Can these be too bushy?

huntowne

huntowne

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Srry i cant find my camera but I have 2 bag seeds i planted in a seed starter kit. 12 days ago I transplanted them each seperatly into a pot of fox farm ocean forest mix. I have them on a 24/0 schedule under 3 cfl 27watt lamps suspended about 2" above the plants. They already have grown their second set of 5 leaves but are only about 2 1/2" tall. There is no spacing in between sets of leaves. I water them twice a day and every other day with a 5-1-1 solution in with the water. I am afraid there going to be too bushy and not grow any length. Any suggestions? Am I being too paranoid? Any advice? Thanks in advance...I am going to try to get a couple of pics up:weed:
 

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titanium3g

titanium3g

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Bushy is a good thing. But they wont continue to do so with those lights, eventually the plants will need more light, and they will stretch in the effort to find more light. Like I said, bushy is a good thing and if you would like to continue in a positive direction I suggest you find an hps light or metal halide. These lights will cost you about $70 for 50-100watts at your local hardware retailer, and they will be in the form of OUT DOOR SECURITY LIGHTS. Read the box, if it says HPS (High pressure sodium) or MH ( metal halide) you are good to go. I am suggesting the security lights thinking that you may be on a budget.
 
Christianw1985

Christianw1985

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titanium3g said:
Bushy is a good thing. But they wont continue to do so with those lights, eventually the plants will need more light, and they will stretch in the effort to find more light. Like I said, bushy is a good thing and if you would like to continue in a positive direction I suggest you find an hps light or metal halide. These lights will cost you about $70 for 50-100watts at your local hardware retailer, and they will be in the form of OUT DOOR SECURITY LIGHTS. Read the box, if it says HPS (High pressure sodium) or MH ( metal halide) you are good to go. I am suggesting the security lights thinking that you may be on a budget.
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I just tried to find these lights, i looked under flood lights and security. There wasnt anything around your price range... The closest one that i found was a 70W HPS flood light for $108.00. You would be better off getting a 150 HPS from HTGSupply for $94.95:blsmoke:
 
akwid24

akwid24

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On ebay i bought my light setup for 160 ibelieve. It came with 2 bulbs 1 MH and 1 HPS. It came with the ballast, timer and the lamp. that is a steal my friend. Good luck

ps, and its a 400w!
 
huntowne

huntowne

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thank you for the input guys. I have a 400watt hps i was waiting to put on them till later but I will give it a shot now. Thanks
 
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