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TiTo

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• May 10, 2007

• #1

Growing with cfl. Only 1 bulb at moment. Limited space. 1 plant looking streched any advice. Will be getting more cfl's. No way I can get HPS or anything else at moment.

I know it's very frowned upon but would it be possible to start 12/12 earlier then usual. I don't mean now, but when the plants are about 12inchs high? I need to get through the harvest asap. Not very worried about amount of product, would be happy with 1 or 2 ounces.

By the way are Mylar and tinfoil the same thing?

Will upload more pics in near future.

 

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GSTATUS

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• May 10, 2007

• #2

get more cfls asap.
good luck

 

Baked Jesus

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• May 10, 2007

• #3

Mylar isn't the same as tinfoil. I thought it was too, but it's not. Do not use tinfoil to reflect the light though.

 

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TiTo

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• May 10, 2007

• #4

Would it be any good using black plastic? Or would I be better off just painting it white?

 

GSTATUS

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• May 10, 2007

• #5

youd be better off using mylar..

 

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tmpsanity

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• May 10, 2007

• #6

paint it white. Get more light. Keep plants as closeas possible to the lights. You can use the backside of that shiny wrapping paper you might use or a family member might use for wrapping gifts instead of painting white.

 

FirstTimeGrow

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• May 10, 2007

• #7

Since no one else answered this question, yes you can flower at 12 inches. Actually most people say you can flower as small as 8".

I started flowering mine at about 10-12" because I don't have a lot of height in my grow space. They will double, or triple in size and can get even larger during flowering.

 

kieahtoka

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• May 10, 2007

• #8

dude if you can put them int he sun for a couple hours at first, a couple hours outside won't give you too much exposure to cops,neighbors etc.

 

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TiTo

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• May 11, 2007

• #9

When should I move them to bigger pots?

 

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blueman11

Active Member

• May 16, 2007

• #10

hi im new to growing and just wondering how long it was before your plants broke the serface and what was your suscess rate thanks

 

tetrahydrocannabisloving

Active Member

• May 16, 2007

• #11

hey they on the average they take 2-4 days and sometimes even sooner after germination, and u plant them

 

Meemo

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• May 16, 2007

• #12

is there any specific method 2 make females flower or they just do it alone within time ??
how much time is expected for a plant to flower after knowing its sex (female) ?

 

FirstTimeGrow

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• May 16, 2007

• #13

Flowering is a stage of plant growth that is induced by the lighting cycle. When you change the light from 24/0 to 12/12, you have put the plant into flowering. Usually within 2 weeks of flowering you will know which are males and females.

 

Meemo

Active Member

• May 17, 2007

• #14

what if a person is growning outdoors :S

 

tetrahydrocannabisloving

Active Member

• May 17, 2007

• #15

first u will see prefloweres showing if its a female or not. it will do it naturally as the days and longer get longer

 

dew-b

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• May 17, 2007

• #16

with cfl bulbs you want to get them about 1-2 inches away from your plants. this will help with your streching problem. then get more bulbs if you can i am using a 150w cfl i am getting great results. just added a 27w cfl for side lighting. wile i build my flowering chamber. jus rember to keep the cfls as close as you can with out burning them. most important thing to do is use common sence. most weeds are hard to kill . if all else fales check the grow faq at the top of the page lots of good helpful info in there. gl with your grow