CFL box grow Questions...

AllenHaze said:

Fixture is awesome man. my first setup was just an old speaker cab with holes drilled in it for the sockets and fans. Cfls are great for veg growth. The trick is to use as small of a space as possible to house your plants. For example, my veg room houses 16x 26 W 6500 K and 2700 K cfl bulbs but the box is only about 2 feet Width x 1.5 feet Depth X 2 feet Height. I use a board to adjust the height, of the floor as the plants grow. I can just fit 5x 3 gallon containers (modified waste baskets). Paint walls flat white or get some thin mylar. Not to mention, lumen intensity is set at one foot so you're increasing lumen intensity the closer you bring the bulbs. Anyways, do you have any pics of the plants in question? Some plants have pronounced pre-flower development by comparison to others. Walmart will have your lamp cord as well as fairly price bulbs. I'd go with the 23-26 watt 1600 lumen bulbs. You can get 6x for like 8 bucks that are 6500 and 2700 kelvin or you can get generic Walmart brand for less that are 5000 and 2700 kelvin. Kelvin is just the spectrum like red, blue, green etc. GL

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cc2012 said:

Tis the right Ball Park, but you will need to get a few IF they Low wattage..like AllenHaze says, the 23-26w would be better...Don't You have FleaBay over your way m8 sometimes a lot cheaper than Local Hardware places, Plus more Selection...
I think the Rule of Thumb Per Plant is about 50w(True watt) for decent Growth, and you want 6400K(sometimes listed as BLUE) its not blue its the Cool Bright White Bulb and 2700K(sometimes listed as RED) its not red is the Warm White Bulb.

Some Peeps use both throughout the Whole Grow, Others use just BLUE(6400K) for Vegetative Growth Period and the RED(2700K) for the Flowering Period of the Grow.

Good Luck

Peace

Edit: Just remembered IF you think you have one in Flower? Is it a Auto/AutoFem? have you seen some signs of Flowering? If it's not an Auto then you would normally give it 12/12 of Light and Dark.

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cc2012 said:

No Worries, If you can get them both, then do(lot peeps give em both) and IF you can't get higher than the 15watt one in the Pic then maybe IDK 4 of each? depends (A) on your budget and How Far you wanna go into Grow with CFL, most of the Threads/Posts I've seen when using Low Watt bulbs have had at least 8 if not a lot more...Though the Higher Watt you can get the better, do remember even though they give off very little Heat, they do generate some Heat(tis a Bulb after all) So do try and get a thermometer of some kind to keep a eye on your Grow Area's Temps and Humidity if you can..Air flow and Heat Extraction have to be taken into account, A fan blowing cool air in and some kinda Hole at the top(and extraction fan if you can? PC Fan+pwr adaptor/charger), if in a Box or Cupboard of some kind...

Hope all goes well..

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cc2012 said:

No Probs, You will have to try and Post/upload some Pics of the Ladies and Setup(A picture is worth a Thousands Words) Also have you got a Grow Journal going yet?? IF so let us know and I can pop by and have a look(others will too) and its a good way of recording anything You do, So IF a problem arises You can easily back track and see what you changed in regards to Setup/Lights/Nutes and so on...

Good Luck & Growing mate.

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cc2012 said:

Well in the UK they class us Tokers in with the Bagheads n SmackRats..74% of ALL Drug arrests in the UK are Cannabis related! WTF!!! Got nothing better to do our "Old Bill" even going to be giving out Cannabis Scratch & Sniff Cards in the near future so "Normal" people know the smell of Weed and can Grass up Neighbours and such(Carbon Filter is a MUST!, certainly just before Flowering IF not all the time) A Few Steps is all You have to take to ensure your safety...

(I) You can still Register @ some email sites without having to give phone No's and other such Info..use these for signing up to Grow Forums,Sites..Etc

(II) Anything to do with Your Grow keep Hidden, even Pics, Info, Downloads...etc...save to a Thumbdrive(memory stick) and keep safe.

(III) Don't tell "Friends" about Grow...keep it on the Low

(IIII) I never have anything Grow related delivered to My Flat(TOO PARANOID,OR JUST ENOUGH?) but I have a Partner whom I don't live with(She is a Toker, and I trust with My Life) so all My Mailorder stuff goes here,and I tend to check out Companies, even Call em to see if "ITEMS" delivered in Plain Packaging...Pays to Be Safe..

(IIIII) Smells, Light Leaks are main worry I would say, just TRY and have Grow Tent/Cupboard/Box whatever away from Prying Eyes...You need to be able to access easily without raising suspicion with Neighbours and Also IF You rent, OR maybe have to have some Services...? Gas/Electric/Landord visit so many times a year...? Think about where they would need access to?

In every Country where the Law on Cannabis is "DumbAss" Thousands,millions break the Law and Grow their own...its A risk and in some Countries more so than others.

Better than paying some Skanky Twat on Street £10 for 0.7g....

You be Ok matey....[/QUOTE

Some good ideas that ill defiantly be putting into place over the next few days...

Loved that last bit "Better than paying some Skanky Twat on Street £10 for 0.7g"....
To funny man but truth is over this way at $20 a Gram $10 for 0.7g isn't terrible. I try to buy ounces and up it lowers the cost down to $5- $8 a G.

Thanks for the support

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