first time cfl stealth drawer

buckies

buckies

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my box has come along good and seeds just germinated yesterday, i have the seed under 2 4100k 18 watt cfls and soon going to put into flowering 12-12 with my 100watt cfl 2700k bulb, fans are pretty noisey please any help on how to stop the noise? strain is low girl feminized from attitude seedbank, also using some all purpose indoor outdoor soil mix i got from store, might make a organic soil for when i replant, going to attempt LST this is my first grow indoor the 100 watt cfl has its own ballast
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johny112

johny112

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Good luck man. Just dont aggravate it too much like i did with my first plant. Its very tempting to mess with it.
 
buckies

buckies

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hey been a while but here is an update 100w 2700kcfl and 1 18w 4100kcfl is on at the moment for 12-12 also a 12w 2400k cfl in there but not going to turn on till plants a bit bigger, isnt growing very fast ?2012-05-07 11.37.58.jpg

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any feedback or tips are greatly appreciated!
 
bradderskush

bradderskush

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Hey, in the latest pic she looks sorta over watered maybe? Thats why shes abit pale and looking kinda droopy... Im on day 6 with my Top69 fem auto, check it out, its my first ever grow too :)
 
buckies

buckies

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hey its been a few weeks now and im worried its not growing fast enough? its been 12-12 since seed pretty much. the seed is a very short plant so maybe theres nothing to worry about? new leaves comign thru looking really healthy ive repotted into part potting mix and part compost soil. im not watering too often2012-05-22 14.09.27.jpg2012-05-22 14.09.40.jpg
 
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Grifsta

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do you have space behind cab for airflow? having fan on back dont do no good if there is no clearance for air flow.
start out with 18/6 light cycle 12/12 is for flowering stage. let it grow some in 18/6.
 
buckies

buckies

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its already been in 12-12 for about 3 weeks if i cahnge it to 18-6 wont that harm the plant/confuse it? and yes theres room for airflow behind the cab, cheers
 
Cloudz2600

Cloudz2600

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I think what Grif means is do you have a place for fresh air to enter and "used" air to leave? If you just have a fan in the air blowing air around all you are doing is circulating used, hot air around. The space needs a place for cool, fresh air to enter. Switching the light hours may confuse it a little bit, but for 3 weeks I wanna guess that's pretty slow growth. You can always switch to 12/12 when you feel the plant is 1/2 as tall as you want it to be...Unless you're trying to do 12/12 from seed.
 
buckies

buckies

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the fan pulls in fresh air thru the bottom and pushes it out through the top, theres a metre clearance behind the cab. its defiantly not circulating it in the box cold fresh air is coming in a hot air is coming out
 
buckies

buckies

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small white hairs starting to form. so how can i make this thing grow taller so i can train it around a scrog net or something?IMG_0467.jpgIMG_0465.jpg
 
dc4

dc4

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What do you mean trim? why would you trim such a small plant? You are removing the precious fan leaves that give the energy to your plant through photosynteze. You have some serious problems with this plant dude, I've never seen such a small plant flower.
 
bradderskush

bradderskush

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^ i was just thinking the same myself.
Shes soo small because you 12/12'd it early, if you vegged for say atleast 2-4 weeks it would be alot taller when you switch to flowering producing bigger buds.
 
dc4

dc4

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^NOT. Every plant started form 12/12 WILL have a small veg period, and There's alot of people doing 12/12 from seed, they get nothing like this, if anything the growth is stretchier than usually. Obviously the problem lies in either Temp, humidity, nutrient levels, watering, etc.
 
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