First CFL Grow, Check It Out - Page 2

itsgrowinglikeaweed · #11 05-21-2008, 01:24 PM

Yup, zill is right. you want the cool white(blueish looking) for vegging and warm white (more orangish) for flowering. But if your not going to vegg for very long.....
Any way the more light the better, any light....its all about the light! And get them really close to the plants between 1 and 2 inches, you'll have to adjust them everyday. Good luck. I'll watch to see how much buds those little buggers can push out.

The Dude 4552 · #12 05-21-2008, 04:37 PM

Yes, add more bulbs. I suggest picking up a couple more y splitters. If you can get 8 cool white cfl's in your setup you can get adequate light surrounding each plant. I noticed you had two on one side and one on the other, fill those in two. CFL's use very little electricity and produce little heat, use that to your advantage and keep them as close to the plant as possible.

zjinternational · #13 05-21-2008, 07:17 PM

off to the store tomorrow to get the cool whites i saw at home depot earlier. i will just save these lights for the flowering phase. i also put in a timer to switch the lights to 18/6.

zjinternational · #14 05-21-2008, 07:29 PM

i just noticed in my buds for less book he uses 8 42W warm whites for the whole growing process, for both vegging and flowering. could i just get some more 42W warm whites to save some money and use them for both the vegging and flowering phases or would it be better to get some cool whites?

markj · #15 05-21-2008, 07:37 PM

if you're planning keeping the plants in veg for only a couple of weeks, I think you should get the warm ones. You'll only have one or two weeks vegging and about 8 weeks flowering. I'd go with the warm cfls.

zilluz · #16 05-22-2008, 05:59 AM

yeh i dont think it would make too much difference with a shorter veg period, i would personally do a mixture of cool white and warm white, more cool bulbs for veg then more warm bulbs for flowering but thats just me

zjinternational · #17 05-22-2008, 11:53 AM

today i got four more lights which makes a total of 8 42W cfls. i also watered each plant with about a cup of water today. the two plants on the left are grape ape(the second picture) and the two plants on the right are sour diesel(the third picture). anymore suggestions?

markj · #18 05-22-2008, 07:08 PM

looking good man....

zilluz · #19 05-24-2008, 12:17 AM

looking very nice

zjinternational · #20 05-24-2008, 01:57 PM

today i watered each plant with one cup of water. i took picture of each individual plant so its easier to see their progress. the grape ape clones seems to be growing much more than the sour diesel clones. and one sour diesel clone seems to be suffering from burn spots. the first two plants are the grape ape clones and the second two are the sour diesel clones. let me know what you guys think.