Has anybody flowered using CFL?? post any pics if so.

marijuano1

marijuano1

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Im trying to save money and power so im trying to get CFL for flowering. If youve grown a good yield with a certain type of CFL please let me know or recommended CFL's...I know most of you would buy HPS< or MH lights but im broke and thats all i can get. If anybody has any pictures of plants growing buds using CFL please post.
 
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Cap K

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marijuano1 said:
Im trying to save money and power so im trying to get CFL for flowering. If youve grown a good yield with a certain type of CFL please let me know or recommended CFL's...I know most of you would buy HPS< or MH lights but im broke and thats all i can get. If anybody has any pictures of plants growing buds using CFL please post.
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Check out the cfl grow journals my dude. Roseman's got a particularly enlightening thread all about cfls with pics of course.
 
candylime12

candylime12

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cfl's will flower ok but not to the full potential, it might take a week or two longer to reach its full trichrome potential
 
jact55

jact55

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here are some plants that were just some bagseed, this is week five of flowering. this was a couple of grows ago for me. not that big of buds, but good for personal. i have seen some monsters grown with cfl's. but they are far and few between. a good starter set-up though, because there are no reall heat issues and the lights can be right up on the plants so height is a little less of an issue. good luck
 

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fish601

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the more cfl the better keep them 1-3 inches away and you can only grow small plants with them i start to flower 2 weeks after the first true leaves
 
txhomegrown

txhomegrown

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fish601 said:
the more cfl the better keep them 1-3 inches away and you can only grow small plants with them i start to flower 2 weeks after the first true leaves
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I agree, you cant have too many cfls.
One thing fish, if you would let your plants veg a little longer maybe you wouldnt grow such small plants. Add enough cfls and they will get big.​
 
SzechwanChicken

SzechwanChicken

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the ones that start looking like "normal" marijuana leaves. typically around the 4th set of leaves you see. i think this is what he means. But that is truly way too early to start flowering on a typical plant. it can depend on how large you want the plant to be...more veg time=bigger plant. Ive done 3 CFL grows successfully so far, and i typically veg for a month (1foot to 1.5feet tall) then begin flowering stage. and it produced killer buds. 1 small J and it mind f*cks me.
 
candylime12

candylime12

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i tryrd it and my results sucked ass, my plant were soo small i got one bud from each plant. it wasent much but um wow my plants no shit stood no more than 8 inches tall. But it was some nasty tasteing stuff but man of man was it strong. ummmmm good luck
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China

China

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This is a Diesel Ryder I flowered under CFLs. I think it wold have turned out even better if I had been able to use CFLs the entire time instead of keeping it on my hot and badly lit balcony for a couple of the weeks.
 

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josh b

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yes people produce 1gram per wat using hid's.

also alot of people have used 12/12 from seed and got 1lb per plant.
mind u its best to do this with bagseed or sativa strains.

i am doing 12/12 from 2 weeks veg at 7" and hopeing to get an oz+ per plant using clf's.
 
SunnyDaze

SunnyDaze

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I am expanding, and I need to supplement light rather than just use my one HPS. I have been accused of being overpowered on light as I only use one HPS for 2 flowering plants at a time. I veg under CFLs just fine. I was thinking of trying to use only CFLs in a grow room that is 6x8. I am worried about my yield being not what it should though, or if it will be as nice as my HPS light. But like you, I want to save energy costs and not overload my circuit either.

I dunno, I think I will head over and check out the CFL journals as well.
 
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