My first indoor grow with CFL's
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WackysWorld
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cheers Dutch, I'm like a kid counting down till xmas, lol, if i work forward I rekon they should be properly dried and cured by then
temps running at 38 at top of tent and around 22-25 at top of pots, they seem to be drinking a lot more since the HPS went in, guess its a mixture of heat and them having a growth spurt, I've been lurking on this forum for a good year or so before I joined and have used the search function well.ordered a fan a couple of days ago so should be here early next week, the stems seem pretty robust so hopefully should be ok, fingers crossed.
I reckon all the systems we all use have there plus and minus points, cfl's were handy for me as they didn't give off as much of a heat trace as MH or HPS, and the 3 that were directly under it went pretty well, I reckon a smaller tent with a few autos will be the next test for a full cfl grow, main issue I found was not with the cfl's but the fact I used what I had to fill the pots, had enough clay pebbles to fill 4, and enough coco coir to fill 5, the 5 in coir have grown so much better than the 4 in pebbles, and I switched them around every so often, next grow will be either all in coir or plagron, which I've heard some good reports about.
my target on this grow is 6oz, that'll be enough to keep me going till the next grow is ready, I hope
Slipon
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totaly agree .. and not just that .. also to remove air/co2 around the plants/leaves ..
WackysWorld
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1 off each would be nice, 2 would be superb, It's pretty much the same setup as a mate had, same seeds, but he let his get too tall before flowering so he had to bend em in half, he only got 8oz so if I beat that it'll be a bonus
OBIWANdza
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yea part of tha reason i started growing.......u run into someone n they offer u "some killer dro"....2g henry's, bloody hell
, $100 per qtr only to get home n weigh the sack for 5.5gs.........i need my other 1.5 i dont say "well ill give him 90 n he wont miss the rest, but they sure do" lol fuckin stoner kids wat ever happened to "dnt induldge in what u sell" lolWackysWorld
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your not far wrong, seems to be no discount for large buys anymore, I used to pay £150 oz, £85 1/2 oz, £50 1/4 oz, £30 1/8 oz, all seems to be £10 a gram everywhere, whether you want a g or oz, some include the weight of the baggy with your purchase, I'm buying weed mofo's, not bloody pick'n'mixyea part of tha reason i started growing.......u run into someone n they offer u "some killer dro"....
price is also dependant on how skint the dealer is as well, car needs work for mot, bump up price, need a new laptop, bump up price etc, looking forward to the savings I'll make when this lot is finished 
I am really happy to know about that and hopefully I might also be able to have mine.My first CFL grow.
Setup,
1.2x1.2x2m tent
2x300w 6400k cfl
Wilma 9 pot system auto watering
Extractor via smell stopper and carbon filter
4 pots clay pebbles, 5 pots canna coco
9 dutch house dutch cheese
Following germination via cotton sheet, transplant to peat plugs, then transfer to pots.
Days 1-7 lights 24hr, water only 3 times per 24hrs (8 hr spacing) for 10mins
Days 8-14 lights 18/6, canna a+b 3 times per 24hrs (8 hr spacing) for 10mins (plants werevery light in colour due to overwatering)
Days 15-35 (today) lights 18/6, canna a+b once per 48 hrs for 15mins
The middle 3 due to being directly under the lights are obviously doing better than the outer 6, next grow Ill prob switch to 4x250w cfls in 2 reflectors for better coverage. Im due a nutes change today soIll shift the middle 3 to the rear, the rear 3 to the middle for a bit, then switch the front 3 with the middle 3 to try to even the growth a little bit.
Temp is approx 30 at the top of the tent and around 22 at the top of the pots.
PH checked daily and seems to be holding between 5.7-6.0.
Nutes drained and replaced every 14 days, I know I should be doing it at least every 7 but the downside of the Wilma system is it needs 30lt just to cover the pump filter, so I put 40lt in and after 14days its down to about 30lt, I will address this issue before the next grow, probably by blocking all but the lowest drainpoint and using a container for the water/nutes to drain into, thus reducing the level required meaning it can be changed every 7 days without throwing away a lot water/nutes.
All in all Im quite chuffed as this is my first indoor/cfl grow. photo was taken last night.
Ive no idea when to switch my lights to the red 2400k though, different people tell me different things, and cant work out what to do with the canna pk 13/14, so a bit more searching on this site is required, still got a lot to learn. Any help/hints/tips etc greatfully received
thanks for reading.
WackysWorld
WackysWorld
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thanks, will do, rekon they've got at least another 8 weeks so I'll keep sticking up photos every week or so.Looking nice, keep us updated.
KINGOFTHEWEED
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the pk 13/14 you use about the 4th or 5th of flower for a week or 2 and it's 3ml in 2litres of water i know some people use it more but thats wot i do with it
but thats in soil watering by hand
but thats in soil watering by hand
KINGOFTHEWEED
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the canna website tells you everthing about there products and you can print a feeding schedule for any of the ranges
WackysWorld
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nice one, cheers for that King, I'll have a nose on their website when I get a spare 5
KINGOFTHEWEED
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no probs mate
WackysWorld
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I'm at day 13 flowering and its looking pretty good, well, I reckon its looking pretty good
what do you think?
what do you think?
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luxsnonstop
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put a fucking hps or something in there please
WackysWorld
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does it not look that good then?
KINGOFTHEWEED
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looks good mate
WackysWorld
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cheers king
reppinhigh22
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it looks great, fuck that guy. i wish my plant looked like that at day 13 with my cfls