my first cfl grow any help very much appreciated.
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Southshalrise
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plants are looking great alot better then mine..I think I was stretching mine cause mine are alot taller so I lowered the bulbs..keep up the daily pics there amazing
purpdaddy
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lookin real good to me!Gonna be sum lil bushes!ok i have all but given up on number two as it has not shown any growth in the last week but im still keepin her under the lights but number one has taken off nicely take a look and tell me what you think.
GANJAxDUBZ
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plants are looking good very bushy! i have a cfl setup aswell and just planted the germinated seeds so hoping to have sprouters within the next day or so
ill be keeping an eye on this thread
ill be keeping an eye on this thread
b1izzard
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when you do this, you should consider putting cow shit in the mix also. this will add a lot of good nutrients to the tea. Idk about where you live, but there are tons of cow fields by me and it works great. Also there is no need to use "womens panties" just throw them in a thin pillow case and soak that in the water. that way the water can easily flow in and out of the case releasing the nutes into the water, but at the same time the pillow case can be tied shut and nothing will come out of it and get in the water.
nitroman
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ok so i started lst on the lil girl yesterday and my nerves got the best of me so i decided to fim her today right before i put her to sleep and now 4 hours after she has woke up she is looking really good first set of 5 finger leaves are coming out nicely i cut the new growth that was coming up in between them hope i did it right
nitroman
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ok so i also have another question since i fimed the plant and i have been keeping the light within a couple inches and my plant has stayed short and bushy would it hurt if i lowered the plant from the light to promote a lil stretch so i can speed up the process of getting it around the plant or would it be better to just let it go bushy and have more nodes?
cerebralvibrator
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Nice and healthy there nitroman 
Don't worry about her staying shot and bushy, better that way, wont be long before it takes off and you will be bending and tucking and fighting for space! also with CFL's its better to train those budsights to as level a canopy as possible on top. You can go on LST and bending right through flowering if you need to with no harm, they just keep on budding. I do it all the time up to about 5 weeks of 12/12 then I leave them to finish once I have them where I want them.
Good luck with finishing them.
Don't worry about her staying shot and bushy, better that way, wont be long before it takes off and you will be bending and tucking and fighting for space! also with CFL's its better to train those budsights to as level a canopy as possible on top. You can go on LST and bending right through flowering if you need to with no harm, they just keep on budding. I do it all the time up to about 5 weeks of 12/12 then I leave them to finish once I have them where I want them. Good luck with finishing them.
nitroman
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thanks man i can see already that the plant just keeps wanting to fight to get at the light and the stem is really thickenin up nicelyNice and healthy there nitroman
Good luck with finishing them.
There is a difference between just tying a plant down and actual LST. When doing LST the goal is to make the main growth tip lower than any other growth tip. This causes the hormones, auxins I think they are called, to be redistributed throughout the plant which makes lower tips try to grow up to replace the main cola. Just tying the plant down still opens up the lower bud sites to light, which is helpful, but you won't see the yield increase that you will with true LST. You pretty much want the main tip to point down, or at least out sideways, when you tie it off. Hope this helps. 
nitroman
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thanks again for the help budweaver i am using the paper clip hold down method and i am keeping the tip lower than anything else as well i can see the last three nodes before the tip have all started to push out new growth and cant wait till they come on out and really let me see them.There is a difference between just tying a plant down and actual LST. When doing LST the goal is to make the main growth tip lower than any other growth tip. This causes the hormones, auxins I think they are called, to be redistributed throughout the plant which makes lower tips try to grow up to replace the main cola. Just tying the plant down still opens up the lower bud sites to light, which is helpful, but you won't see the yield increase that you will with true LST. You pretty much want the main tip to point down, or at least out sideways, when you tie it off. Hope this helps.