Help wanted from experienced growers

Hi there thank you for reading my post.

Please find pictures at the bottom of what I am talking about.

Ok here is my story, I have been living in my flat now for about 5 months, I am top floor so I have a loft , Yey. I really wanted to grow, so I decided to get a few low Ryder seeds (Easy Ryder) I used like 16 15wat energry efiicent lgiht bulbs.

Now they say they give off 850 lm each so I work that out as 13600 lm, not sure if I am working it out wrongly as they are close together.

So if i work it out correctly then I guess I have great light, maybe too much or maybe a waste?

I also have a fan whcih is pulling air out of the room to add ventilation.

I have 4 plants whcih have been growing for 9 weeks now nearly 10.
They are in soil (All-Mix).

I use 4 mil Bio-Grow Per litre along with 4 mil of Root Juice for about the first 3-4 weeks until I see signs of flowering stage.

I then switch to only 4 mil of Bio-Bloom until 2 weeks before harvest. I was expecting harvest on week as this is what it said on the website, but it was clearly not ready, I then found the seed pack and looked at the small bit inside and it said 9-10 weeks. They are coming up to 10 weeks now and only one looks sort of close but still not sure.

The one that looks sort of close doesn't look too impressiveeven a bit disapointing.

I have another batch of 3 more plants coming that are 30 days behind the first ones, these look better but I am waiting to see how these do. Then I have 10 more coming after those.

Im testing really trying to make them produce a desent Yeild.



I want to know your guys opinions and tips, I am considering growing some bigger plants in the middle of the loft, this is a bigger space.


Im just not sure if I should if I should use a NFT hydro system and use the same lights, I would like to grow 10 at a time so am wondering if this would be enough.

Or do you guys think Low Ryder are a good way to go?

I have lots of space but little money lol

Please can someone help me


Sorry Pics 3 posts down

My question is do you think I should stick with Low Ryder or change to a differnt strain, also do you think I should use hydro or soil? and would the lgihts I have be ok or do I need to upgrade? Rember I dont have alot of money but if needed I can stretch

There are no pics???

and not sure what the question is?

I don't see any pics...

You can never have to mush light.I got like 152000lm and more will always help me and my plants.If they have been going for 10 weeks have you put them on 12/12 yet?

Sorry these are the pics not sure why they didnt uplaod first lol:

Sorry I didnt expect replies so fast lol,

My question is do you think I should stick with Low Ryder or change to a differnt strain, also do you think I should use hydro or soil? and would the lgihts I have be ok or do I need to upgrade? Rember I dont have alot of money but if needed I can stretch

I found a book about NFT technique, I think this would help me.

id get away from the auto flowering strains unless you need to keep height or time limited. breeding sativa/indica with rudelis makes a convenient to grow plant with really low potency.

Two things: first, get those lights closer to the plants. CFLs don't penetrate very far, but they don't put off much heat, so you can get them literally a couple of inches away from the buds for maximum illumination. Second, I don't know about flowering times for autos, but maybe the 9-10 weeks means the time from when they start flowering, not from when the seeds cracked? They actually look like they're coming along, but will need several more weeks before you can think about harvesting.

JuniorBuds said:

Now they say they give off 850 lm each so I work that out as 13600 lm

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you need 6,000 - 10,000 lumens per square foot for flowering so you have barely enough light for 2 square feet.

I'd say you need a bit more light, y don't ya think about getting a small 250hps, you'll see bigger yeilds than at present. The plants your've got there need about 1-2 weeks.