When you See Pistils

how tall is yalls plants normaly? im growing a auto for the first time and it is a little over 3 weeks old and i can start to see pistils on top where the new leaves form from and she is only about 2 to 2.5 inches tall with pushing out her 6th node as we speak. is this normal or is my plant super small?
im using 2 23w cfls right now with reflectors

sounds like you've got a dwarf on your hands...thats pretty short even for an auto at 3 weeks

haha possibly is there anyway i can prolong the life of her? i herd that super thrive makes the plant have a delayed flowering or it helps keep it in veg

dank smoker420 said:

haha possibly is there anyway i can prolong the life of her? i herd that super thrive makes the plant have a delayed flowering or it helps keep it in veg

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Sounds like it needs more light........

dank, you do not want to try and change the life cycle of your auto, It will severely effect the production of the plant . Just because it is showing signs of sex now, does not mean it will not produce well. I expect roughly 1 - 1.5 zips off a dwarf with ~400W of light. I have taken almost 2 zips of fire from dwarf's and ryders.

sixteenounces said:

dank, you do not want to try and change the life cycle of your auto, It will severely effect the production of the plant . Just because it is showing signs of sex now, does not mean it will not produce well. I expect roughly 1 - 1.5 zips off a dwarf with ~400W of light. I have taken almost 2 zips of fire from dwarf's and ryders.

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1-1.5 expected and pulling almost two a plant? Any special advice on that? System? Light timing?

alright thanks everyone i wnt to add some more light but if i do the temps will go even higher and thats not good its already 81 in there sometimeduring the day. i just need bigger fans.

2- 23 watt cfl will not sustain any plant long, you need more light... as far as there size when they show sex, mine show sex at about 2"-4" tall about as soon as there 5th set of leafs come out usually about 14 days for males 16-21 days for the girls and they finish at 24-28" 5 weeks later...but you still need more light...

Scyntra said:

2- 23 watt cfl will not sustain any plant long, you need more light... as far as there size when they show sex, mine show sex at about 2"-4" tall about as soon as there 5th set of leafs come out usually about 14 days for males 16-21 days for the girls and they finish at 24-28" 5 weeks later...but you still need more light...

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alright thanks im gonna put more light in and figure out my heat problem also

hardly any heat with cfls ----take a 2x4 and go to lowes get 10 ceramic lite fixtures---20.00 2 packs of bulbs and a ol cord.wire fixture together with cable and screw 5 to each side of 2x4 --5 dollar piece of flashing and you Got a nice REFLECTOR and cheap does real good for lowryders

this is a lowryder at 35 days under cfls

dang yeah that thing is way bigger then mine...

and i got 5 more like her under those lights so you can do 6 lr#2s under 8 to 10 lights with a homemade hood

nice i just have my one auto right now. since its my first grow but ill put up what im working with in a little bit what fans are you using for venting?

This is my first autoflower grow and I have the opposite problem. Mine showed pistils at 5weeks and 2'+ tall under a 2' T5 HO 110 watts of fluorescent light. Here she is 9 days ago. No complaints , just very different.
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i think somethings up with your picture i cant see it

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dang she is nice and big

this is my box

Don't mean to hijack your thread , just thought you might enjoy an update.
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She got away from me and got into the light but she is recovering nicely. This is first week of flowering.