when do i start lighting

Do i start lighting my plants at the first site of leaves (flowering)?

12/12?

hi
i started 12/12 on the 3rd week from seed, you wanna see them know in the 8 days since 12/12 they have really shot up
this is my plant at 4 weeks 2 days

rollingrock said:

hi
i started 12/12 on the 3rd week from seed, you wanna see them know in the 8 days since 12/12 they have really shot up
this is my plant at 4 weeks 2 days

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alright cool. my sprout is already at least 3-4 inches tall, i had to get something to make it stand up straight cause it was a bit weak.

i just have really tinnny leaves growing...i'll give it another week then before i start lighting.

i turn my lights on the moment the beans go in the soil so that the girls, hopefully girls, get their light the moment they can. without the light they'll just flail and die

are you saying you're growing yours without lights and plan to do so for a further week ??!??!????

i started my beans on 2 weeks of 24hr clf light then 2 weeks of 18/6 now there there on 12/12, if your haveing to support your ladys?? then you need more light
, what lights do you have loveweed420lbc

and also airmovement to help strenghten the stem. unless you've a pound of bud pulling the plant over, then there should never really be a need to give the plant some support unless something is badly wrong

If you force flower your plants too soon. Your yield will be massively reduced, give them a chance to veg for a bit. As has already been said. They need light as soon as they break the surface. And you need the air movement to strengthen the stems, but also to ventilate as well.

Geozander said:

If you force flower your plants too soon. Your yield will be massively reduced, give them a chance to veg for a bit. As has already been said. They need light as soon as they break the surface. And you need the air movement to strengthen the stems, but also to ventilate as well.

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talking of ventalation my plants was fairly smelly last week and over the last few days there is little or no small i have a 6" fan takeing the air out and a 9"fan blowing on them, does the smell often come and go

rollingrock said:

talking of ventalation my plants was fairly smelly last week and over the last few days there is little or no small i have a 6" fan takeing the air out and a 9"fan blowing on them, does the smell often come and go

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that is strain dependant. I wish the smell from my girls came and went. Mine is pretty much constant. They will be fine mate.

loveweed420lbc said:

alright cool. my sprout is already at least 3-4 inches tall, i had to get something to make it stand up straight cause it was a bit weak.

i just have really tinnny leaves growing...i'll give it another week then before i start lighting.

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LMAO !! Oh stop u are killin me lol !!! U give light as soon as u see it pokin its head out of the soil. And im surprised its not already dead heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Poor plant has a rough journey ahead of it. I wish her luck. Since Im here Ill give sum more advice. Always have a fan blowin to make your stems strong and you will never need something to prop up your dying plants heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Geozander said:

that is strain dependant. I wish the smell from my girls came and went. Mine is pretty much constant. They will be fine mate.

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i have 4 20" sativa and the 14 one month olders are unknown, got the seeds in some smoke and put em to one side untill 4 weeks ago, is there anyway you can tell by looking at the plant as to what strain they are??? would be fine n dandy if they were all girls

rollingrock said:

i have 4 20" sativa and the 14 one month olders are unknown, got the seeds in some smoke and put em to one side untill 4 weeks ago, is there anyway you can tell by looking at the plant as to what strain they are??? would be fine n dandy if they were all girls

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with pics, someone would probably be able to identify them. In an ideal world they would all be girls. But this aint an ideal world. Lol. Good luck mate.

looks like i will have to post some pics then, cheers

thanks guys! i have started lighting my plants. This is my first time, and i've heard many different things.

i will be getting a fan asap.

if this plant dies on my i'll just have to start over.


live and learn

After the sprout and pot into soil, I give them light as soon as I can I use CFL so. They need light to know when they are up on the surface, otherwise the neck will just grow very long. No fan on them yet as they need moisture in the air, cover with a clear plastic so to keep humidity, after the first couple of real leafs has grown then you use fan.

loveweed420lbc said:

thanks guys! i have started lighting my plants. This is my first time, and i've heard many different things.

i will be getting a fan asap.

if this plant dies on my i'll just have to start over.


live and learn

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you are using 18/6 and not 12/12 though right?

Has soon has the plant has any green on it it should recive light.But i start my 12/12 off at around a ft or a ft and harf.But it will all depend on the size of you grow room don't forget that cannabis can and will double or tripple in size during flowering.Don't make the misstake of thinking the bigger the plant the bigger the yeild it is far better to do a s.o.g grow this kind of growing is the way forward in growing indoors.If the plants are flowered at a ft in size they should easy reach 2 ounce pere plant.But you can't let them get leggy keep on top of them the lights want to be realy close to the tops without burning.Also the bigger the tub you can fit inside of the growroom the better the bigger the root mass the better.This can be acchived by watering just once a week but make sure that the plant is wet through on watering day.Also flush more than just the once during flowering this will give you healthy plants right till the very end.

hey tyke1973
i have heard alot on this s.o.g growing to my way of thinking dont you need a lot of plants for this method or am i mistakeing you for the scrog method (not sure what that meathod involves though) the scrog method that is.
also i am on 12/12 9days now when should i see change in plants?????

dude, please do some reading

if you're on 12/12, then you're gonna get a small plant with a crap yield that you could probably smoke through in a weekend.

you veg the plant first, under 18/6 lighting (18 hours on, 6 ofF) and then when it's to your desired size, then you go over to 12/12. that thing will probably stop groiwng at about 20 centimeters or something

Yup, wind = fat sturdy stems. And strong light.