Intro and Info on my grow, first time show.

Okay so I am rather new to all of this really new.
but I have started out 1 random bag seed that I kept really close to my 18" fluorescent light (510lumens\15watts\3100k\cri90) 24 hours a day for the past 31 days up till last night. Now today after spending the last week or so reading and learning form incredibly helpful sites like this on and youtube I now know that this fluorescent simply wont do for the flowering stage. so today I picked myself up a couple of CFLs (1650lumens\26watts\2700k) soft white bulbs I have two on the plant now one above and one on the side Hoping to add more when I happen to come by some money. please note I am broke and have literally no spending money especially after this spree tonight. but I plan on running these lights until midnight tonight and then begin the switch to switch them off by timer from 6am on 6 pm off, and hope for the best they looked healthy until I decided to drop my fluorescent fixture on it bending the stalk I had it propped up on a stick to help it stand cause it was pretty bad there there is a 1/4 inch vertical slit which I can see through to the other side but after 4 hours or so I have removed the stick and it stands on its own so I have confidence and my 1 foot beauty. Though there have been no signs of its gender I am hoping it is a female since I only have one seed left and I have only just started the germinating process and it has already been a long 31 days and this second seed is most likely the last seed I will be able to come across if I don not find my self among females. It seems to be very stretchy and seems bare for some reason I just tonight am using a small dose of miracle-gro I have had laying around I only plan on using 2 liters of water with 3/4 tsp of the miracle-gro in it for now, but I have also transplanted it into a larger pot because the last was small and only filled half way with soil so I filled most of the larger one with the miracle-gro potting soil and placed the mold within it and fill in around and a little above it. There is not much else to say so thank you for your time, any advice or old equipment is welcome!

Any chance you could get you camera out again, move another 25ft back an take a few more pics just so we really really cant see to help you out?

I can but not at the moment I have to work with my web cam so my range is limited at the moment. I can have some tomorrow for sure but I am about to go to bed now.

TimUndying said:

I can but not at the moment I have to work with my web cam so my range is limited at the moment. I can have some tomorrow for sure but I am about to go to bed now.

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Ok cool, make sure its at least 25-30ft further back and it may also be helpful if you put your finger over the lens or something as well lol

Okay I think I can handle that.

so the last pic was 25 feet back with finger over lens?

Sorry, from the pictures I can't tell the sex. Have you flipped to 12/12 lighting? If so how long ago?

FYI, It takes about 1 week to show the pre-flowers after 12/12 is started. Only with the pre-flowers can the sex of the plant determined.

Cheers
- SB -

yes I have flipped, and will be starting its 3 light cycle in an hour. I am just hoping it is not to stretched out it does not seem very bushy, not like your avatar does. But I don't think I have quite enough light. but I guess I should know how well things are in 4 days or so?

Your CFL is the wrong spectrum. You need 6500K for early growth up to flowering. That is part of why your plant looks like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree.

If u hit that plant w some light it'll do.great...its healthy n surprisingly strong lookin for what little light its had....ur gonna need at least 6:23 watt cfls to flower....that's minimum... get "y" splitters from Lowes /home dept and surround the plantbw lights....mixed bulbs

yeah I plan on getting some splitters and a couple more bulbs maybe when I get my returns money is really tight. but yeah right now I have 3000 lumens and 2:23 watts and 2700k hope to bust it up, but chances are its not going to be in time.

money is tight but I plan on boosting my lums and wattage up with some of the splitters but money is tight I dont see it happening anytime soon though.