Newbie here

isnt it kinda growing weird?? like really bushy? its very short, but has a bunch of bud sights already...
It's not growing weird you want it to be short and bushy!! The node space is important to get nice big buds!! But no offence you need more light! Your plant could be bigger or should be bigger for 3 weeks of veg. I veg mine 3 weeks from seed then flower here is a pic of some that I just started to flower.
042.jpg here is what it looks like after 2 weeks into flower. 016.jpg expect your plant to triple in size when you flower!!!! So if height space is an issue you might want to start flowering that (hopefully) bitch now. A simple light set up i made out of 3-4bulb bathroom light fixtures and y spliters. Got 24 26w bulbs. Work great!!!! By the way tin foil no good thats why it's gone in the next pic. Working on a new reflector.
 

SensiHerb

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It's not growing weird you want it to be short and bushy!! The node space is important to get nice big buds!! But no offence you need more light! Your plant could be bigger or should be bigger for 3 weeks of veg. I veg mine 3 weeks from seed then flower here is a pic of some that I just started to flower.
View attachment 1925700 here is what it looks like after 2 weeks into flower. View attachment 1925702 expect your plant to triple in size when you flower!!!! So if height space is an issue you might want to start flowering that (hopefully) bitch now. A simple light set up i made out of 3-4bulb bathroom light fixtures and y spliters. Got 24 26w bulbs. Work great!!!! By the way tin foil no good thats why it's gone in the next pic. Working on a new reflector.
awesome crop man. i actually started to flower last night because space is an issue. i'm only working with about 28-32" height wise. i know i should have more lights, but im using the clamp fixtures that have reflectors attached for a few reasons... ill probably double my lights today or tomorrow. she is still in the 24 hour dark period until midnight.

i sort of regret putting her into flower so soon because im going to only get like 3 grams of popcorn nugs, but i did it for a few reasons like its my first grow, i got nice fem seeds im ready to start, space issues, ect.
 

SensiHerb

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She's now done the 24 hour dark period and in her first 12/12 cycle! wish me luck!


PS its been growing a noticeable amount every day but didnt seem to grow at all the past 24 hours in the dark, is that normal?
 

Kybudz

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Yeah she will start stretching and do so for 2-3 weeks I can see you getting more than 5 grams of her . I veggd one 3 1/2 weeks got well over half oz. But any thing beats nothing on first grow. Confidence builder lol . Good luck. Oh yeah man they show you some love I guess you have to have 15000 post get the love first lol ..Don't worry bout keep on what you are doing.
 

SensiHerb

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Thanks for the info and support guys. Today is like day 4 of flowering i think? anyway, she is starting to stretch, not getting much wider but is getting taller. hopefully she shows her female private parts within the next week ;)
 

SensiHerb

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This is my grow space as of now. Right now it is three 23-26watt 2700k CFLs, and one 13watt 2700k CFL. double fan on the right hand side. Pretty F'n ghetto, but its been working so far. she is in flower so for the 12 hours of dark she sits in a box in my closet, no light getting into the box even if the closet is open and i have a space heater blowing into the closet for 2-4 hours out of the 12 hours of dark time to keep things warm. i noticed after the first night of 12/12 it got down to 60F, with the heater I dont think it drops below 72F.




She wakes up in about a half hour, i'm going to take a picture and post her growth progress within the next hour to keep my one sub'd friend updated lol
 

SensiHerb

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something like day 5 of flowering. no signs of preflowers or sex at all yet, but shes starting to smell pretty :)









under the lights:
 

SensiHerb

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tonight when i took her out of the closet box it was 77*F, is it possible to be too warm when its dark? i mean i know 100+ would obviously be too warm, but if it ever gets up to lets say 85 in the dark is that a bad thing?

also, she is getting so bushy and i didnt fill the pot all the way to the top with soil, so the leaves are growing into and up the walls of the pot. is that bad or can it be harmful in anyway??
 

SensiHerb

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BUMP! i know its only been an hour, but im very bored and would love to talk to someone about my plant! give me criticism! give me love! give me advice!
 

SensiHerb

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Thanks man. Does anyone know if a 80watt hps would be worth getting? i found one on craigslist with the ballast,new bulb, and reflector for $60.. would i need more fans to run a 80watt hps?
 

ZipDriveX

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tonight when i took her out of the closet box it was 77*F, is it possible to be too warm when its dark? i mean i know 100+ would obviously be too warm, but if it ever gets up to lets say 85 in the dark is that a bad thing?
I'm no expert but I don't think it would be too bad. If it's 77 at night what is it with all the lights on it? I go down to 65 at night and about 85 in the day.
also, she is getting so bushy and i didnt fill the pot all the way to the top with soil, so the leaves are growing into and up the walls of the pot. is that bad or can it be harmful in anyway??
The only think I can think of is that the lower leaves won't get as much light since most all of it is coming in from the top. Granted you have it coming in at all angels so I'm sure it's not too bad but if it were me I would replant it where the soil level is about an inch or two from the top. Also I'm curious to see actually how tall she is :)
BUMP! i know its only been an hour, but im very bored and would love to talk to someone about my plant! give me criticism! give me love! give me advice!
Same here lol, I swear I check back as much as my wife checks Facebook! lol
 

SensiHerb

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I'm no expert but I don't think it would be too bad. If it's 77 at night what is it with all the lights on it? I go down to 65 at night and about 85 in the day.

The only think I can think of is that the lower leaves won't get as much light since most all of it is coming in from the top. Granted you have it coming in at all angels so I'm sure it's not too bad but if it were me I would replant it where the soil level is about an inch or two from the top. Also I'm curious to see actually how tall she is :)

Same here lol, I swear I check back as much as my wife checks Facebook! lol
with the lights on and the fans on it gets up to 84. i would replant it but im worried i would damage the roots. i can tell the bottom isnt getting enough light so one of my buddies who used to grow is going to come over and see if he can pinch it to help get light to the bottom. and she's about 7 inches tall now, maybe 9 or 10 inches wide
 

ZipDriveX

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Hmmmm, I wouldn't think it would hurt the roots, probably do them better to give them a little bit of stretching room (granted they're not really growing at this point in your grow). Also what do you mean by "pinching"?

If it's a plastic pot and you didn't spend much on it you could always just cut the sides away....
 

SensiHerb

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the pot is actually made out of cork or something that feels like that.. i dont even know what i mean by pinching honestly. my friend has more experience than me and he said you pretty much bend and pinch a few stems to help light get down to the lower part of the crop.
 
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