Biggest yield from combining CFLs and 70 Watt HPS?

Anyone know the ballpark range I can expect to get using 3 CFLs 15 watt 900 lumens each = 2,700 lumens (they are daylight 6500 K) and a 70 watt hps 6,300 lumens 2700 K) 2 Plants in a rubbermaid growbox 2 20 gallon rubbermaids put together with the lights arranged inside around the top above the canopy of the plants but only about 4 to 6 inches above the canopy for the HPS and as close as I can get the CFLs to the plants without the leaves touching the bulb.

probably between 5 and 20 grams of dry bud depending on your veg time and your ability to bring the plants to a fully ripe stage

Well i read a book "Marijuana Buds For Less: Grow 8 Oz Of Bud For Less Than $100" and they used 6 42 watt CFLs for 3 plants and yielded 8 ounces of dry weight bud at harvest. From seed to harvest it took a total of 69 days in the book. I am well into 30 days on my grow, but only am growing 2 plants so what are the chances that I get around 2 ounces of dry weight from the two plants?, i Have seen it done on grow journals plenty of times. Also search on here a guy yielded 4 ounces of dry weight growing in a rubbermaid using only CFLs and grew in a RUBBERMAID BOX here's the link to that ---> DIY 4 oz. Minimum Yield Rubbermaid Growbox Great things can be done with low funds, but this Sept. when I get my loan I am going to get a 400 watt hps so I can get my real deal grow on. Can't wait to play with that new toy when I get it! I love growing my own!

It all varies though, on the strain, optimum grow atmospheric conditions, light interuptions, etc. Yields are like the lottery, you never know.

im no expert but ive done GREAT things wit CFLs righ now i have like 9 15watt equavalant to 100 2700k 2 38 watts that equavalant to 300 2700k and about 4 15watt equavalant 100 6500k i like to throw som blue spectrum to get tighter bud structer i only gro for perosnal but righ now im lookin at around 2oz and still have 3 wks just use CFLs if u dont hve the money a 70watt HPS aint doin shit really just my 2sense

the bud harvested from cfl's will always be much fluffier with far less actual bud mass than grown with hps. they can still be potent and great tasting but the buds grown with cfl's could never pass for actual chronic from a dealer.

i had 3 or 4 successful indoor harvests using cfl's and t-5s when i first came inside a few years ago. after that it has always been hps. i still use cfl's for side lights, but to say that you would be fine with just cfl's is ignorance. yield will always be better with the addition of hps.

half ounce.

Steadmanclan said:

the bud harvested from cfl's will always be much fluffier with far less actual bud mass than grown with hps. they can still be potent and great tasting but the buds grown with cfl's could never pass for actual chronic from a dealer.

i had 3 or 4 successful indoor harvests using cfl's and t-5s when i first came inside a few years ago. after that it has always been hps. i still use cfl's for side lights, but to say that you would be fine with just cfl's is ignorance. yield will always be better with the addition of hps.

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All im sayin if hes gonna use a couple cfls and only 70watt HPS wha is the 70watt really gonna helpthat much norm use 150HPS n that sounds like hes in a money prob so i say use cfls if only grown wit them twice n both times DENSE sticky bud u just gtta use mixed spectrums aand i got 1.4oz it deff aint no HPS yeild but my lights cost me 60 bucks totals for 1.4oz of some of the best smoke ive ever tasted cant go wrong

I grew one bagseed plant with a 70 hps and a few flourescents for side lighting and yielded a half ounce after plenty of fuck ups(soil, overwater, ph off, heat). now have an AK48 from nirvana under the same with several cfls added and much better PH'd soil, ventilation and knowledge and already have more bud growing, so to me it comes down to genetics and conditions, and especially patience. But in my opinion without that hps i'd have had like an eighth

btw that book you mentioned is a load of shit in my opinion..

i've seen countless noobs on this forum reference it in their argument to support the use of cfl's. but i have yet to see any proponent of that book acheive the results that that book lays claim to.

ya i feel ya cfls are for personal growers but its just real ignorant sayin that anythin grown under cfl isnt considered cronic ur on crack plain n simple cuz my shit is potent as shit n i smoke everyday

Smokey21530 said:

ya i feel ya cfls are for personal growers but its just real ignorant sayin that anythin grown under cfl isnt considered cronic ur on crack plain n simple cuz my shit is potent as shit n i smoke everyday

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my previous post stands.
read it carefully.

cfl growing:
potent... yes
taste good.. for sure
quantity yielded.. sub-par
density.. leaves much to be desired
if your dealer had some cfl grown bud for sale you'd tell him to take that fluffy shit back and call you when the chronic came back to town.

everything i said is true.
I'd say "My dealer" in that last line, but i haven't had one in years. I only smoke homegrown.
My bud right now beats the shit out of anything that anyone could grow with cfl's.
TRUTH

I agree my HPS addition to my grow was a must, soon to do another upgrade to a 400 w HPS with digital ballast, going to keep the 70 w HPS for a single mother or to grow clones under.

i am only looking for a ounce of good bud between the two plants, if the guy grew 8 ounces in the buds for less book only using six 42 watt CFLs, throughout the whole grow of 3 plants total and harvested in 79 days from seed germination, how can i not pull off 3 ounces from 2 plants with CFLS AND HPS? HPS puts out shitload more lumens than CFL and the plant actually uses it's light spectrum a lot better than CFL spectrums.

These were all grown using a 70 w HPS

Steadmanclan said:

btw that book you mentioned is a load of shit in my opinion..

i've seen countless noobs on this forum reference it in their argument to support the use of cfl's. but i have yet to see any proponent of that book acheive the results that that book lays claim to.

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Yeah, if you have read the book, the dude only started 1 of the three plants from seed, the other 2 were Clones from a mother, that's probably why he got such a good yield. It just all depends on how close you keep the CFLs to the plant throughout it's life cycle and mix up the spectrums a bit and use the correct growing mediums, you just never know what you are going to yield from your harvest, the guy that wrote the book is also probably a veteran grower as well, he proabably has a down pat system with his CFL growing system. I mean, the dude has more than one book and about 3 dvds, showing proof of his grows. It's just achieving that desired 1 gram per watt ratio. It has been done so many times, a guy on this forum got a little over 4 Ounces, or 1/4 of a pound using just CFLs for veg and flower(red and blue spectrums). Used same growbox as me, 2 Rubbermaids stacked. Check out his grow here. A lot of people are skeptic but great things can be done with patience, care, and the more grows you get under your belt the better your yields will be.

that 70 would also make a bitchin side light if you had a 400 up top...

Hey I just pulled down 43g off of 2-23w cfls...

the thread - https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/399652-two-23w-cfls-43g-yield.html

I use 4x55w t5ho cfl's+150w hps, I like the mix myself. Don't listen to the haters, wonderful things can be done with cfl's alone if you are so inclined. If this is your first grow that's an adequate set up for a small grow.