CFL Grow - White Widow

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legend9nine

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• Oct 29, 2008

• #1

This is my White Widow grow at 22 days. It's in an old refrigerator with a 6" intake and 6" exhaust with a 160 cfm squirrel cage fan in the freezer compartment. Not shown is the veg section in the top. In there right now are are two skunk haze seedlings under 2-23's 24/24. There is a passage hole in the freezer section for air flow. I have the hole covered with a black carbon filter so that no light penetrates to the flowering section after lights out, yet air can flow.

It's in Miracle Gro moisture retaining slow release fertilizer soil in a two gallon pot.

The reflectors on the 23's are pop cans cut to fit the base of the bulb.

I moved the WW from veg to flowering 4 days ago and put on 12/12. Lighting is 3 - 42's and 4 - 23's... 218 actual watts.

 

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TheFaux

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• Oct 29, 2008

• #2

Work it!!!!

 

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Tippingpoint

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• Oct 29, 2008

• #3

That setup is pretty sick, i'd like to see how it works out.

 

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legend9nine

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• Oct 29, 2008

• #4

I'll keep the progress report current.

 

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legend9nine

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• Oct 30, 2008

• #5

Oh... Those piles of stuff to the sides are industrial wet floor sponges. I wet them each day and put them in the box for humidity.

 

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legend9nine

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• Nov 7, 2008

• #6

Day 30 - WW is 9" high, 30" circumference. First sign of sex, good girl. Beautiful dark green. Took a clone two days ago. Have it under 300 (real) Watts CFL.

 

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legend9nine

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• Nov 9, 2008

• #7

Comparison pics of Day 21 and Day 32. The plant is now nearly 11" high with a 36" circumference. I now have an 85W CFL at the top, and a total of about 275 watts of light. Harvest is estimated at 12/16/2008, a total of 69 days.

 

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TheFaux

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• Nov 9, 2008

• #8

Big difference there mate. And it looks so healthy. Keep the pics coming, k?

 

putillor

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• Nov 10, 2008

• #9

gonna be a merry christmas

 

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legend9nine

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #10

Just four days has made a big difference. Definite flowering on the top and nodes. I'm afraid it may be outgrowing the frig, and I'll have to put it in my 400W HPS. It's such a beauty I hate to mess with it, though. But I have some Argan Haze in veg, so it may get the CFL seat.

 

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legend9nine

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• Nov 16, 2008

• #11

Refrigerator grow room. Intake and exhaust holes cut with a 6" hole saw. Temp stays below 80F. Told someone I'd have this on the thread.

 

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beginningbotanist420

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• Nov 17, 2008

• #12

Damn dude. Thats a job well done. Did you by chance get the "Buds For Less" book? you have a very similar light setup, with the lights hanging from boards.

I would give this grow an A+. Very nice job! +rep

 

beginningbotanist420

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• Nov 17, 2008

• #13

On second thought... you should make this perpetual by turning the top half into a veg area. Take a clone right now, then put a few 42w 6500k CFLs over it to make it a mommy. Then about 2-3 weeks before harvest, cut a few more clones, and put them into flower when you chop the other one.

For extra credit, you could do more than one at a time to have a shorter cycle, i.e. a clone cut every 3 weeks, and a week or so to veg, then harvest every 4 weeks and replace it with the new clone.

I dunno... just a thought.

 

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legend9nine

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• Nov 22, 2008

• #14

The light setup is taken from Buds For Less. I modified the setup, wired the sockets in series with one rather than with 3 ext. cords.

I'm using the top for veg/clone, and now the bottom too, since I moved the WW to another area with a 400 HPS light. From now on it will probably go like this: veg only in the top, veg and flower as needed in the bottom, and under the HPS when plant grows too high. I figure about a plant every 1 1/2 months in the cold months, not too shabby.

Attached image is 11/15/2008, when I transferred it to the HPS. I have an Arjan's Haze going that's 19 days old now, will put into flower in a week or so.

 

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uberpea

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• Nov 23, 2008

• #15

this is a sweet grow you have going here, suscribed. goodluck man

---Uber-Pea---

 

yztwofifty

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• Nov 23, 2008

• #16

hey, looking good! I've got some WW going right now too. Our plants are close in age so I'll stay tuned. Come check out my grow if you get a chance.

 

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legend9nine

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• Dec 11, 2008

• #17

Day 54. Nice top cola. Will upload newest pics soon. Should be ready to cut in 10 days or so.

 

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dat1kid

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• Dec 11, 2008

• #18

wow looks good leaves havnt started yellowing yet say you got more than 10 days on your hand

 

Swale84

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• Dec 12, 2008

• #19

Legend- I dig the light setup. How exactly did you wire the receptacles together and use just one extension cord? I think I have an idea - its probably why the back of the light receptacles have 2 screws for each wire. Nice grow, +rep!

 

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legend9nine

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• Dec 15, 2008

• #20

dat1kid said:

wow looks good leaves havnt started yellowing yet say you got more than 10 days on your hand

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Quite right. Here's a shot of it on 12/16.

 

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