Cfl question

If growing with 7, 20 watt cfls what the average yield?

No-one can really say. There's too many factors that come into play. But if growing with cfl don't expect too much. Unless ur me. There are a couple things u can Do to get the most out of it plants. Just gotta do a lil research. Hope i helped.

philipg said:

If growing with 7, 20 watt cfls what the average yield?

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Man this isn't enough info to answer anything for you at all.
What size space?
What color temperature?
How big of plants?
Do you use a tent or a room?
Exhaust or no?

Sorry forgot to add more info little drunk lol its a cupboard grow.. its around 5 weeks old. Ive LST as I've heard its best to do when using cfls.. haven't gone into flowering yet

Check out this grow. 152 watts of CFL in a 2.5 square foot box. Vegged the plant for 5 weeks, started training her at 4 weeks. With some creativity and a spool of gardening wire you can get creative and keep the light very close to the plant/plants and get some decent buds.

This came from a bag seed so I didn't want to invest a whole lot into it. I've got major upgrades happening for my next grow.

As far as yield goes I've never gotten over 2.5 ounces of dried bud from a single plant.

philipg said:

Sorry forgot to add more info little drunk lol its a cupboard grow.. its around 5 weeks old. Ive LST as I've heard its best to do when using cfls.. haven't gone into flowering yet

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Photo is from a few days ago. Its grown alot since then..

BullShark said:

Check out this grow. 152 watts of CFL in a 2.5 square foot box. Vegged the plant for 5 weeks, started training her at 4 weeks. With some creativity and a spool of gardening wire you can get creative and keep the light very close to the plant/plants and get some decent buds.

This came from a bag seed so I didn't want to invest a whole lot into it. I've got a major upgrade happening for my next grow.

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BullShark said:

Check out this grow. 152 watts of CFL in a 2.5 square foot box. Vegged the plant for 5 weeks, started training her at 4 weeks. With some creativity and a spool of gardening wire you can get creative and keep the light very close to the plant/plants and get some decent buds.

This came from a bag seed so I didn't want to invest a whole lot into it. I've got a major upgrade happening for my next grow.

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That looks nice bro.. how much did u end up getting at harvest

Id say over an ounce per plant using cfls is good enough

philipg said:

That looks nice bro.. how much did u end up getting at harvest

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I still have it growing. It's on week 8. Those pics were from a week ago, aside from the one that shows the purple starting, as I did a flush last week. From the looks she'll be right around 2.5 ounces, maybe a bit more if they fatten up more in the last 1-2 weeks. I did take a sample of her and dried it, smoked it. Got me blazed, but obviously still had the fresh taste.

And is that worth the smell, risk, and TI'M for that much? Go big or go home! At least a 3x3 space.

Airwalker16 said:

And is that worth the smell, risk, and TI'M for that much? Go big or go home! At least a 3x3 space.

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Airwalker16 makes a good point. Fortunately smell isn't an issue for me. This grow was more of a science experiment, as it's been a while since I've grown and came across a seed in a bag of really good bud.

After this grow I'm growing with LED in a 15 square foot tent with known genetics.

Let me add that CFL seems like a decent way to get your foot in the door when it comes to growing. But it's fairly time consuming especially being that you need to keep the light so close to the plants. There have been times during veg and during the early flowing stretch that I'd need to adjust the lights twice a day.

And the entire process is just SLOWER when using CFLs. They just don't have that intensity that you need.