m1ck3y said:

a few i had before wernt gettin any bigger till i moved them 2 bigger pots. u cld mayb try tinfoil 2 help reflect your light and keep your lights dwn pretty close 2 your plant

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sorry dude.. thats all bad advice those plants are WAY too small to transplant... it will do more damage than good... there roots have not spread enough to fill those cups... no transplant needed..

tin foil is less reflective than a flat white surface.... it also can create "hot spots" and burn ur plants

here is a pic of the setup i have going

- havn't watered since 4/20. soil is still kinda moist
-using jiffy seed starting soil from walmart
-lights are 2-3 inches away

got some white foam posterboards from walmart to keep the light in