6 day old baby plant Problems?
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VapeEscape
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For 6 days old, that is a good height. It should be getting into vegetative stage soon and you will see a lot more growth. Don't judge by height alone because you want short distances between the nodes. If your plant starts to stretch(long distances between nodes) then you either have your light too high or not enough light. Your stem sounds fine; green is good. They start more brown but turn green within a week or two.
BarnBuster
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photo's would really help
Timewasmoney1
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Please tell me your ditching those cfls in flowering right?
VapeEscape
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When it comes to fluorescent lights, it is pretty much impossible to have too much light because they emit so few lumens. Just so you know what I mean, my MH light puts out 75,000 lumens and my HPS puts out 95,000.
Get those lights as close as you can without getting the plant too hot. If you have a thermometer(which you should get if you do not have one), measure the temperature at the plant in between the plant and the light. You want about 80 degrees(some strains like higher, some lower so if you know what strain you have, you can look it up). Measure the temp after the lights have been on for a few hours. If the temp is lower than that then you can bring your lights closer. Fluros don't emit a lot of heat so chances are you might be able to bring those lights closer but don't do it without checking temps first. The closer you can get them without making the plant too hot, the better.
You will also want to start using a fan, preferably oscillating. Do not blast it on the plant but you definitely want the plant to get a nice breeze. This will help build a better root system and stronger stems. It will also help remove stale air from around the leaves and replace it with fresh air.
Get those lights as close as you can without getting the plant too hot. If you have a thermometer(which you should get if you do not have one), measure the temperature at the plant in between the plant and the light. You want about 80 degrees(some strains like higher, some lower so if you know what strain you have, you can look it up). Measure the temp after the lights have been on for a few hours. If the temp is lower than that then you can bring your lights closer. Fluros don't emit a lot of heat so chances are you might be able to bring those lights closer but don't do it without checking temps first. The closer you can get them without making the plant too hot, the better.
You will also want to start using a fan, preferably oscillating. Do not blast it on the plant but you definitely want the plant to get a nice breeze. This will help build a better root system and stronger stems. It will also help remove stale air from around the leaves and replace it with fresh air.
bignugdoug
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VapeEscape pretty much nailed it.
Sand4x105
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No, it is not possible to have too many CFL's...
I have 27-23 w 65K
5-23 w 27K
4-65 w 65K
4-40 w aquerium T-12
2-32 w T-8
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1220 watts in my Veg room...
Myth # 1 CFL's do not throw off any heat...
My veg room was set up in winter when ambient temp in basement was 48 f... it's now 64 f... Veg room gets too hot and must add more fans/exhaust/intake/etc
I grow really short bushy plants, they just don't look like MJ... Each plant in veg has 4-5 main colas, where the nodes are 1/4" apart...
The CFL's work great for this type of grow... If I were growing 'normal' looking plants, IDK if CFL's would work....
Good Luck man !
My 5 little plants are outside and have been for about 10 days and are 4-5 inches tsll the stems for mine are still brown though... idk if this is a good sign or not.... but they dont have any of that inside control temp stuff. im trying to prove to some freinds that outdoor weed can be as good or excell the inside grown weed. Good luck growing my fellow farmers!!!
hsfkush
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My 200w CFL alone pumps out 14,000 lumens so I've no idea where he's getting his light specifications from. HPS and MH are far better that's a given, I'll not argue that, but people do understate CFL's massively.
hsfkush
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Outdoor Cannabis, will trounce indoor grows any day of the week, assuming you do it right.