4 weeks 2 days in 12/12, Opinions?

I got 3 plants under 12/12 under a couple of fluorescents. Am I going good?

All 3 haven't grown an inch since I put them under 12/12, is that normal for mostly indica dominant plants?

Plant A - 2 feet 8 inches 18 weeks old:


Plant B2 - 1 foot 1 inch 12 weeks old:


Plant C - 17 weeks old 2 feet 11 inches:

Man, those are super nice, but you sure stretched them from lack of wattage up close.
You need to put those bulbs MUCH closer and get lots more of them, AND get some reflectors.
You're just aiming light in ALL DIFFERENT directions instead of aiming it toward the plants.
If you would put two 85 watt bulbs near the tops, in those $9.95 cent reflectors that Lowes and Home Depot offer, you can still get some 12 inch coke can sized colas.
With what you have now, you are going to get FLUFFY buds, and there is nothing wrong with that, but you are not going to get HASHY tight, compressed, hardy sturdy monstor buds.
At least ry to get two 42 watts on the biggest bud to see what a difference it makes.
Peace,

i agree, you're treating those CFL's like they are HPS lights

CFL has to be utilized differently, have two or three CFLs directly over each plant for better results

good luck

Yeah, I got 2 4 foot 34 watt tube fluorecents directly over all 3, then i got 2 15w CFL's between Plant A & B2, and two more 24w CFL's between Plant C & B2.

place the CFL's closer to each plant for better results, man

having it spread out isnt gonna work very well because light penetration on CFLs is terrible

Ok I'll see what I can do. But what I wanna know is, is it normal for my indica dominant plant not to have grown more than an inch since being put under 12/12 almost 4 weeks ago?

W33D said:

I got 3 plants under 12/12 under a couple of fluorescents. Am I going good?

All 3 haven't grown an inch since I put them under 12/12, is that normal for mostly indica dominant plants?

Plant A - 2 feet 8 inches 18 weeks old:

Plant B2 - 1 foot 1 inch 12 weeks old:

Plant C - 17 weeks old 2 feet 11 inches:

Click to expand...

them lites are they just normal enegy saving litebulbs what you can get anywere. or did you have to order em?

Go back and read the advise given to you again. You got to have Reflectors and you got to put the bulbs closer. Much Closer, near the buds.

Ok, where can I get these reflectors? Popcans?

pop cans work ok as coke polishis the metal, i made my own reflector using a bit of card and some mylar

Things to know about lighting
Color rating- Measured in Kelvin (K). The higher the number, the more bluish the light. 4000K-7000K is mostly on the blue side of the spectrum, while 3000K and under goes from a white spectrum, to a redder spectrum.

How much light is needed?
The minimum amount of light required by marijuana plants is around 3000 lumens per square foot. However, it's not 100% accurate, since although you may have a 10,000 lumen light, the amount of light that reaches the plant varies with the distance between the light and plants, and reflectivity of the grow box. The ideal amount is somewhere around 7000-10,000 lumens/sqft, and as long as the plants do not burn, as much light can be used as you want.
(*note, the sun produces about 10,000 lumens/sqft, on a sunny summer day).

Determining lumens for your grow area:
Determine the square footage of your area (example in a 4 foot by 4 foot area, there is 16 square feet)
If you have a 1000 watt High Pressure Sodium, that produces (approx.) 107,000 lumens.
Divide this by 16 (your square footage) 107,000 / 16 = 6687 lumens per square foot.
So just divide the total amount of Lumens, by the total amount of Sq ft, and thats your lumens per square foot.

How far away from my plants do the lights go?
The lights in your grow room should be as close as possible to the plants without burning them. There is no such thing as too much, unless there is sufficient heat to dry out and burn the leaves. A good rule is to put your hand under the light, if its too hot for your hand, chances are that the plants will be too, so move the light up until your hand feels more comfortable. For seedlings and clones, I keep them a little further away from the light, because they are very susceptible to burning and drying out, at these stages.

Efficiency is very important when choosing a type of light. The wattage is not the most important thing, as you can see below, different types of light produce different amounts of lumens per watt. A 300 watt incandescent will produce about 5100 lumens. While a 300 watt Metal Halide (just an example, they do not come in 300 watts), will produce 27,000 lumens. Obviously far more efficient for growing, while still using the same amount of electricity.

Approximate light production:
Incandescents: 17 lumens/watt
Mercury vapor: 45-50 lumens/watt
Fluorescents: 60-70 lumens/watt
Metal halide: 90 lumens/watt
High pressure sodium: 107 lumens/watt

AND USE BIG REFLETORS!

JUST MOVe tha FUCKING LIGHTS CLOSER ,u will get alot more bud man ! just dont wanna seee her go 2 waist ,please post new pics

if they stopped growing in height its probably because theres low humidity levels, but thats good. and nice buds coming by the way

go to Home Depot or Lowes, get some 42 watt bulbs and some ten inch reflectors with the sockets and clamps.
You are going to harvest small piss-poor fluff buds that will be sweet and tastey but half the potency and no where near as good as if you would increase the watage of lights, use reflectors and get the lights closer, very closer..