I posted this in the Indoor Growing Forum then realized there's a newbie section... right up my alley...
So I'm new to growing this but I've done more reading and research about this than I did in my college Chemistry class. I have four little ones, green as can be, healthy as ever, getting thicker by the minute, but they're short. As of today, I'm at day 25 from the time I planted the germinated seeds, and the tallest plant is only 5 inches from the bottom of the soil to the top of the plant. The other 3 plants are between 4 and 4.5 inches tall. Here's my set-up:
Indoor closet environment; the closet door is always open though so they get plenty of CO2. Humidity around 50%, day-time temp 73-77 degrees, night-time temp 67-70 degrees.
Soil - Miracle Grow Potting Soil (I know everyone hates this stuff but it worked great for many harvests before with a buddy of mine) and I added in Perlite.
Fertz - As of right now, I'm not using any fertilizers because M.G. already has them in it, and I'm afraid to kill them. I have, on the other hand, added about 1/2 tspn of Epsom Salt per 1 gal of DI H2O (I was told M.G. soil doesn't have much Magnesium in it) and use that when I water.
They have all been transplanted into individual 1.5 gal potters.
Lighting - Here's where I think I'm having my problem. For the first week and a half, I was using one single energy saving light bulb from the local store, a little one, output of 16 Watts or some shit like that, it's little, trust me. For the past week I've had the little light and an LED growing ballast set-up, and the plants love it. They've gotten thicker, spanning leaves, more leaves sprouting out the top all of the time, but they're not getting tall at all. The plants are in a big ass plastic bin that is 90% covered with aluminum foil (shiny side facing the plants) and it's illuminated like crazy. So I'm thinking maybe I just don't have enough Lumen-output?
Or maybe i need a growth enhancer/fertilizer?
I dunno. Any help would be great.
Oh, and I have no idea what kind of seeds these are. They're from a sample of stuff I had that I absolutely loved: Really strong cerebral high, but focused, NOT lazy at all; just made you want to smile all day and go out grocery shopping. HAHAHAHA.
Thanks y'all.
So I'm new to growing this but I've done more reading and research about this than I did in my college Chemistry class. I have four little ones, green as can be, healthy as ever, getting thicker by the minute, but they're short. As of today, I'm at day 25 from the time I planted the germinated seeds, and the tallest plant is only 5 inches from the bottom of the soil to the top of the plant. The other 3 plants are between 4 and 4.5 inches tall. Here's my set-up:
Indoor closet environment; the closet door is always open though so they get plenty of CO2. Humidity around 50%, day-time temp 73-77 degrees, night-time temp 67-70 degrees.
Soil - Miracle Grow Potting Soil (I know everyone hates this stuff but it worked great for many harvests before with a buddy of mine) and I added in Perlite.
Fertz - As of right now, I'm not using any fertilizers because M.G. already has them in it, and I'm afraid to kill them. I have, on the other hand, added about 1/2 tspn of Epsom Salt per 1 gal of DI H2O (I was told M.G. soil doesn't have much Magnesium in it) and use that when I water.
They have all been transplanted into individual 1.5 gal potters.
Lighting - Here's where I think I'm having my problem. For the first week and a half, I was using one single energy saving light bulb from the local store, a little one, output of 16 Watts or some shit like that, it's little, trust me. For the past week I've had the little light and an LED growing ballast set-up, and the plants love it. They've gotten thicker, spanning leaves, more leaves sprouting out the top all of the time, but they're not getting tall at all. The plants are in a big ass plastic bin that is 90% covered with aluminum foil (shiny side facing the plants) and it's illuminated like crazy. So I'm thinking maybe I just don't have enough Lumen-output?
Or maybe i need a growth enhancer/fertilizer?
I dunno. Any help would be great.
Oh, and I have no idea what kind of seeds these are. They're from a sample of stuff I had that I absolutely loved: Really strong cerebral high, but focused, NOT lazy at all; just made you want to smile all day and go out grocery shopping. HAHAHAHA.
Thanks y'all.
