Are these growing too slow?

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This is a great place and I love all the info I have gained, but I need an opinion or two here please. First time growing so I don't know if I'm expecting too much or not, but I have 11 clones that were cuttings taken approx. May 5. (Not my mother plant....I was told Hindu Kush.) One didn't root and died after a week or so which left me 11. I take them outside for the better part of the day in full sunlight and then bring them in at night under flourescent so they have 24 hours of light. I started putting them outside as early as they could take full sun.....'bout 2 weeks ago. They are still easy to move so I thought would benefit from the extra light at night with the floro's. I have been using Fox Farms Grow Big on them and everybody looks healthy. One of them is the same size as when I first got her. Looks fine but no growth. The rest of the ladies have doubled in height, for the most part, and are about 4"-5" tall now. They were started in rockwool cubes and went into Miracle Grow potting soil 60% and Pearlite 40%. Once I could see roots that made it to the ouside of the cube on 1/2 of the plants i have, I put them all in pots. I am planning on putting all of them outside now for 6 weeks and then bringing 6 of them inside to flower and let the others flower naturally outside. I think that about covers it so my first question is....Are these growing fast enough or are they stunted? I thought they would grow faster. And second, I would be flowering 6 plants inside a room that is 10'x10' with a 9' ceiling. I was planning on using 2-600w HPS lights. Is that going to be enough light for 6 plants? I've read the grow faq's about lighting and it says I would need more for my sq. footage but it sure seems like two 600w lights should do it. I could make the space smaller if it would help concentrate the light. The only thing that is an unknown for me now is the PH. I don't have any way to check that now. I am using water from a reverse osmosis system. I have a lot of regular house plants that just get watered with the house water. I'm in the country and I have a well, and they are all growing very good, and have been for years, so I thought my water is fine but I'm not sure. And finally.....if anybody is still reading my novel here.....would I be better off letting the indoor plants veg till they are a certain height since I do have 9' ceiling or should I just flower them in 6 weeks regarless of how big they are? I sure appreciate the help. :adore:
I don't know why but I'm not able to post pictures. Any idea of why not.
 
Re: Are these growing too slow??

hogdog said:
This is a great place and I love all the info I have gained, but I need an opinion or two here please. First time growing so I don't know if I'm expecting too much or not, but I have 11 clones that were cuttings taken approx. May 5. (Not my mother plant....I was told Hindu Kush.) One didn't root and died after a week or so which left me 11. I take them outside for the better part of the day in full sunlight and then bring them in at night under flourescent so they have 24 hours of light. I started putting them outside as early as they could take full sun.....'bout 2 weeks ago. They are still easy to move so I thought would benefit from the extra light at night with the floro's. I have been using Fox Farms Grow Big on them and everybody looks healthy. One of them is the same size as when I first got her. Looks fine but no growth. The rest of the ladies have doubled in height, for the most part, and are about 4"-5" tall now. They were started in rockwool cubes and went into Miracle Grow potting soil 60% and Pearlite 40%. Once I could see roots that made it to the ouside of the cube on 1/2 of the plants i have, I put them all in pots. I am planning on putting all of them outside now for 6 weeks and then bringing 6 of them inside to flower and let the others flower naturally outside. I think that about covers it so my first question is....Are these growing fast enough or are they stunted? I thought they would grow faster. And second, I would be flowering 6 plants inside a room that is 10'x10' with a 9' ceiling. I was planning on using 2-600w HPS lights. Is that going to be enough light for 6 plants? I've read the grow faq's about lighting and it says I would need more for my sq. footage but it sure seems like two 600w lights should do it. I could make the space smaller if it would help concentrate the light. The only thing that is an unknown for me now is the PH. I don't have any way to check that now. I am using water from a reverse osmosis system. I have a lot of regular house plants that just get watered with the house water. I'm in the country and I have a well, and they are all growing very good, and have been for years, so I thought my water is fine but I'm not sure. And finally.....if anybody is still reading my novel here.....would I be better off letting the indoor plants veg till they are a certain height since I do have 9' ceiling or should I just flower them in 6 weeks regarless of how big they are? I sure appreciate the help. :adore:
I don't know why but I'm not able to post pictures. Any idea of why not.
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your pictures might not be posting because they exceed the size limit

as for your 9 foot ceilings the longer you let your plants veg the more buds you will get i believe

its sounds like most of the clones are doing well the ones that are not growing are probly having more trouble rooting ?? not sure
:peace:
 
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Most of them look pretty healthy but it's been 22 days since they were first cut. Does the size look normal or should they be bigger?
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biggreenbuds4 said:
the height looks goood for 22 days

do you have pictures from when you first received the clones ???
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No I don't, but if you look at the top picture, the 3rd from the left hasn't really grown at all and is the size they pretty much all were when I got them.
 
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well i think that the one that isnt growing is just gonna be a retard one but all the other ones have rooted and have been starting new growth so they seem healthy doood

and im not sure on this but u said they were being brought in and outside for a while maybe they have been stressed from that ?? not sure ??
 
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Hi hotdog, my plants are probably about to look like that, well actually they have their first set of leaves, when do you pluck them, if you do? Should I have them under a light now or is keeping them on my windowcil ok?
Thanks!
 
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Budha said:
Hi hotdog, my plants are probably about to look like that, well actually they have their first set of leaves, when do you pluck them, if you do? Should I have them under a light now or is keeping them on my windowcil ok?
Thanks!
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you do not pluck the leaves the leaves are what makes the plant grow there like the solar panels that catch the light

i think you need to put your babies under some lights even somthing as simple as a cfl will work
 
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Thanks for the replies. I feel better about things now. They look great to me and I am very excited about the next few months and will keep you updated on how things are progressing. I had a guy tell me that by 3 weeks after cutting, clones should be 12" tall and if they're not something is wrong. I think he's maybe a little full of poo. I've always done pretty well with regular house plants and such so I felt pretty confident with this endevor, but I'm having to try real hard not to over think things. I try not to stare at them too much but they really make me smile when I do. I can see some significant growth the last few days so I think their root system has caught up and they should grow pretty fast now anyway. I did think of another question though. If I have them under 24 hours of light now, is it going to shock them in any way or cause them to start to flower if I just left them outside in the natural light cycle and quit bringing them in at night under the fl's? I'm in California.
 
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