i'm a first time grower and i'm going for a "rustic" (a.k.a i'm poor as fuck) closet grow. i'm using soil and i'm testing out some ideas with using a bird manure soil mix (i heard bird crap had some great nutes) i use 2 100watt cfl's and once the sprouts got to about 5cm i moved form 24hr to 18/6.
but my problem is at first they shot up and was really impressed with the rapid growth but now they don't seem to be progressing too much. i see other plants at the same stage (10 days into veg) and they are much bushier with branches already forming but yet my little babies still look like sprouts.
is there anything ye guys can advise to help the growth of my plants without using store bought nutes? is there anything i'm doing blatantly wrong ?
tempatures room temp (probably hotter with the lights but they arent by anymeans too hot or too cold)
the strain is unknown as they were seeds i got off a dealer friend that were rolling around in his ounces.
any help will be greatly appreciated .
but my problem is at first they shot up and was really impressed with the rapid growth but now they don't seem to be progressing too much. i see other plants at the same stage (10 days into veg) and they are much bushier with branches already forming but yet my little babies still look like sprouts.
is there anything ye guys can advise to help the growth of my plants without using store bought nutes? is there anything i'm doing blatantly wrong ?
tempatures room temp (probably hotter with the lights but they arent by anymeans too hot or too cold)
the strain is unknown as they were seeds i got off a dealer friend that were rolling around in his ounces.
any help will be greatly appreciated .