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bigbongman

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0815021059.jpg 0815021059a.jpg 0815021058 (1).jpg i am growing two plants under 6 23 watt cfl lights. with the light spectrum ranging from 5200 and 2700 k on my plants 2-3 inches away. this is my first grow so i need help to see if my plants are doin good? i replanted the plant in the picture all the way to the left deeper and i may have ripped the roots a bit. the leaves are drooping on the plant also. and the middle plant has a spot on the start of the leafs and the one side isnt devoloping as much as the other side i am using 15-30-15 neturinents on a 24/7 light schedule. can someone tell me what im doin wrong and what i can do to fix it??????​
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Too much heat and not enough total lumens from your lights is part. Nutrients at this stage of plant growth is not only not needed but harmful. See your plants. Stop nutrients, water only until they are a couple weeks older and better lights. But transplant immediately. Each plant to its own container.
 
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bigbongman

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what do you mean by too much heat and not enough total lumens? and how big of a container? and is the plant in the left picture going to live?
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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The container should be 3 gallons in my opinion but those will come soon who advocate for dime sized ones. My rule - Go big to grow big.

Your lights are too small. They create heat. You need a single 125-watt CFL. Now here is where people screw up. "The carton said 100 watts". That is the EQUIVALENCY rating. That is how big an incandescent bulb would have to be to equal the light output - OUTPUT - of that bulb.

We are talking INPUT (totally stupid and wrong name but . . .) The light you seek needs to CONSUME 125 watts per hour of juice.

And 23 X whatever does NOT get the same results! I have a single 55 watt CFL focused on a single branch of heavy budding indica and the sugar leaves are all that really notice.

Go big to grow big. I suggest a single 125 watt CFL fixture. It will pay off first harvest. Get a fan going and going good. Move those plants and make them strengthen. Babying a plant that survives untended in the wild is a fools errand.
 
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bigbongman

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but i dont just have one light i have six of them on them two plants also whats that spot on my plant in the middle and why is one side not growing as fast as the other side?
 
srh88

srh88

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hotrodharley said:
Too much heat and not enough total lumens from your lights is part. Nutrients at this stage of plant growth is not only not needed but harmful. See your plants. Stop nutrients, water only until they are a couple weeks older and better lights. But transplant immediately. Each plant to its own container.
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im callin BS on the lumens, i feel they dont mean shit when it comes to cfls, i re'vegged a plant using only a 13 watt and a 23 watt cfl.. too much water and heat going on in that bucket. OP... turn your cfl's on the side.. more use of the light... or just dont waste money on that shit and grow it right

http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Dimmable-Ballast-Reflector-Accessories/dp/B002TNH932/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1345057525&sr=8-5&keywords=400+watt+hps
 
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