First attempt at growing

Hey all, I'm very new at this and these are my first successful plants. Though the pictures are not as clear as I had hoped they would be, I was wondering if you guys could offer any advice pertaining to the health and welfare of these babys.









Specs
There are six plants in all, 4 are 11" and the other 2 are about 7.
They are 8 weeks old to the day, no discoloration or stunted growth, though one of the little guys has split into 3 growth tips, no clue why. I used Miracle Grow potting soil and 24-8-16 Miracle Grow fertilizer sparingly.

I've got 3 Evolution CFL 25 watt bulbs on them about a half foot away from the tips. 2000 lumens each in about 2 square feet of space ventilated.

Some questions I was wondering
-What type of plants do I have here. I used seeds from a collection I've been keeping for a year. They look Indica but I am not sure.

-Less than a foot of growth worries me after 8 weeks but I might just be paranoid. The nodes seem spaced just about right, if not a little close together which I prefer because I'm working with a vertically challenged grow box.

-At what point would you recommend flowering, I am not impatient and want to do this right but I'm totally clueless in telling when the plants would be ready.

Thank you very much for you consideration.

id floer now if you dont have much heighth. they will grow tremendously on 12/12. get more light in there.

timsatx1 said:

id floer now if you dont have much heighth. they will grow tremendously on 12/12. get more light in there.

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I'm worried they are to short, I have an adjustable floor and could add another half foot of grow space. I read somewhere they needed to be at least 12" but if that is not so, great!

u can flower anytime u want....

Dyeman9898 said:

Hey all, I'm very new at this and these are my first successful plants. Though the pictures are not as clear as I had hoped they would be, I was wondering if you guys could offer any advice pertaining to the health and welfare of these babys.

Specs
There are six plants in all, 4 are 11" and the other 2 are about 7.
They are 8 weeks old to the day, no discoloration or stunted growth, though one of the little guys has split into 3 growth tips, no clue why. I used Miracle Grow potting soil and 24-8-16 Miracle Grow fertilizer sparingly.

I've got 3 Evolution CFL 25 watt bulbs on them about a half foot away from the tips. 2000 lumens each in about 2 square feet of space ventilated.

Some questions I was wondering
-What type of plants do I have here. I used seeds from a collection I've been keeping for a year. They look Indica but I am not sure.

-Less than a foot of growth worries me after 8 weeks but I might just be paranoid. The nodes seem spaced just about right, if not a little close together which I prefer because I'm working with a vertically challenged grow box.

-At what point would you recommend flowering, I am not impatient and want to do this right but I'm totally clueless in telling when the plants would be ready.

Thank you very much for you consideration.

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one thing I'd be concerned about is how slow they seem to be growing. You said 8 weeks and they're about a foot tall?

I will attach a pic of my plants at about 5 weeks. They are 3 to 4 feet tall, and gigantic bushes...That's what you want. But, I veg under HID lights, NOT CFL. that may be the difference. I don't recommend CFL lighting, personally, though I know a lot of people seem to get decent results with them.

They do look healthy, and look to be indica dominant to me...

Good luck with the rest of your grow.