Left the 600, taking on the vert, CFL style

Helloooo friends.

I started growing about 1 yr ago. Set myself up with a 600 cool hood for flower, along with cfls for veg...

ohhhhhh boy has it been exciting! ups and downs and all arounds..

but due to the summer heat, things got too hot, too pricey for my budget :/

all in all, i dont need to grow much weed, I am still trying to learn the plant, along with different techniques on growing..

Im going to try and document all i can from late veg all the way to smoke report :]

I am currently running the following:

Veg: 18/6 mixed spectrum
3 - 13 watt cfls
1 - 105 watt cfl
Total : 144 watts

Flower: 12/12 3200K (going to be perpetual)
2 - 105 watts cfls
Total : 210 watts

Strain: Ron Burgundy Kush

Medium:
7gal containers
60% Santa Cruz HyGro --- 40% Coco
bottom 1.5 inches of bucket filled with perlite (drain holes stuff with coffee filters!)


I have always been fascinated by vertical grows. High electricity bills, along with the inspiration of whodat have pushed me to take the next big fun step .








Lets have a good season! hopefully we can get cooler weather around late flower :]

Just a few days into vert/transplant, i think my ladies are handling the training and new dirt ok. could look a bit healthier.. but we keepin on!
trained my plants a little more, tried to get the light a bit above the canopy.

a few pics for ya
brie and bacon, mmmmmmmmmmmm
mother plants in flower, along with a pk, 28 days 12/12
bud shot of the strain we focusing on this vert round..
gonna try and keep most of this journal on the vert. may throw in a bud pic every week or so.

mmm the brie and bacon does look nice!

Good luck! A punishing summer can make even the most stout HID enthusiast reconsider their setup. The closeup looks nice and frosty.

Oh the brie/bacon was too good, gone too fast :] (first time trying that, got the idea from a good friend) Its a delicious combo!

Yes, yes on heat, i started off flower right around late october last year, never had a problem, actually i had to buy a heater because it was too cold!
only a couple more months

i had planned to go vertical with my 600.. but that is now on hold. I plan to get the most out of these cfls. really trying to shoot for an impressive gram/watt ratio. along with healthy girls.

thanks guys! im thinking of putting up a screen soon in my veg tent, just a few days into vert, and i lovee the canopy i am covering :]

btw, please judge, and criticize my setup as much as possible! I will do my best to take input into consideration, and use it..

I dont quite feel as lost as when i started, but still much to learn with this guy.

AS of the moment, I plan on on switching to 12/12 at least 2 weeks from now.. (Past mid september)

Why not get a 250 hps you'll have no heat issues because those cfls are burning just as hot as a 250 would. Plus you'll be able to pull a good 4oz a month if you need or like 6ish every two months. Cfls are disappointing in flower in my experience.

i got my first round under complete cfls going this time..

i cut off the 600 do to electricity, payments, and over kill on what i was doing..

i've thought about 1 small hps instead.

im thinking once winter comes around, i might drop my 600 back in.. my 600 is adjustable from 50-100 % power, so if a ran a 300 watt hps, i would be in a much better heaven..

and also, although weight is a huge factor, its not my biggest concern. these buds are for pleasure, not for sale. or for quick process.

im gonna do my best to impress ;]

thanks for stoppin by!

I really smoke a lot so I tend to need a couple oz a month. But I think that 600 at half power will wok nicely. Is it to hot even at 50% with the 600 right now? Damn that's hot. I've never really flowered under cfl myself but some cats on here have and the bud quality is nice, just not a lot of weight. Good luck man.

Oh yeah I was admiring your cfl's, I had some 100 watters from the home depot that I turned into vert lights for vegging and they worked great. They would burn out so I would go buy a new light and take the new ballast out and put the old burned out ballast back in the box, take it back to the store and get my money back for it. I did that like 4 times. Cheers.

hahaa, nice idea on the light lol.

it is damn hot with the 600 right now, never below 82 during lights on, and hit 90s. and my room was just hot as hell. not comfortable

weather says its only going to get warmer this week as week.

the 600 at 50% is much much cooler, i used to turn it down to 50% sometimes because of the heat, i think my room drops about 10FF when its at 50%

haha, really!! i named this damn thread, cfl style :[

you guys are killing me

believe me, i would love to have that 600 going

dangitt, now im really diggin apart my insides..


ok, im currently running a horizontal flower with these cfls.
i initially planned to cut those down early, but now i feel i must see what they can really push, ahhhh! i feel the cfl's are just slower with flower production as well :\

me thinks i gotta give them a chance, ahhh. jeez.

to the drawing board again..

hey, you know, appreciate it everyone.

Don't sweat it man, theirs only 11 posts here lol!! Shit you can keep going it's your grow. The cfls are slower, but if I were you I'd be yelling at myself for having a 600 and not using it constantly.. Besides who ever said you can go both? That way you don't have to change threads?

op how many watts cfl are you running, if its 200 or more get the 300 hid back on.

300watts is 300watts im sure so in terms of elecy cost it should be the same. Dont sweat it man the first time i bought a 400w hps it meant i couldnt eat for nearly two weeks. I just sucked it up and watched the grass grow, by the end of it all i was eating steak!

i planned on doing 210 total cfl watts in flower

90 more watts aint too bad i guess.

im currently running 354 total watts veg + flower

if i swapped in the 300 hps, and adjusted my veg tent, i think i can stay in the same ball park :]

i likeeee.

yea boi!!!

Lemon king said:

Dont sweat it man the first time i bought a 400w hps it meant i couldn't eat for nearly two weeks. I just sucked it up and watched the grass grow, by the end of it all i was eating steak!

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That's funny sometimes you Do! have to just suck it up

any updates op or is is there more bitching to read??

Yeah it's been longer than a week, let's see those Plants

lol, you guys want pictures everyday! i could totally do that(help me remember the ride), haha, but things wont change too much daily :]

i last posted pictures on the 29th! dang, eager yess.

the veggers are looking good, im seeing new green growth, looks like they only dealt with a few days. its fun watching them recover from a little cough :]


i've decided to go the hps route. already noticed improvements on the electric bill due to the drop in power, so im stoked!

so i got 210 in my flower room
144 in veg
total: 354

i want to make it similar in power
so i gots to go 300 ion flower
aaaaand convert veg to ~ 54 watts!

i am using the big 105 watt cfl for veg, they are cute, but fuck, i feel 8-13 watt cfls would blow that huge light out of the water, so im going back to my small 13-watters. and my big 600 on 50% ya!

hopefully i can run no more than 365 total watts for light, and i'll be happy.

now i need to get my flower room ready for the hps vert! my dreams come true!!!!!!!

i'll post pics of the ladies tonight. keep up the bickering old fellas

365 watts

a watt a day, keeps my wallet okay :]

So you're adding 1w everyday for the next year? That's new