1 1/2 month CFL grow

Just Let Me Be Faded

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    • DETAILS:
      plant type: chronic
      sex: female
      age:1 1/2 months
      light: cfl
      nutrients: none/ natural
      light schedule: 12/12
      height: 3 1/2 ft
      Just started budding yesterday, i cant wait!

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minnesmoker

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Looking good.

A couple things to really watch: First, it looks a bit stretched. Make sure (especially with CFLs) that you have adequate light. Base your wattage on the actual, not advertised, wattage. Should be AT LEAST 100 true watts per plant. With a bigger bush, you'll want to look at between 250-350. Mix it 2700k and 5000k-6500k (4:1 for flowring, 1:4 for vegging.) You might also want to LST that big bitch, to get her under control and let light penetrate all the way. Keep the bulbs within 2-6" (with the back of your hand, move toward the bulbs slowly, stopping every inch or two to see if your hand gets warm but NOT hot, that's the sweet spot and it's a good place for the plants to be.)

And, Second, Nutes! Those purpling leaf stems could become an issue. It's normally caused by one of three things: potassium deficiency, cold temperature, or pheno. Combined with those little spots on your leaves, I'm going to guess it's the deficiency. Make sure you're feeding, and that your run-off PH is not too high (aim for 5.8-6.2 for optimal nutrient uptake.)

When you said the strain is "chronic" were you referring to a really good bag seed, or the actual strain "Chronic?" I'm interested to see the fruits of your labor!
 

Just Let Me Be Faded

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Thanks for the advice, I have a issue with space. I'm also using distilled water, I'm a new grower, do I still need to check the ph even if it is distilled? Also, what is an all natural nute that i can use? Lights: i have 3 100 watt cfls, 1 on top and 2 on each side. "chronic" was the type of bud i got the seed from.
 

minnesmoker

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Natural nutes? No idea. I think "ground" when I think natural nute. There are organic growers here, so a search should be helpful on that. The CFLs, are they ACTUAL 100 watt, or 100 watt equivalent (23 watt?) All of the actual 100 watt bulbs I've seen require a different socket than the standard mogul base. If you're using the 23 watts, you'll want to step it up a bit, another couple up top and another couple on the sides. You should indeed check your runoff also, nutes buffer water, and soil needs to be in the right range, your runoff is a good indicator of that.
 
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