Help, Plants growing too tall, and not developing??

hello, i am a newbie, and the problem with my plants is that they keep growing vertically and do not develop, i kept playing with the lights because i thought this is due to the distance of the light, but as i read on this forum a lot of people have their lights higher then mine and their plants dont grow so tall. As you se in the pictures the leaves are small, and still at a young stage, please help, what am i doing wrong???

thanks in advance

Gotti18 said:

hello, i am a newbie, and the problem with my plants is that they keep growing vertically and do not develop, i kept playing with the lights because i thought this is due to the distance of the light, but as i read on this forum a lot of people have their lights higher then mine and their plants dont grow so tall. As you se in the pictures the leaves are small, and still at a young stage, please help, what am i doing wrong???

thanks in advance

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...awe, nothing looks wrong to me so far. ...it takes a while when you start from seeds to get rapid growth sometimes...However, we maybe able to give you some tips for the future if you give some info on what your growing medium is, ferts and so forth.

...just looking at your pics, my first thought is...why don't you have any perlite in your medium?

strain stalker said:

...awe, nothing looks wrong to me so far. ...it takes a while when you start from seeds to get rapid growth sometimes...However, we maybe able to give you some tips for the future if you give some info on what your growing medium is, ferts and so forth.

...just looking at your pics, my first thought is...why don't you have any perlite in your medium?

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thank you for your answer, i did not add any perlite because i dont know what exactly it does, and i am not sure if i can find it here in my country but i will look for it. Does this perlite make a difference and how so?

thanks

Perlite makes the soil drain better and helps aerate the growing medium. If I were you I would transplant and bury those long stems up to just one inch from the first node. It looks like they are stretching for the light. If you are growing under flouros, you can get them 1" from the top of the canopy.

Looks like you are using CFLs for light. You have then too far`away. Get them within 2 inches of the plants. Perlite help the soil drain better.

Firstly, the intensity and color of your lights will have a lot to do with your problem. You cannot grow decent stocky plants with poor (shop) lights!!
Invest in proper grow lights and half of your problems would be gone. Secondly, you will only run into problems by planting multiple plants into one pot unless you have huge pots (they will kill eachother for root space). And I would also suggest getting your electric plugs and wiring off the floor where it could come into contact with water!

To start off on the right foot you need to do quite a bit of research on growing mj. Look under the FAQ on this forum there is tons of proper information. It's not all that hard to do well provided you do things properly.
Good luck

yea i think i should do that, buy some perlite then transplant them keeping just one inch from top out, thanks.

I have 2 lights for all the plants, the problem is if i have 4 pots, as you see in the pics i cannot get the lights closer because then i would be only above 2 pots and the rest are in the dark, the plants keep stretching and turning for the light

I didnt want to invest too much in this project because i am at the begining and i wanted to start of with what i already have. I read about all that are required, and i thought i would be able to do it with less, and i wanted to prove that i guess its a rough start but i will get there... i hope. thanks again for everything.

Whats up over in romania? it looks to me like your lights are way too far. those babies are stretching bad

Stretching=plant trying to reach the light.
Get a CFL over each of those pots.
And get it about 2 inches above each plant top.
Making sure that your CFL's are daylight, or 6500 kelvin.

im thinking about putting more lights but i am not the best with electric wires.

Couple problems.
1. You need to intensify that light by about 15x... By the looks of that, thats a 15Watt CFL (which is not even good enough for 1 plant, let alone the multiple ones that you have)
2. Your plants are stretching really bad, and if you wanna have a chance to save them then I would recommend you bury them up to the first node in soil and get 3-4 42 Watt CFLS and 2-3 26 Watt CFLS in their ASAP.
3. Only grow one plant, per pot. Period! Those are small pots too, so you will have to transplant your plants after about 2-3 weeks. Separate those 3 right now!
A fan going will also strengthen the stems
peace

i went to a store much like Home Depot looking for perlite and i couldnt find any.. i dont know where i can find it. tomorrow i will transplant them and bury them deeper and then post pics.

ok, so i transplanted them today.. tomorrow im having some more lights added. here is a pic..

Gotti18 said:

ok, so i transplanted them today.. tomorrow im having some more lights added. here is a pic..

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update us mate, what`s been going on?