Too small for its age ?

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darklordmesiah

Member
I apologise from the begining for my bad english.

I have a 5 to 6 days plant and I am a bit worried because of its development. It seems too small (comparing to the pictures I saw here) for its age. Given the fact that this is my first plant and I have no advanced knowledge in this thread, I ask for your oppinion and advices. I have to say that my little plant has no conditions (meaning no blue/red cfls, no ventilation system, no anything specific). It lives inside a normal room with sunlight at daytime and 40 w normal bulb (white, I think) at night time. I know these are far from proper conditions, but I knew nothing about this before visiting this forum. My question is: is my plant in danger ? Is it going to die or something ? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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20THC100HIGH

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Ok, well i can see the plant is stretching - you can tell from the long skinny ass stem it has. A 40w bulb isn't doing shit probably making it stretch more so throw that out and give it some sleep. It looks like a normal reggie bag seed, nothing amazing and its on the right track for that. The pics you see of 10 days and the plant is already a foot tall and bushy, that is dank seeds under HIGH power lights and in special soils, if your looking for that you better uprgrade. A plant cant grow to its full potential in a window it may get a quarter of the sunlight's power it should be getting if that much. I'd say put it ouside or buy yourself a better light. Peace.
 
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darklordmesiah

Member
Thank you very much for advices. I will buy a cfl as you said. I told you I am a total newby at this kind of thing. I knew the given conditions were very poor, all I was wandering was if it is too late to save the little one after so many days. Regarding these cfls, could you give me some extra info about them ? I saw that somewhere, someone recomended 30-40 w cfl 6500 K and somewhere about 3000 lm / sqft. I have to say that Romania is a poor country in this thing :lol:. The very fact that my soil has no perlite or other stuff in it (meaning normal flower soil - ph somewhere about 6-7) may damage the little buddy ?

Thanks again for your proper answers.
 
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darklordmesiah

Member
Back for another question just to make sure. I went to the local store this day and asked for a cfl. I found out that the only cfls available are clf bulbs (20 - 100 W | 2700, 3500, 4200, 5000, 6500 K). Are these ones ok ? I mean, may I buy a cfl bulb, or do I need some sort of tube or something (some kind of neon-shaped) ? On the other hand, what kind of K do I need ? (I understood I need two kind of K, blue-lighted and red-lighted).

I apoligise again for my stupid questions, but I just don't know how to do it yet. Thanks in advance.
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

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LiEBE420 said:
you said its only been 5 days..........

patience!
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still though, 40w incndesent is not gonna be enough light for anything. whats it put out 900 lumens max? my friend u need much much much more light if u decide to try to start growing mj seriously. but yeah it does look fine for 5 days in
 
grow space

grow space

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your little plant looks fine man-if you dont want to buy any lights and decide to grow it outside then you can grow them at your windowsill .when they have formed a solid root mass and are big enough then you can plant them outside.anyway, thats the way i handle my buisness.
keep up the good work man...
 
dhhbomb

dhhbomb

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yea that will get u through the next week or so look through the indoor and grow design for ideas for indoor grow space a closet works well but ur going to need alot more light fairly soon hps is best but cfl can be done well
 
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darklordmesiah

Member
As a matter of fact I don't have a fan yet. Though, this is somehow replaced by the open window and the air that blows (somehow gently) from it. I didn't know about this need, so thanks a lot. I'll buy a fan. Regarding the light system, I'm affraid that cfls are the only option that fits my grow space.
 
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darklordmesiah

Member
Well ... just as you said, the upper leafs grew some more and now my plant seems to be curving under its own weight ... I put a stick to support its weight, but still am afraid of collapsing. I'll be able to get a fan no sooner than tomorrow, so I'm just hoping she will survey.

Do you think the stick will support my plant until tomorrow ?

Thanks again for all your help.

(I know the picture below is somehow blurry, but I'm focusing on the leafs dimension, not on their aspect)
 

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kremnon

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if i were u i would replant in a bigger container with better soil. if u can find worm catings add 1/3, 1/3 pearlite or sum sand, 1/3 potting soil.

u can also put live worms in ur container and they will airate and fertalizt ur plant

PEACE

ps when u trans plant fill the soil up to the first growth and u wont have to worry about that skinny stem. sprinkle sum epsom salts when trans planting to prevent shock.
 
younggrasshopper420

younggrasshopper420

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the best lights in my opinion for vegitative growth are metal hailite bulbs(Bright White Street Lights!!) i have 4 running in my room and my plants grew drasticlly over 3 weeks and the best part is every hardware store has the bulbs and fixtures
 
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darklordmesiah

Member
Here I am again for another question. I know this will sound stupid, but I never did it before, so I just don't know how to do it. When I replant, I have to clean the roots of the old soil on them, or just take the soil part on the roots and integrate it in the new soil mixture ? Beside that, just how big should my container be ? And just how much soil should I add ? (Using 1/3 perlite, 1/3 potting soil and 1/3 worm catings, or 1/2 perlite and 1/2 potting soil, I got it, but just how much mix soil should there be in the end ?).

Thanks again.
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

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dig a hole at least as big as your root root ball in a 3 gl pot put the plant gently in and then put the soil you dug out on top of it.
 
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