23w cfl GrowGrow

Heres my one plant Scrog under CFLs. About 10-12 23w Daylight 1800 lumens when was in veg. Have 22 23w softwhite 1700lumens up right now. This is day 9 from flip.

Looks good for cfls does that

Thanks. She is a little crowded

Looks good.

Why not go t5 in the future? Less bulbs. More output.

I had the CFLs on hand from some construction work. Was really an experiment to start and dont really have the room lol. But she took off so im keeping her. Main grows im looking into LED

anyone the penetration between a cfl and t5?

BudgetGrows said:

anyone the penetration between a cfl and t5?

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I use t5. I can grow 4 foot plants easy with it. I'll go led cob with t5 hybrid light before long.

You get good penetration on 4'? Thats pretty good for a t5

BudgetGrows said:

You get good penetration on 4'? Thats pretty good for a t5

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These are in 15 inch wide pots that hold about 5 gallons. The two on the right are right at 3 ft.

I normally grow scrog though like yours.

That was my first scrog attempt. Those look nice

BudgetGrows said:

That was my first scrog attempt. Those look nice

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Thank you.

I like scrog.

I'm in the process of going perpetual sog.

Lots of smaller single cola plants.

I was gonna do a scrog this time but I dint trust my self lol I just topped and lsted them and I'm in the 8th week of flower now so not long till the chop can not wait only done two but got two ready to go in when they come out here's a few pics

Very nice looking plants! Great Job

Im trying to put together a constant harvest every 3 months using sog. Hopefully ill figure it out and get some posts up. Anyone know the poll answer yet?

That's what I'm trying to do. constant flow but it's only for me. I spend way to much on it bet last month I spent 5/600

whitebb2727 said:

Thank you.

I like scrog.
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I'm in the process of going perpetual sog.

Lots of smaller single cola plants.

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perpetual with clones or mothers? I want to set something up like that too

weedhead24 said:

perpetual with clones or mothers? I want to set something up like that too

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Get a good mother and clone from her...

BudgetGrows said:

Get a good mother and clone from her...

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that's a bet homie I'm try to do something like that

Its nice to see someone else taking advantage of those cheap little househould 23w cfl bulbs.
I only use 10 23w cfls, though. 1625 lumans each, but added reflection with mylar very close wrapping arond.
Only for veg. Once im ready to flower its a 400w HPS. 7 weeks tomorrow on this gem....

Cfl bulbs put off enough light but as you know, need to be very close. Thinner stalks are on taller plants.
With cfl bulbs putting off enough light, but so close the stalks grow fatter instead of taller. Makes for really good strong branches to hold big buds. Ive been on this current techniques for two years now without anymore issues after trial and error. All my stalks are half dollar in thickness and the plants stay under two feet tall.