Dose this plant look normal ????????? vanilla kush

hey growers, quite new to all of this but bar the burn on the tips of some fan leaves (too close to light) dose this plant actually look normal ??? Its a vanilla kush plant from barneys farm and its about 1 month 1 week old. any advice would be appreciated. thanks alot guys!!

The plants fine. Maybe too much heat is stunting her growth? It should be showing preflowers soon.

well thats good to no. the temp is like 76 f during the day. do you think i should start adding nutes yet???

plant looks healthy but light deprived, like above said either go grab a decent HPS/MH if you can afford it. amazon has some nice 400w cheap chinese lights for like 150$ that come with 2 bulbs, electronic ballast that fires both MH and HPS, cool tube with reflector wings.

http://www.amazon.com/Grow-Light-hydroponic-Dimmable-Hydrofarm/dp/B005GYRB9S/ref=sr_1_2?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1334495283&sr=1-2

^^ something like this would be a good investment ^^

or if $$ is a issue head to wal mart and pick up a bunch of 26w CFL's, you can add a couple CFL a week so its not such a burden on the financials but its going to cost you a good chunck of change to eventually get enough CFL's to have ideal lighting, the HID is definatly the best bet if you have the funds, can also find some grow lights on craigslist and classifieds. E bay, used but cheap

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400w-HPS-MH-Hydroponic-Kit-with-AIR-HOOD-/260936280518?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc103a9c6

80 bucks and has aircooled hood.... just be carefull buying used products, at least brand new have manufacturers warranty

drthc said:

well thats good to no. the temp is like 76 f during the day. do you think i should start adding nutes yet???

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Yes start off 1/4 does what compancy recommend feeding . if your using tap water let it bubble up in barrel for 24 hours ..

it has grown it needs food to fill out make it bushy. unless you like sticks and stems lol. your yeild will be greater though
with hps im gonna get one next year hopfully myself

First thing i noticed is, its not topped at all (topping will produce multiple flowering shoots.) Maybe that's what your talking about when you said looks weird.. yes its weak looking and the tips of the leaves are burning, (possiable heat issues) but 76f wont cause this result. Are you giving any fertilizers? What kind of water are you using? What light are you using? Also i see a heater in the room.. don't run the heater pointed at the plant (i would try not to use the heater at all, and use the light as a heat source if possible) unless you just using it for the fan to get air moving. But your plant has grown well for a month and a week old.

the burn on the tips are because ive been using a proper rubbish household light so as no shoots point up the touch the bulb before i realize so they burn. this has kinda happened everytime. the 'heater' thing u can see is actully a cooling fan no heating element in it what so ever its just osculates the air round the room it also cleans the air. Yeah ive just realized about the topping thing is it to later to top ??

Not sure if you can top starting now. i would assume its do-able but you need to give it a week-2weeks before the flower stage so the tops have a chance to grow. I would ask other growers about that.

get rid of the foil. need a new light. a cheap t5 with the right bulbs will do 1000% better than whatever you have now.
wont get much out of a plant looking like that.

at that height, it should be looking like this. grown under high output t5

well its still in 18/6 atm

fkn hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wanna swap dude ive just got a new light. think its a hps i know its 600watt. ill try and up load a pic

bulb is HPS, looks like it might be enhanced. has quite a blue tint to it.

still lose the foil =P
your plant should start looking much better with the light swap.
keep it 8-12 inches away, maybe a bit closer. use ur hand and feel for it.

Pretty sure thats a MH. From the color temp it puts out, if it was hps it would be wayyyy more red. And yea whatthe above postsaid about light deprived or gentetics are weak cause u have a weak plant, no noodes just a stick. Amd someone above said it should be showing ore flowers soon is wrong that plant has to grow out nodes first. And dont top that wont do anything right now but stress the lil thing

Yup, it's stretching too much, lights are probably not adequate.

drthc said:

fkn hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wanna swap dude ive just got a new light. think its a hps i know its 600watt. ill try and up load a pic

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With a 600 HID uncooled, you don't want that thing any closer than 12 inches from your plant -- prolly closer to 18 inches. HID lamps get really hot, and you will fry the little one in no time.

sorry i forgot to say the pic of the light shade/reflector thing has NOT got the 600watt bulb in it !!! It has got a very very shitty small 40watt light 'taped' inside it. so dont think the light is blue like that its not. its very bright orange/red and it kills your eyes is that normal for a 600watt hps ? like just the light reflecting off the wall lol and ive tested the heat and that small space is going over 100f !!!!! im gonna have to come up with something fast. im going to build a new space in the morning.

now im worried if a 600watt hps is to much for 1 plant

and it cost me £25 a month to run (just 1 600watt bulb) about 40 dolla

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now im worried if a 600watt hps is to much for 1 plant

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Do you have any ventilation in your grow room? Air input and output, as well as a small fan would def lower your temps... As I see from the pic above your hood is too close to the top of the plant... I hope now, with the hps 600W you have moved it a bit further away... but not too much cause you don't want it to stretch more than it already has!! I am new grower too... not trying to be a wise ass! just something that might help... Other more experienced growers should confirm if I'm right in saying this...