CFL Growing Done Right:: 447 watts

This is my second grow. Welcome to my flowering journal!!!!!! Details below

Closet is 4x3
Mylar On all walls including door
I actually vegged this plant outside on my balcony not thinking the plant would grow. I then started topping it as an experiment because I didn't think it would be female anyways. Because of abnormal weather it has been raining through June and the plant showed its sex.

I'M A WINNER!!!

It has been 2 months since it was planted and I decided to go 12/12 6 days ago when it hit 15 inches.

In the top pic you can see my starting set up. currently I have

3x 65 watt 2700k
6x 42 watt 2700/6xxxk

Fox Farms some kind of soil
TigerBloom Nutes

1st pic is from 6/9/10


This is from 6/12/10 ( but is from my crappy phone so it is worse quality. )


This final pic is from 6/16/10 (phone pic)


I will be updating every few days with new pics

looks great but,
i did the same thing with one 65watt cfl
budding is the hard part with cfl's.
getting dense bud is the trick my friend.
Keep up the good work

I am in. Love the CFL grows. Have you a way of rearranging the bulbs or are they fixed into that position? That is a very decent amount of light for one or 2 plants.

sickstoner said:

looks great but,
i did the same thing with one 65watt cfl
budding is the hard part with cfl's.
getting dense bud is the trick my friend.
Keep up the good work

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He is using 7 times that wattage though.

rocksteady6 said:

He is using 7 times that wattage though.

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yeah and that's kinda over kill for vegging. IMO

sickstoner said:

yeah and that's kinda over kill for vegging. IMO

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I agree. For one plant i think that 200w would have been plenty for veg but when it comes to flowering i think he/she should have a good amount of power to treat the plant nice.

The last pic is 6 days into 12/12. I originally only had 1 65watt 2700 now I have 3.

I currently have 8 more outside in red cups. I'm going to try a mini CFL sea of green after this grow in 6-8 weeks.

rocksteady6 said:

I am in. Love the CFL grows. Have you a way of rearranging the bulbs or are they fixed into that position? That is a very decent amount of light for one or 2 plants.

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I have 20 more Y splitters It grows so much everyday I am forced to raise/ change the lights.

rocksteady6 said:

I agree. For one plant i think that 200w would have been plenty for veg but when it comes to flowering i think he/she should have a good amount of power to treat the plant nice.

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yep yep yep

rearranged the lights to give more cover for the top colas. also dropped 4 42 watters around the sides of the plant to simulate light penetration for the buds that will be coming up underneath. SO much growth overnight new pics coming soon!

Anyone think it is a good idea to use big bloom with my tiger? im worried the tiger bloom will nute lock me later

nice growin brother not everybody can grow like the sickstoner,sounds like you got shit under control.im in on this,you kno the strain? looks like a NL but shit i aint no expert .

I have no idea what strain it is. My best guess is green crack or bubba kush but most likely bubba. My buddy grows it outdoors and i smoked a pound of it last summer.

bluesdad said:

nice growin brother not everybody can grow like the sickstoner,sounds like you got shit under control.im in on this,you kno the strain? looks like a NL but shit i aint no expert .

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aww thanks

a pound of BK over the summer.i would have smoked half,sold the other half and bought a nice light setup and good fem. seeds.

Where did you get that light fixture, I can't find anything like that anywhere!!

Camtheman289 said:

Where did you get that light fixture, I can't find anything like that anywhere!!

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they are regular hanging light sockets with 8 foot cords. I bought 10 Y splitters from walmart and just kind of made a web. It works great for getting your cfl's on their side for optimum light on your leaves.

Update on the pictures!!

Here is a pic of the top


The side has now filled in with so many leaves I cant see my stems


Here is the pic I promised of the new setup. It seems like the extra side lights are giving my baby lots of growth beneath the canopy.

Integrity32 said:

Update on the pictures!!

Here is a pic of the top
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The side has now filled in with so many leaves I cant see my stems
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Here is the pic I promised of the new setup. It seems like the extra side lights are giving my baby lots of growth beneath the canopy.

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what kinda vent system do you got going in there

I only have a 8" fan blowing on my plant and I leave the door open. It never gets hotter than 84 and has a low humidity. I'm always worried about mold when im flowering in closets. I just started with the Foster farms big bloom and tiger bloom. It is posted on their feeding schedule on the website. This is the thickest plant I have ever grown so I am excited. The undergrowth is crazy and the leaves are so healthy looking. More pics coming soon!!

If you want to know any other details about the grow feel free to ask in this thread.

It looks really good so far, I'm sure you will get some nice buds with that amount of light!! How high do you have the top lights from the plants?

I'm subbed

I keep them about 4-6" away. You can go as close as 3 with the 65 watts and the leaves stay fine, but my plant stretches so much the leaves can lift up and touch sometimes. The side ones are 5-6" away always. Your fan leaves stretch like crazy for these.