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THCBrain

THCBrain

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Depends how much £££ have you got to spend there's some nice lights out there look into the other sections on this site it will help you more than I can
 
simply_slide

simply_slide

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matthewsg187 said:
Well yeah because iv seen other plants at 3 weeks old they look at lot bigger.. With being a first time grower iv done my research but with people saying do it this way and others saying do it that way I just don't really no who or what to believe in these different methods . its on its 4th set of true leafs but they are only about an inch in size. So I'm wondering will it start to grow properly now ?
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It all takes experience. You can take peoples advice, but it all comes down to what you want to do how you want to do it. The only wrong way to do will kill the plant...and then you know that was a bad idea. For lights, medium, nutes, ect...do what works for you to get what you want.
 
Urbz

Urbz

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If your 103 watt is only giving out 1250 lumens, it's not an actually 103 watt CFL. I use 23 watt CFLs that give out 1600 lumens. You need more light on them. My first grow was severely slowed because of lack of lights. If she gets more light she'll go from an "ok" looking plant, to beautiful. Also, I moved my CFLs from 15" away to 4" and growth increased dramatically.
 
SamsonsRiddle

SamsonsRiddle

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There are "mylar" fire blankets in the outdoor section near all the coleman stuff at most major supermarkets. They work really well if you can't paint anything and seem to reflect a lot more than aluminum foil safely. Depending on how much you want to spend on lights, there are cheap "Mars Hydro" Led lights on ebay for around $60 that work pretty well for the price.
 
Blunted 4 lyfe

Blunted 4 lyfe

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matthewsg187 said:
It definitely looks awful doesn't it lol. Well unfortunately because this is rented apartment I'm unable to paint the cupboards any other tips ? What's wrong with the tin foil
does it no help ? Thought it did .
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Tape up some whit paper from your printer that beats painting if you can't do that.

I started mine on 4-23 watt (100 equivalent) 6500k - 1620 lumens each CFL bulb for 4 seeds for first 2 weeks then a put under a t5, but since you're limited on space the CFL's will do, you'll have to get 2700 k eventually so invest on those too.
Good luck happy growing!


B4L
 
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Gibbz2.0

Gibbz2.0

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simply_slide said:
Don't use cheap "mylar". Just use flat white paint and you'll be good.
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He said he can't paint, you can get white poly at most places or use double sided tape to put up printer paper. Tin foil will cause bad hotspots that could fry your plant. And as far as CFLs go drop that to almost touching,your plant looks stretched due to the light being too far from it. Also you can get Y light splitters and put 2 or even 4 (maybe) on just that one light socket.
 
simply_slide

simply_slide

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Gibbz2.0 said:
He said he can't paint, you can get white poly at most places or use double sided tape to put up printer paper. Tin foil will cause bad hotspots that could fry your plant. And as far as CFLs go drop that to almost touching,your plant looks stretched due to the light being too far from it. Also you can get Y light splitters and put 2 or even 4 (maybe) on just that one light socket.
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For sure, I didnt see that. Yeah, panda film is super cheap and easy to wipe clean
 
Blunted 4 lyfe

Blunted 4 lyfe

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Gibbz2.0 said:
He said he can't paint, you can get white poly at most places or use double sided tape to put up printer paper. Tin foil will cause bad hotspots that could fry your plant. And as far as CFLs go drop that to almost touching,your plant looks stretched due to the light being too far from it. Also you can get Y light splitters and put 2 or even 4 (maybe) on just that one light socket.
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I have 4 clamp on lights with 4 bulbs on each 3 y splitters on each clamp 16 bulbs total i baught the splitters on Amozon 12 pk for $11.99 just type in y splitters on search bar.

B4L
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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matthewsg187 said:
No worries thank you. Do I need to had more light as I'm only using 1 cfl bulb 103w. And will I need a tent after vegging or just keep itin the ccupboard ?
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you haven't painted your cab. white already, go to the camping section, and grab a Mylar emergency blanket and line the cab. with that.
Removeable, plus more reflective than the foil. (google it, you'll be surprised)
Next, if you're in a small cab., and don't want to be cutting holes for ventilation, stay with the CFL's and just crack the door and put yourself a fan at the bottom to blow in and up to push some of the hotter air out.
Couple years back, I had about 600 watts (if I remember right) of mixed 5000k and 2700k, and was rotating 3 plants in at night, and 2 in during the day, and the Diesel I had was the best producer, giving over 4 1/2 oz.
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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Bakatare666 said:
If

you haven't painted your cab. white already, go to the camping section, and grab a Mylar emergency blanket and line the cab. with that.
Removeable, plus more reflective than the foil. (google it, you'll be surprised)
Next, if you're in a small cab., and don't want to be cutting holes for ventilation, stay with the CFL's and just crack the door and put yourself a fan at the bottom to blow in and up to push some of the hotter air out.
Couple years back, I had about 600 watts (if I remember right) of mixed 5000k and 2700k, and was rotating 3 plants in at night, and 2 in during the day, and the Diesel I had was the best producer, giving over 4 1/2 oz.
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And, forgot to mention, no such thing as 'too much light' unless you can't control your temps.
LOL. "CFL"????feb26 1 month before chop ECSD.jpg
 
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SamsonsRiddle

SamsonsRiddle

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Bakatare666 said:
If

you haven't painted your cab. white already, go to the camping section, and grab a Mylar emergency blanket and line the cab. with that.
Removeable, plus more reflective than the foil. (google it, you'll be surprised)
Next, if you're in a small cab., and don't want to be cutting holes for ventilation, stay with the CFL's and just crack the door and put yourself a fan at the bottom to blow in and up to push some of the hotter air out.
Couple years back, I had about 600 watts (if I remember right) of mixed 5000k and 2700k, and was rotating 3 plants in at night, and 2 in during the day, and the Diesel I had was the best producer, giving over 4 1/2 oz.
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I already stated this above - the mylar part.
It works great.
 
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matthewsg187

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Thanks guys for the advise its really appreciated. I will get more lights and film tomorrow . my plants doing a hell of a lot better now iv fed it. What's should I do about lights? Get another on just for now till it gets bigger then add a few more ?
 

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Blunted 4 lyfe

Blunted 4 lyfe

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matthewsg187 said:
Also what should my temp & humidity be ?? ATM its 25-28°c and humidity it 40%
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it should be somewhere 24c- 26c temp, 65-75% humidity for the first 2-3 weeks. as the weeks go up the humidity should be dropped, week 1 of flower begins when you flip to 12-12. Temps at 24c, hum at 50%.

You need to do some research!

B4L
 
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matthewsg187

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I can't get my humidity up its at 43% now and iv done research but theres so many different ways of doing it.. Dunno which oneto go with
 
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