Adarious
01-21-2005, 06:28 PM
I have begun a plant recently. It emerged from seed to sprout in roughly 48 hours. There are a few things that just seem to bother me, though why I am unsure at this point. First off and you will notice this, in the crappy quality pic below, is that one of the initial leaves (1st two after emerging from soil) is curving inward and working itself to almost a 90 degree angle. Not sure if this is normal or not. Second thing is how tall the stem became prior to any other leaves beginning (4 to 5 inches) .. again not sure as to how normal that may or may not be.
Finally, the plant doesn't seem to react to the flourescent lighting very well, aside from initial growth. It tends to have to be placed upon a window sill, in sunlight, prior to any significant changes, and will noticably curve itself in the direction of the sun in only an hour or two of exposure. Am I going to end up having to get an HPS light? I won't go MH due to their lower lifespan. One of the bulbs is a regular 40w flourescent, the other is some type of grow light that has a light purple hue to it, manufactured by General Electric. Both bulbs are the long (4 to 6 ft) bulbs.
The soil being used is a topsoil "Miracle Grow Garden Soil". Now I know that generally, Miracle Grow period is a bad thing..but the actual content of it within the soil is quite low. I do notice that the soil dries rather quickly, anywhere between 12 to 24 hrs all depending, after watering. Is this a good or a bad medium in your opinions? The container being used is one of those 2lb coffee containers, with holes cut in strategic places to allow drainage.
One last thing. Could I put this on a strictly daylight cycle and still get a decent yield? It becomes light around 7:30 to 8 am and lasts until 4 to 5 pm. Direct sunlight is usually between 9:30 am to 3 pm. I know that 12/12 is generally only for the budding stages late in growth but I was curious.
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Posted Reply by ickypitbull from old boards:
The "seed leaves" (I can't remember the correct spelling of the "correct" term for them) are going to die and fall off, don't sweat them....
you need a minimum of 18 hours of light for decent vegging, and the lights you're attempting to use are 100% bad, go get 2 of the same type high output flouro tubes made specifically for vegging, they'r available at Home DeepBlow or the marts in the US......
If you go to 12/12 your plants will die, period..........
Good luck......
Peace.................
Finally, the plant doesn't seem to react to the flourescent lighting very well, aside from initial growth. It tends to have to be placed upon a window sill, in sunlight, prior to any significant changes, and will noticably curve itself in the direction of the sun in only an hour or two of exposure. Am I going to end up having to get an HPS light? I won't go MH due to their lower lifespan. One of the bulbs is a regular 40w flourescent, the other is some type of grow light that has a light purple hue to it, manufactured by General Electric. Both bulbs are the long (4 to 6 ft) bulbs.
The soil being used is a topsoil "Miracle Grow Garden Soil". Now I know that generally, Miracle Grow period is a bad thing..but the actual content of it within the soil is quite low. I do notice that the soil dries rather quickly, anywhere between 12 to 24 hrs all depending, after watering. Is this a good or a bad medium in your opinions? The container being used is one of those 2lb coffee containers, with holes cut in strategic places to allow drainage.
One last thing. Could I put this on a strictly daylight cycle and still get a decent yield? It becomes light around 7:30 to 8 am and lasts until 4 to 5 pm. Direct sunlight is usually between 9:30 am to 3 pm. I know that 12/12 is generally only for the budding stages late in growth but I was curious.
http://www.lionking.org/~nalaaddict/pics/IMG0235.JPG
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Posted Reply by ickypitbull from old boards:
The "seed leaves" (I can't remember the correct spelling of the "correct" term for them) are going to die and fall off, don't sweat them....
you need a minimum of 18 hours of light for decent vegging, and the lights you're attempting to use are 100% bad, go get 2 of the same type high output flouro tubes made specifically for vegging, they'r available at Home DeepBlow or the marts in the US......
If you go to 12/12 your plants will die, period..........
Good luck......
Peace.................
