My Setup
Lighting
4x26W 2700K CFL (1700 lumens ea)
2x42W 2700K CFL (2700 lumens ea)
3x25W 6500K CFL (1600 lumens ea)

For a grand total of 17,000 lumens

I am doing 20/4 first two weeks, then switching to 18/6.

Nutrients
Foxfarm hydro trio


Grow Room


The area is about 2 square feet.

Temp is around 78-80 degrees.


Strain
I loaded up a germinated unknown strain seed in my AG pod on 3/8. The last seed from my previous grow First Grow (AG PRO 200) That turned out to be a male.


Here is a picture of the seed I've been germing..(in a shotglass bottom right corner) and a picture of the male before I chopped him up.








I am expecting 3 feminized seeds sometime in the mail next week: Paradise Seeds White Berry, Dutch Passion Blueberry, Big Buddha Blue Cheese.

If these seeds come I'll probably be tossing this current plant or giving it to a friend because I'm only going to be growing one plant in my AG, and its going to be the White Berry first.

If they don't come (fat chance) I'll just keep this plant going.

When this seed sprouts I'll post another update.

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Those are soil nutes....
space out the bulbs, and grow the colas between them.
220w CFL 4'x4' floor plan, superior to 400w HPS

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Thanks for the concerns, but they are NOT for soil. And I like my lighting exactly how I have it.

The 3-2-6 grow big is hydro.

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I just picked up 4x26w 6500K daylight bulbs.

I still have the 42w 2700K bulbs in the middle.

I know I said I was going to post an update when it sprouted.. but w/e

I had to rotate my seed in the pod because the taproot starting growing upwards and curled around the seed.




Unrelated note: its cool having the double spectrum right next to each other, shadows are in blue and in red layers,

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I actually really dig your lighting setup. Are you going to switch it when you flower, 4 2700k and 2 6500k? Either way this is looking pretty hopeful for a cfl grow.

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good luck bro dont expect to harvest too much though with your current lighting

i think instead of having those lights way at the top, you should build a cheap reflector to cover the bulbs.

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You need to sort them CFL's that are above that cage thing, make em more useful, they wouldn't be helping much up there.

other then that, good work and good luck

2x42w 4x26w 2700K (12,200 lumens) for flowering, keeping other daylight CFL up top just so I have some extra 6500k spectrum in there. (3x25w @ 1600 lumens ea)

But, I might pick up another 2x42w and add another 2000 lumens (5400 versus 3400 (2x26w)) and keep the 2 6500k lights in the middle.


Initially I had a reflector on the bulbs, but it was blocking all of the light coming from the top. It wasn't really doing much other than blocking light from going up onto the other sides of mylar, so I just took them off.

When my plants get a bit taller, the main fixture is going to be raised, and it will be sort of using the AG hood as a reflector.

Well, about 2 square feet with 17,000 lumens, thats 8500 lumens/sq foot, which is more than enough light for a respectable yeild. Thats more lumens than a 150w HPS. If I get an ounce off my plant I'll be happy, next grow I will probably try out some yield increasing stuff like LST.

Thanks man, I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my AG hood, I actually had it on the top rack for storage, and then I was like 'well shit I might as well plug it in!'

My main focus has been on my power strip CFL fixture.

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[quote=lurkmaster;2206803]Thanks for the concerns, but they are NOT for soil. And I like my lighting exactly how I have it.

The 3-2-6 grow big is hydro.



LMAO!

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