First CFL Grow, Bagseed

Sobe459

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So i have been lurking for about a year now and found alot of good info here. I finally started my grow just under 3 weeks ago. I have one plant whos doing wonderful. However the other 3 idk if i can save them:(.

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2x 6500k 23watt CFLs
2x 2700k 23watt CFLs
1x 120mm outtake fan connected to pc powersupply
4x plants

Here are my plants as of today 19 days old. If anyone could provide info on how to save these guys it would be wonderful. Ive used 24-8-16 nuts on them twice since they hit 2 weeks and 3 times on the big plant but it seems to love it.
 

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Hmmm... from my opinion, they don't really look like they'll be dying on you anytime soon. They're still kinda healthy looking, just slowed/stunted growth. My only recommendation for you is maybe cut off the nutrients to them, unless somebody can identify the problem as something else. You don't really need them this early anyway. I started feeding mine nutrients pretty early and had two of my sprouts fall behind the others, so I stopped nutrients them all together and haven't added any since. I'm about 3 weeks into flowering and haven't had any problems what so ever, they look wonderful at this point.
You'll want to start looking into additional lighting soon as well. I recommend going to your local hardware store and buy a couple bulb-outlet splitters. They're like 2$ each. Then just buy a 4-pack of 23watt CFLs and you'll have loads more light. Probably total in around 12$ for everything too :)
 

Sobe459

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Thankyou for the quick response. And ive just been using strait water right now on a 18/6 cycle. How do i know when to let them go o flowering?
 
Well basically, you let them flower depending on your own limitations. If you have lots of room and are willing to invest in more lights, then you can let them veg however long you want and let them get huge! If you are limited, however, then change to 12/12 when they're approximately a foot or smaller... They will stretch out quite a bit after the lighting change due to increased dark periods. But then again, there is the method of LST (low-stress training) where you can tie the main stem down in various places to create more of a flat canopy of leaves (which is most efficient for CFLs, or any light for that matter) and the SCROG method (screen of green) in which you tuck the leaves between a 'net' to control height. So basically, you can pretty much control every aspect of your plant to fit your needs.
 
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