Just wanted to share a few pics from my Blueberry! Have had few problems, but over come! I am in day 25 of flower. Any feed back is great! But I cab tell you! They are doin fine! I had a nitrogen rich problem for a little while! Corrected! Then I was putting them on my back porch, thus leading to caterpillar! Those are gone as well! Needless to say, no more back porch! Here are just a couple of pics, CFLs really do work. My father Tells me CFLs aren't worth the time! They will have to work for me, thats what what my wallets permits! Any how, heres what I have.....This is week one! I Don't have a lot of pics.
First CFL Grow, DAY 25 Flower!
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Beansly
RIU Bulldog
Whats up? Good for you and your CFL setup. Just a heads up for you. I too am working on a budget and have had to make up some pretty creative comprimises. The other day I went to home depot just to look around. In the lights section, they have 300 watt CFLs that fit into a normal light bulb socket! And the best part is, theyre only 14 bucks! Just a heads up in case you didnt already know about it. I know when I get some cash, Im getting two of em!
Pic of caterpillar I found, feasting on my girls! Urrrrr
I too have done a little price comparisons! I found at Wal Mart, not my local one tho, 75 watters with a lumins rating of 3,400 each! Which fit into regular socket! 12 bucks a pop! I have 12 sockets available (on timers) with 24 watters (2700K) putting out about 1600 lumins each! How can you go wrong with more lumins, Right! So that was going to be my next move! Thank you for info, everyone should know there options are available for a budget!
Beansly
RIU Bulldog
Fuckin a. I was just going to ask you what size and how many lights you use too. Looks really good man. You think your ever gonna pop for the real 200 watt CFL someday? They got like 12000 lumens and like 6500 K if i remember right.
Im think i might get two someday instead one 400 watt HID.
Of course, I want HID. This is what my father uses, and the yield is ALWAYS substantial! He also grows hydroponicly. These two factors make quite a bit of difference! I just dont have that type of $$$ now! These are principle factors in my future grow!
HippySmoke
Active Member
careful with high watt cfl's that run in your typical medium size socket
Most household sockets I have ran into are designed to run upto 60W (mine even say on the socket do not run more than a 60w lamp in them) so be sure to check the rating of your socket before you go and double the juice it can safely handle. Careful with electricity with fire come firemen and with firemen come police.
Most household sockets I have ran into are designed to run upto 60W (mine even say on the socket do not run more than a 60w lamp in them) so be sure to check the rating of your socket before you go and double the juice it can safely handle. Careful with electricity with fire come firemen and with firemen come police.
Thank You for advise! This IS something I did not take into consideration! I am not for sure the rating on my sockets, they have no rating on them! So if I do go with something bigger, I will defiantly make sure I am using right socket! Most likely buy one when getting light! Better to be safe then sorry, I agree! Thanks!!!!!