Captn Green
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Hello, this is not only my first grow, but also my first ever post on the site! Soo exciting! Ok so my plants have been alive for about 1 and a half months. I have been giving them a mix of 6.4 pH tap water, and Miracle Grow 30-15-15 (Dont laugh) alternating weeks. they have about a 50/50 mix of perlite and an organic choice soil. Lastly, they are sitting right now under (12) 4' Floro tubes of mixed spectrums, and a few randomly places CFL's.
Now to the journey theyve taken... The two plants started under a single 3000k CFL. At about week two I had an unexpected arrival and had to move the plants into a place where they wouldnt be found (Judgemental family members). They stayed in total darkness for about 1.5 to 2 full days before i was able to pull them back out and put them under the lights. This is where things started looking good, but in a bad way. Both plants had sex'd into females and had accumulated some pretty nice furs. So upon pulling them out of the darkness I had this bright idea that these halogen bulbs that i had produced a ton of light and they were going to be in for some nice light when i put them under it. So i put the two plants under a 500 watt halogen : \ and it stayed pretty hot. I was able to maintain the tempurature in the room at about 80 degrees, but that was very very hard to do. Finally after about three weeks of almost no growth i finally realized that Halogens are horrible. Im embarrased to say that i used them... Anyways, so now they are under a ton of good Floro, and CFL light. 427 Watts exactly. So to finish off the last 2-3 weeks i decided to keep one of the plants in bloom and watch it grow in a full 12/12 and to keep the other in veg, it was way less far along. I decided to do this split because i was really confused on the actual stages the plants were in. They have some nice sized trunks i think, but the node spacing is so tight. When they were placed under the new lights for the first time they were also topped. I tried to do the FIM method but it didnt seem to work out as well. After about a week and a half i topped them again. People talk about topping their plants all the time, and them growing an inch or more every day. I waited a week and a half for about an inch and each time i topped it it seemed to slightly slow the plant.
So my questions are... Do my plants look like they are doing good for the size they are? How far (in weeks) do you think my plants are behind? What could be causing my plants to be growing so slowly? Also out of curiosity what do you think about my choice of soil, nutes, container, and pH balance. Any other comments or pointers needed as well!
(When i figure out how to post pics they will be up.)
Now to the journey theyve taken... The two plants started under a single 3000k CFL. At about week two I had an unexpected arrival and had to move the plants into a place where they wouldnt be found (Judgemental family members). They stayed in total darkness for about 1.5 to 2 full days before i was able to pull them back out and put them under the lights. This is where things started looking good, but in a bad way. Both plants had sex'd into females and had accumulated some pretty nice furs. So upon pulling them out of the darkness I had this bright idea that these halogen bulbs that i had produced a ton of light and they were going to be in for some nice light when i put them under it. So i put the two plants under a 500 watt halogen : \ and it stayed pretty hot. I was able to maintain the tempurature in the room at about 80 degrees, but that was very very hard to do. Finally after about three weeks of almost no growth i finally realized that Halogens are horrible. Im embarrased to say that i used them... Anyways, so now they are under a ton of good Floro, and CFL light. 427 Watts exactly. So to finish off the last 2-3 weeks i decided to keep one of the plants in bloom and watch it grow in a full 12/12 and to keep the other in veg, it was way less far along. I decided to do this split because i was really confused on the actual stages the plants were in. They have some nice sized trunks i think, but the node spacing is so tight. When they were placed under the new lights for the first time they were also topped. I tried to do the FIM method but it didnt seem to work out as well. After about a week and a half i topped them again. People talk about topping their plants all the time, and them growing an inch or more every day. I waited a week and a half for about an inch and each time i topped it it seemed to slightly slow the plant.
So my questions are... Do my plants look like they are doing good for the size they are? How far (in weeks) do you think my plants are behind? What could be causing my plants to be growing so slowly? Also out of curiosity what do you think about my choice of soil, nutes, container, and pH balance. Any other comments or pointers needed as well!
(When i figure out how to post pics they will be up.)
