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Should I grow with just a 2700 or keep going with 6500 for a few more weeks and see if it starts growing taller?
This is my first grow, the plant is an auto from a Dutch company green house seeds. It was germinated end of August and grow very very slowly outside for the first 2months. I knew next to nothing, and drowned the other seeds it came with.
Around a 2 weeks ago I started reading on here (thanks 420!) -and invested in cheap small tent to go in a cupboard, a CFL 150 watt 6500k, a small fan, and some decent soil (canna terra professional) perlite and some rhiztonic, calmag and soon going to replant into coir.
Anyway as you can see it's tiny! But trying to fit in new leafs everywhere. It just doesn't want to grow up! could be because of its slow tough start outside in cold England garden with little sunshine, it barely grew for weeks. or that once it came in I kept the 6500 really close.
Like I said I didn't know much till I read here and made the classic mistake of over watering, i repotted in 70/30 perlite soil mix and now wait 2 days between watering so she's nearly fully dry.
Yesterday I got a 2700 lamp I was going to use in I guessed a few weeks for flowering but I figured it could be used to to make it grow taller as I have read people warn against there sole use as they will force a plant to stretch which I think is what I want?!
I can't use both light as I currently only have one reflector/bulb holder, unless I I make something/ move things around and dangle the 6500 down vertically next to the plant to give it double action and to help my new seedlings and chillis (if they ever germinate)
I am aware ventilation is very important and next investment is an extraction fan. All the CFL grows seem to use multiple lights, I hope one or two max is going to be enough. I don't want to give up on the CFLs and move onto leds yet
This is my first grow, the plant is an auto from a Dutch company green house seeds. It was germinated end of August and grow very very slowly outside for the first 2months. I knew next to nothing, and drowned the other seeds it came with.
Around a 2 weeks ago I started reading on here (thanks 420!) -and invested in cheap small tent to go in a cupboard, a CFL 150 watt 6500k, a small fan, and some decent soil (canna terra professional) perlite and some rhiztonic, calmag and soon going to replant into coir.
Anyway as you can see it's tiny! But trying to fit in new leafs everywhere. It just doesn't want to grow up! could be because of its slow tough start outside in cold England garden with little sunshine, it barely grew for weeks. or that once it came in I kept the 6500 really close.
Like I said I didn't know much till I read here and made the classic mistake of over watering, i repotted in 70/30 perlite soil mix and now wait 2 days between watering so she's nearly fully dry.
Yesterday I got a 2700 lamp I was going to use in I guessed a few weeks for flowering but I figured it could be used to to make it grow taller as I have read people warn against there sole use as they will force a plant to stretch which I think is what I want?!
I can't use both light as I currently only have one reflector/bulb holder, unless I I make something/ move things around and dangle the 6500 down vertically next to the plant to give it double action and to help my new seedlings and chillis (if they ever germinate)
I am aware ventilation is very important and next investment is an extraction fan. All the CFL grows seem to use multiple lights, I hope one or two max is going to be enough. I don't want to give up on the CFLs and move onto leds yet
