I have a 2week old plant and was using the wrong bulb

natalyss

natalyss

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i used a 65watt flood light it was way to hot for my plant the top leaves didnt die but turnd a light green yellow wif green vains still, i got a correct bulb today, a 75 watt cfl and have it and inch away, is it possible the color of my leaves can change to a good green again?
 
natalyss

natalyss

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hm at the moment i have one 75watt an inch away but i do have one more as u can see i bought a 2pack, i was thinking about puting the second bulb in a lamp and shine it on my plant but idnt kno at what angel to hit it at
 
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Tryingtomastrkush

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it doesn't matter what angle to hit it at just get more light on it.....or get a Y connector for the one you have above the plant and you can have 2 above it. that many CFLs wont cut it for flowering man you are gonna need to get creative and make some shit to get more light in there or upgrade
 
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captain792000

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the 75 watts are not really what the plants are getting bro, by the looks of them pics, those are maybe 20 watters, equivalent to 75 incandescent watts.....walmart has 65 watt cfls which are equivalent to 200 watts for 20 bucks a peice.....get yourself some more cfls and you lady will be fine....good luck man....
 
natalyss

natalyss

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oh dam lol well ya i should proboly get alot better lights down the road, thanks

ok so i put the other bulb in a lamp and set it up in a 'Y' formation, surely this at least better?
 

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Tryingtomastrkush

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that plant has stretched a little but it should be able to recover.....put the lights as close as possible (put your hand over the top of the plant if its ok for your hand its ok for the plant) and get a fan blowin on it if you dont have one to make the stem stronger
 
natalyss

natalyss

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ya thats why i got these bulbs to start with, the last bulb was too hot and made the leaves light green so i raised the light so it wouldnt burn thus stretching it, ya i have a fan blowing on it i dont think that will be a problem and am planing on getting a 55 Watt CFL - 250 Watt Incandescent Equivalent in about a week,
 
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richjames

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I've found cfls to be great for vegging, but for flowering, nothing can compare to an hps. As long as u got plenty of 6500k's on the plant ur well on ur way!
 
natalyss

natalyss

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yes i got a good fan blowing on it that wont be a problem, and yaa it strectched more than i like which is why i got the new bulbs , because i had to raise the other bulb higher because it was changing the leave colors light green
 
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richjames

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Think of it this way, once u begin flowering ur plant(s) will at least double and sometimes triple in size!!! that's no shit, so just plan for that and ur good.
 
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richjames

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Ya know, when I first started growin, i thought the same thing when i found this site. Lots of good pepe's on here that're more than willing to help where they can, suck as myself. Good luck natal +rep:bigjoint:
 
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captain792000

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natalyss said:
alright sounds good thank you! when should i start flowering? im on day 14
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that depends on how much room(height) you have, most strains will almost double in height during flower. the longer you veg , the better. I would veg at least 30 days if I were you, it really depends.....some people flower right from seedling which result in very small harvests.....id wait at least another 2 weeks bro.....good luck...
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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I would put it on 12/12 now if you are going to be scraping by with hardly enough light. Any veg time will be wasted because you won't have enough light to support a plant that large.

Even if you start 12/12 now it will still end up over a foot tall. IF you give it enough light to grow at all that is.

You will need a lot more light and why not just get one or two of the $25 econolight 150w hps's? It's equal to around 15 of those little cfl's.

13w cfl gives what 1k lumens or so. The 150hps gives 15k. One 150 hps would grow that into over an ounce even flowered at the size it is now.
 
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