CFL first grow W/ PICS

FranceGanj

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take out that tin foil that is creating hotspots and invest in a metal halide 250w with shade, your cfl's are naff and very poor at emitting the light spectrum your plants need ...............good luck :)
my friend has a 3 foot plant under 1 2300k 45 watt cfl its in week 6 of flowering and it looks just like any other dank plant i hate him i cant believe its so nice under 1 fucking light.

as for me i found all my cfls lying around the whole point of me growing is because i have no money and i want money:bigjoint:, my next grow i will invest in a metal halide and a HPS ligt
 

FuZZyBUDz

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:cuss:TIN FOIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL!!!!!!

RIP IT OUT!!!!! dood....NO beino.

take any 1....NO ALL of these tips and put em to werk, xcept the MH 1, sorry, but just get an hps, they werk just as good, if not better, becuase u can use it throo veg and flower. I DO. the globes GOTTA go, get to kno ur lil girls (hopefully.im a opptamist) they will give the love back in the long run! i promise that. go to ur local hydro/gardening store, get sum super thrive ($6) sum cloning gel/powder ($5) tart em on the super thrive. 1 drop=1 gallon mind you. then top, and clone, check sum of the cloning threads on here. then just put 1 red spectum cfl over the clone (after rooted) and flower it. see if they r girlys, and myb get a couple g's earlier than u thought. love ur stealth set up tho dood!! 1st grow....LEARN SUM SHIT!!!!

REMEMBER, shit is goin to go wrong sum where its just how u handle it and learn from it. GROW THE FUK ON!:leaf:
 

bloomfields

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my friend has a 3 foot plant under 1 2300k 45 watt cfl its in week 6 of flowering and it looks just like any other dank plant i hate him i cant believe its so nice under 1 fucking light.

as for me i found all my cfls lying around the whole point of me growing is because i have no money and i want money:bigjoint:, my next grow i will invest in a metal halide and a HPS ligt
yeah im really sorry i didnt mean to knock your efforts, i was just thinking with the space that you have,in the long run your not actually saving money because the electric you are using to run those small bulbs would power a 250 halide bulb,plus the halide light emmits a part of the light spectrum ur plants can use,the small bulbs are about 30% efficent, also, the 40£ investment would double the weight of your buds guarnteed my friend so actually your not saving any money just delaying were u actually need to be. also flat painted surfaces are as effective as mylar, lose the tin foil :)
i talk from experience i smile alot coz im stupid d; hahahaaaa
good luck bro!!
 

bloomfields

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:cuss:TIN FOIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL!!!!!!

RIP IT OUT!!!!! dood....NO beino.

take any 1....NO ALL of these tips and put em to werk, xcept the MH 1, sorry, but just get an hps, they werk just as good, if not better, becuase u can use it throo veg and flower. I DO. the globes GOTTA go, get to kno ur lil girls (hopefully.im a opptamist) they will give the love back in the long run! i promise that. go to ur local hydro/gardening store, get sum super thrive ($6) sum cloning gel/powder ($5) tart em on the super thrive. 1 drop=1 gallon mind you. then top, and clone, check sum of the cloning threads on here. then just put 1 red spectum cfl over the clone (after rooted) and flower it. see if they r girlys, and myb get a couple g's earlier than u thought. love ur stealth set up tho dood!! 1st grow....LEARN SUM SHIT!!!!

REMEMBER, shit is goin to go wrong sum where its just how u handle it and learn from it. GROW THE FUK ON!:leaf:
you are of course right , i meant a sodium or a halide , i just think those small glo things are gank and of no use other than to seedlings:)
peace out grow cheese talk cheese !!!!!
 

FranceGanj

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:cuss:TIN FOIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL!!!!!!

RIP IT OUT!!!!! dood....NO beino.

take any 1....NO ALL of these tips and put em to werk, xcept the MH 1, sorry, but just get an hps, they werk just as good, if not better, becuase u can use it throo veg and flower. I DO. the globes GOTTA go, get to kno ur lil girls (hopefully.im a opptamist) they will give the love back in the long run! i promise that. go to ur local hydro/gardening store, get sum super thrive ($6) sum cloning gel/powder ($5) tart em on the super thrive. 1 drop=1 gallon mind you. then top, and clone, check sum of the cloning threads on here. then just put 1 red spectum cfl over the clone (after rooted) and flower it. see if they r girlys, and myb get a couple g's earlier than u thought. love ur stealth set up tho dood!! 1st grow....LEARN SUM SHIT!!!!

REMEMBER, shit is goin to go wrong sum where its just how u handle it and learn from it. GROW THE FUK ON!:leaf:
thanks alot bro
things have already gone wrong lol look at the runt in the pictures, im gunna remove the tinfoil asap the problem is the walls are like pink lol which is why im gunna put the mylar paper up, mind you i havet spent any money on these babies just power and water lol all the pots, ph meter, globes, lights, soil, nutes, everything i got from my friend who has like a 50 plant setup ive tried to learn from him but hes like 50 and is married and has kids so i never really get to see him or his plants lol
 

FuZZyBUDz

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thanks alot bro
things have already gone wrong lol look at the runt in the pictures, im gunna remove the tinfoil asap the problem is the walls are like pink lol which is why im gunna put the mylar paper up, mind you i havet spent any money on these babies just power and water lol all the pots, ph meter, globes, lights, soil, nutes, everything i got from my friend who has like a 50 plant setup ive tried to learn from him but hes like 50 and is married and has kids so i never really get to see him or his plants lol
in my opinion (NOT talkin shit) but unless ur using ten or twelve of those cfls, u wont flower like U WANT it to. they just dont give off the lumenns the an hid will. dont b afraid to drops sum cash dood. ALL will b retunded in the end...if invested right, over & over & over & over & over....ect.

the best thing i did growing wize was, 1 H.I.D., 2 Medical card, and then probally fox farm ocean forest, i love that shit....its like a sponge, hahaha, but to the topic at hand. nice camera. oh yea... fuk im high, i was gunna say sumthin. ill remeber
 

FranceGanj

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in my opinion (NOT talkin shit) but unless ur using ten or twelve of those cfls, u wont flower like U WANT it to. they just dont give off the lumenns the an hid will. dont b afraid to drops sum cash dood. ALL will b retunded in the end...if invested right, over & over & over & over & over....ect.

the best thing i did growing wize was, 1 H.I.D., 2 Medical card, and then probally fox farm ocean forest, i love that shit....its like a sponge, hahaha, but to the topic at hand. nice camera. oh yea... fuk im high, i was gunna say sumthin. ill remeber
i have 11 in there right now but i only have 9 on for now they dont need the extra ones
 

TheMightyS

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I know people have suggested using HPS and all that but it really isn't gonna work in the space you've got. CFL's are the way to go for stealth grows, specially over the heat issue that your gonna face with it. Just shove as many as you can in there, good thing about CFLs, you cant over do it.

You do need to get them as close as possible tho! 2-3" will do perfectly.
Another thing to note down, Tin foil in my eyes is HORRID, so do try and get rid of it but dont be too worried about hot spots or anything because you cant do that with CFL's. The light they produce just isn't powerful enough to cause any hot spots or rusting on the plants so dont panic. :)

If you need any help growing just pm and i'd be happy to give advice out. Being a CFL user myself. :)
 

FuZZyBUDz

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i dont have anything to plug them into yet and their 2300k but in a few days ill have plugs

Oh! ok thats a good reason. but yea who cares about the spectrum unless ur in flowering, i just found this monster yesterday!!...

hahahhahaaaaa its like...8 inches tall! and at least 4 around. red spectrum too! haha but i got it up next to my 150 hps, it puts out 4200 lummens soo its a quarter of my hps....






:bigjoint:
 

FranceGanj

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so today is day 20 and my plants are looking nice and healthy. i took everyone's advice and removed the aqua globes
for now and started self watering lol. i plant on slowly starting nutes anywhere from day 25-30.



RUNNNT



AS FOR THOSE TALKING ABOUT MY CFLS..... THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE...






i FIMMED, not TOPPED, one of my plants just to see if it reacts well to it.
(apparently, some strains do not like being fimmed/topped)
.........and sorry for the shitty cell phone pics ill put better ones up in a few hours:bigjoint:






AS FOR MY TINFOIL :)
i still haven't removed it.....
im a little lazy and i know it doesn't have to be removed yet, and apparently CFL's
don't create heat spots, but i guess ill have to find out for myself....
heres what my lights look like from a regular view and a floor view


 

FranceGanj

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Oh! ok thats a good reason. but yea who cares about the spectrum unless ur in flowering, i just found this monster yesterday!!...

hahahhahaaaaa its like...8 inches tall! and at least 4 around. red spectrum too! haha but i got it up next to my 150 hps, it puts out 4200 lummens soo its a quarter of my hps....






:bigjoint:
yea i saw those too at a store before
its like the equivalent to 4 of the 32W ~ 48W
 

FranceGanj

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ITS SO LATE :confused:
but for all the RIU night owls, this should take away from your boredom......


setup:




babies :blsmoke:


runt is having nute burn???



beastly plant, smells really good compared to the rest of them:mrgreen:


FIMMED one




dont be fooled:eyesmoke:(the lights not that close)


 

FranceGanj

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grow box for the mothers




this plant is the best it smells like weed already





this is the fimmed one coming along nicely




and this is for the clones and seedlings. 1 new seed gets planted tommorow and then clones will be planted later on




AND OBVIOUSLY IM GUNNA PUT DIFFERENT LIGHTS IN THE CLONE AREA
 

Snak

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Lookin good so far, keep with it and have fun with it!

I'd suggest feeding those girls already if you haven't, they seem to be showing signs of a deficiency. Also make sure that you're feeding them water that is reasonably pHd.
 
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