Who grows with CFL'S and has successful grows / yield ..

Just asking who has grown with CFL lights and had a succesful yield
going to be grow three autoflower with 250w actuall watts of cfl
two 125w cfl dual spec bulbs
just wondering what grams i could be looking at

so who's had a good yield? and with what bulbs? and how many..

- Who's had good grows with this
- how many bulbs, how many watts
- and what equipment, tent e.t.c

define successful? I've pulled a dry ounce per plant off (4) 68w CFLs (the 300w replacement) in a 4ft standing freezer. IMHO buy a hps, you'll be happier in the end.

ive seen good grows u just have to use a ton if ur gonna be cheap

successful anything over 1/2 oz really all i need per plant
i got three autoflowers, genetics say high yieldiers
18/6 with two 125w dual spec cfl's

I use a 325 watt blue and 245 watt red with 2 30 watt for side lighting there is pics in my journal if ye wanna peek. i just grow for the fun of it though not for yeild but i have been succesful with the cfls.

Wrekstar said:

successful anything over 1/2 oz really all i need per plant
i got three autoflowers, genetics say high yieldiers
18/6 with two 125w dual spec cfl's

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you should be able to acheive 1/2 oz with 250 watt worth of cfls.you should check out the cfl grows on here and youtube.ive never grown with cfls,but ive seen pretty good results using cfls.

I used to use one 105w cfl per auto. The most I ever pulled with that set up was a tad over an oz. The worst about a half oz. When I switched to HPS and then LED the most I ever pulled off an auto was a bit over 80g.

half oz altogether?
or per plant?

and hoss, what autos did u grow

the worst was about a half oz off one plant, best approx 80g off one plant. I've grown everything from Short Stuff and highly recommend all their strains except the Super Cali Haze and Blue Diesel (and Blue Himalayan Diesel). The Blue Diesels didn't really smoke that great and the Cali Haze was wildly unstable. Of the 5 fem seeds I ordered none made it through to harvest. That being said their MI-5, Auto-Assassin, and Onyx are some of the best autos I've ever grown. Great yielders and the smoke was on par with most photo period plants. I've also grown strains from Sweet Seeds which I would also recommend to anyone.

i'm growing russian rocket fuel and devilmatic
also a shortrider or a just jack

so i will be planting 3, half oz per plant is fine really
its just for me and mates

how long did you harvest cali haze in? what lights? and yield
thanks

Check out the cfl forum here...There's a lot of good grows there.

I've retired my CFL setup but it was 293 total CFL watts (125 + 4X42), but I could do either one or 2 non-auto plants and count on 2-3 oz per plant if everything went according to plan. Even when things didn't go according to plan, 45g/plant wasn't too much to ask for.

thanks guyss.

all of my super cali's died before harvest. Only got 2 of the five to germ. Both displayed poor growth and were prone to deficiencies. One of them was about half way through flowering and I could tell it wasn't going to make it so I chopped it up and put it in bubble bags. Made some ok hash. Go with anything else from Short Stuff the rest of their plants grew very easily for me and the results were fantastic (except the blue diesel strains, they grew well but the smoke was so so).

you've used cfl's though right?
and what strain has produced what weight exactly#/

The best cfl only grow I ever had was with an auto assassin got about 50g. The 80g plant was achieved using an air cooled 400w hps and was a MI-5.

i used like 6 cfls for 2 plants and got like an oz and a half from each.. used 5000k for veg and 2700k for flower, and it was in a closet...oh and it was bagseed but it came out looking way better than the weed it came from.kept me high for hours.

so cfl's do have the potential right

most def, not as much potential as HID or LED but if you're ballin on a budget rock them out they'll work. They are only cost effective for smaller gardens (4 plants or less) anything more than that you should look into other options. Most people use them as side lighting to HID or LED set ups