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Cannibal Sativa said:

i had some but had to take them off to fit the splitters on. lights are about 1in above plants.

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You should have lights on the side of your plants as well. Yes on top is good but side lighting is even better it lets more of your plant conduct photosynthesis THE PLANTS LIFE CYCLE.. so i would have a warm cfl on top for and the daylight cfl's surrounding that bad girl!!!

Looking good tho man! Come check out my grow and comment up

hey thnx farming.
love420, i do have lights on the sides of the plants. i was referring to the reflectors and spliiters.thnx

i have a question. i want to start flowering this weekend, but the plant is still not fully recovered. would flowering add more stress to plant and make it worse. any thoughts on this would be great. thnx.

Cannibal Sativa said:

i have a question. i want to start flowering this weekend, but the plant is still not fully recovered. would flowering add more stress to plant and make it worse. any thoughts on this would be great. thnx.

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I dont think it would cause stress I just dont think it will grow as fast as it normally would going into the flowering stage...
Personally I would let it veg for another week then flower..

hi all, haven't been on in a few days. 2 days ago i flushed my plant hoping that it might help some incase its a nutrient lockup. can't figure out what is exactly wrong, so i flushed. now that it is about 6 weeks old now, i started 12/12 cycle tonight. hopefully the little sucker will pull through. prayin for a female but with 1 plant 50/50 chance so hopefully got some luck on my side.

let me just say iiiiittttttt'ssss aaaa gggiiiirrrrllllll, woo hoo. showed sex after only 4 days. got some white hairs on one of the nodes near the top of the plant. i found them two days ago, not much has changed in the past 2 days. since i started the 12/12 cycle the little girl has grown 2 inches which is good. i did take a pic but it is gonna have to be photoshopped to see the hairs. so finally some good luck on my side.

u need some mylar on that lady. or white and black poly....

Jtoth3ustin said:

u need some mylar on that lady. or white and black poly....

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yeah thnx man

thnx for the congrats greenthumbhairypalm(great name) it is greatly appreciated. no, i'm not psychic, wish i was. i just finally got some luck with this little girl. i have found today which is the 3rd day of flowering another set of hairs above the other 2 sets. so i'm pretty excited about that. thnx again for the post greenthumb.

Glad you got a girl too. I think our plants will pull through i just flushed mine earlier today as well so well be good.

well i decided to flush her again yesterday. still having problems with leaves cupping,twisting and the claw. i believe she has a nute lockout from a ph imbalance. she is growing and getting more hairs each day. she is now 9in tall and has 12 nodes with hairs on 3 of them. not bad i guess for 1 week 12/12 and 3 days flowering.

well it's about 9 days into flowering and the hairs are coming in nicely. she is 12in tall now, 6in growth in 2 weeks. i finally got a cheap ph tester and tested the water that had siiting out and it was way high. so most likely i have a nute lockout and why my leaves are cupping and twisted. i decided to put some white vinegar in some water and the ph is at 6.2, so i think i'm gonna flush again tomorrow and test the runoff water. hopefully i can get it under control because i bet she is thriving for some food. hopefully i'll try to have some pics up tomorrow too. it's been awile.

i decided to flush again with a low ph'd water since i've been giving her water with a ph over 7.5 for 6-8 weeks now. noe i will wait and see what happens in the next few days. i'm not sure if the leaves that have been twisted and cupped for so long will return to normal. maybe just promote some nice new leaves. i guess we'll see. does anyone have any info on this? it will be greatlly appreciated. no pics yet, sry guys.

Time laps pictures of progress:

Picture 1: Date: 10/15/08 22 days @ Flower
Picture 2: Date: 10/25/08 32 days @ Flower
Pictures 3: Date: 11/08/08 46 days @ Flower
Picture 4: Date: 11/08/08 46 days @ Flower
Picture 5: Date: 11/14/08 52 days @ Flower
Picture 6: Date: 11/14/08 52 days @ Flower

hhmmmm maybe,i dunno.

plant looks good. Congrats!

rambler420 said:

plant looks good. Congrats!

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hey thnx alot rambler. i'm hoping 2 more weeks she will be done. see how much she fattens up this week.

nice looking plant. Whats your setup?

Hi, congratulations on the plant-it looks nice. And I was just wondering what kind of lights you're using for flowering?