My First Cfl Grow In The Process!

hi, so this is my first grow, i got some 23 watt cool whit CFL in the room, which i will probably hack to get some t8 or t12 withought paying 40 buck for the facking ballasts.... i haven't put the fans in yet, so ill update the pics soon....veging room will be for the clones too, which ill take from my mother plant.... ill try post updates as soon as possible, and as frequently as possible too.... so here are the pics:


PS: please comment !!!
pps: i know its a little to hot but its gonna drop soon

LOL major fail, i forgot to to say that i have 4 23 watt CFL in the veg (cool white) and well its not on a pic yet but my flowering room has 8 13watt soft white cfls

for vegging you need daylights atleast 5000k i have 20 100cfl's in my grow

I have a lot of cfl's too, sometimes I think too many, but then I look at my plants and add more. For flowering ALONE I have 18 bulbs, ranging from 23-42 actual watts, like around 500 watts actual. And thats 3 plants at the moment. Veg has like a little over 200 actual watts. I'm about to put more in my veg cab because I just started a bunch of plants and clones recently.

P.S.-Try to stick with 23w+ for bulbs...13w bulbs are just kinda weak, their light isn't as bright, even if you add a bunch more.

I love growing with CFL's...it is my new favorite hobby! I have been experimenting with them for about 3 years now and have found you can get a great yield with two 42 W 2700k bulbs above and two 23 W 2700k bulbs on the sides per plant. I use the 2700k throughout the entire grow. This may not be ideal but it is more cost effective for me.

cannabis pharmer said:

I love growing with CFL's...it is my new favorite hobby! I have been experimenting with them for about 3 years now and have found you can get a great yield with two 42 W 2700k bulbs above and two 23 W 2700k bulbs on the sides per plant. I use the 2700k throughout the entire grow. This may not be ideal but it is more cost effective for me.

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tkns ill keep that idea in the back of my mind.....

jhod58vw said:

for vegging you need daylights atleast 5000k i have 20 100cfl's in my grow

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yeah, my cool whits are 4100 kelvins and for the amount of lights, its still experimental for me, plus i don't have such a large of a budget so im trying with what i have, and see how it goes... anyways thanks for your comments

PS here are todays pics including the boxes of the lights

oh and i forgot to say, the strain im growing is TH seeds Kushage from attitude

my plants still growin lol... ill post updates today peace and smoke

Hey I<3,

Im doing my first grow, which just happens to be with CFL's. I have 8 26w*6500k Daylight. I also have my 4 plants on a 22/2 light schedule. I dont know the temp in the room but I would guess in the low-mid 70's.

It looks like your a week behind me maybe. Ill be keeping up with your status. Feel free to visit my grow in my signature.

Peace

oh yeah, I forgot to mention that up to the last 2 days. I had only 2 26w*6500k cfl's. I just recently went to 8. I plan on adding a few more 2700k on the 20th, lol next payday for me and 4/20!!!

Peace

Kevin A said:

Hey I<3,

Im doing my first grow, which just happens to be with CFL's. I have 8 26w*6500k Daylight. I also have my 4 plants on a 22/2 light schedule. I dont know the temp in the room but I would guess in the low-mid 70's.

It looks like your a week behind me maybe. Ill be keeping up with your status. Feel free to visit my grow in my signature.



Peace

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yeahh ill go check on it thanks for stoppin by

so today is day 4 and here are the pics

nice grow, I use CFLs all the time

faderharley said:

nice grow, I use CFLs all the time

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thanks !!!!!!

Your already doing something I wish I would have done. Looks like your growing in a decent size pot. I did not enjoy my exp. with transplanting. Next time should be better. I learned that the roots could have grown thru the container and into the soil like it was nothing.

When the plants are ready to switch to flowering stage you will need to switch to the 2700k-3000kelvin range CFLs....I got a few 65watt, 2700k CFLs at Lowes for about $16 and 55watt & 42watt, 2700k at Walmart for $12-$9 each....when using a Y socket, kinda double ups the wattage. Btw that is actual wattage I'm talking about, the 65watter, 55watter and 42watters. I also use 105watters, 85watters as my larger CFLs, they cost between $27 up to $38 bucks each, but worth every penny imo.....good luck

You gotta learn somehow right? Lookin good so far.

faderharley said:

When the plants are ready to switch to flowering stage you will need to switch to the 2700k-3000kelvin range CFLs....I got a few 65watt, 2700k CFLs at Lowes for about $16 and 55watt & 42watt, 2700k at Walmart for $12-$9 each....when using a Y socket, kinda double ups the wattage. Btw that is actual wattage I'm talking about, the 65watter, 55watter and 42watters. I also use 105watters, 85watters as my larger CFLs, they cost between $27 up to $38 bucks each, but worth every penny imo.....good luck

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yeah, my flowering "room" has 8 2700 kelvin 13 watt CFLs.... i baugt 6 for 10 bucks at canac marquis (canadian store) and 2 for like 4 bucks.....ill post a pic a little later of the flowering room light setup.... i think it looks awsome.....

Kevin A said:

Your already doing something I wish I would have done. Looks like your growing in a decent size pot. I did not enjoy my exp. with transplanting. Next time should be better. I learned that the roots could have grown thru the container and into the soil like it was nothing.

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well actuall my pots aren't that big...... i think they're like 4 or 5 inches in diameter.... it kinda looks big cuz of the zoom.....