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my lamps did not come with screw on hoods. what type of aluminum cooking tray are you talking about? are there any other methods to create some sort of reflectors to increase the yield?

zjinternational said:

my lamps did not come with screw on hoods. what type of aluminum cooking tray are you talking about? are there any other methods to create some sort of reflectors to increase the yield?

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Try using a coffee can that might work

wouldn't that be too big? are you talking about a big coffee can like folgers or something?

any type of can anything that will fit your cfl i think i seen it in the diy section on RIU

ok i need some opinions. is the sour diesel (the first two pictures) ready to harvest? i think it is and need to cut it soon because i'm moving out of my apartment this week. how much longer until the grape ape (the second two pictures) is ready to harvest?

the plants have been on 12/12 for 48 days now. almost 7 weeks.

From what I have read there are two schools of thought on when to harvest:
1. Harvest when 70% - 80% of the hairs turn red.
2. Harvest when the trichhomes look optimal under a 30x magnifier.

I'd opt for #2.

You grew these in a closet? What did you use for air circulation?

i left the door open to the closet when the lights were on. it would get some natural breeze but i also had fan pointing into the closet to help out.

it looks god bro I agree the more light the better I have 3 plants and I use 5 6500k cool whites for vegging but while I am flowering right now I use 6 2700k

those look incredible. I have two mazar plants going now that are on week 1 of flower, i have 8 42w 2700k bulbs for that. My temps run at 85 High 72 Low..what were you temps like?

Those look incredible for CFL - i hope i have similar results!

my temperature varied throughout the grow. i tried to keep the temperature between 70-80 F.

i just harvested the two sour diesel plants and hung them up to dry. i'm letting the grape ape grow for another three days before i cut them.

i harvested the grape ape plants on thursday. on thursday i also put the sour diesel into jars to start curing. the pictures are of the grape ape drying and the sour diesel curing.

Nice job man, those look like some delicious buds.