CFL Grow plan, critique, advise, and anything else encouraged! - Page 2

SOUTHBUDS · #11 07-05-2009, 01:06 AM

Thanks Sy and grow space, Im still getting all my equipment together for my DWC CFL Grow so Im trying to get all the final details down before I dive into it. Im pretty confident Ill be able to produce a very decent yield by the time I get to growing those, my Soil grow is doing real good right now and has been really more of an informal experimantal grow thats given me alot if insight into what I need to watch out for and what not. Sy I checked out your thread and your plants look awesome man and your light set up really reenforces my thoughts about using CFL's, Im not hell bent on only CFL's its just all I have to work with given my current resources (or lack of haha)

One thing Im sure og is that you dont need to invest a shit ton of money in order to grow weed. If you can then its obviously better but if not then you can use what little you have and make the best of it. Im working on my first grow right now and I know I havent spent more then 30 bucks gettin it to where its at right now, check it out and tell me what you think!

Thanks for all the info and responses they have all been very informative and helpful

Need Advice! First Outdoor Grow

SOUTHBUDS · #12 07-12-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SyNiK4L

ya dude cfls are fine...i have 16 for 5 plants now...but started with 8....2 died and one ended up being male...i hear what ur sayin man bout the HIDs for the amount of plants....but u gotta realize those are expensive and are also expensive to run...not to mention the heat issue...i have 16 cfls and have had no problem with the amount of plants i have.

and sounds good 2 me...12 30 watt 6500k cfls and 6 30watt 2700k bulbs is fine...i basically did the same thing...and now that im in flowering i switched ovr to 12 2700k and 4 6500k and my plants are doing fine...

on the heat question...when i had more daylight cfls during veg...my closet ended up being over 90 degreez so i had to get more and more fans...now i have 3. 2 of them are inside the closet blowing on the plants and bulbs...and then i got one of those bigger box fans and stuck it at my door to blow cold air from my room into the closet...once i got those fans my temps nvr got above 85 even when i put the sheet down to cover my doorway so that light doesnt get in or out. but now that iv switched to 2700k bulbs the room is alot cooler just cus the bulbs are cooler than daylight bulbs. so now my temps never get above 80. just remember 90+ will kill ur plants.

on the question of how much they will grow...is based on how close u place ur lights and where u place them...take a look at my pics on my grow thread in my sig..the entire time iv had my lights about 3-8 inches above my plants with a couple that i clamped onto the pots themselves so they get light to the lower parts of the plant. get urself any timer u can find...i use one that i usually use for my christmas lights lol. if u have anymore questions let me know. but id say just stick with cfls if ur goin the budget. everyone keeps yellin at me bout using but, iv had good results so far from them. and i dont wanna spend 200-600 dollars on HIDs so i hear ya on the budget thing. GL man keep us upd8ed ill check back on ya.

Hey Sy I got another question for you since youve been using CFL's, how much does running the CFL's run up yur light bill? Is it a significantly higher amount or is it reasonably low? Like I said Im planning on runing about 18+ light of at least 30watts so im just trying to get a ballpark as far as the light bill. Thanks!!