first cfl

have a plant finishing off fowering, so i maid this little cab light with cfl. germinated on the 1/16. just made a manual flood tray until they get ready to move to a small dwc for veging. just some bag seed from some killer stink bud. 9 seeds in 4 oz of buds. 7 out of 8 isn't to bad(1 was cracked). the lights are 2 23w 2700k and 4 23w 6500k bulbs. 16/8 for a couple of more days, then 18/6 until they run out of room. 15"x17"x28". not much space. first time tring to do at least 4 fem. my flower space is much larger and has a 400w agrosun gold bulb. what the hell let's see if this works.

day 7. new homemade dwc. the cfls seem to be working.

day 10. cfls are running 18 and the plants look better. 1 of them needed a straw around the stemm. it shot up really fast compared to the rest.

day 14. they are doing great. the cfls seem to be doing good.

Lookin good,
I like the reflector you made.
Can you give a bit of info on it.
Is it from the diy, whats it made out of, ect..
I'm looking to make 2 just like that.
Peace

probo24 said:

Lookin good,
I like the reflector you made.
Can you give a bit of info on it.
Is it from the diy, whats it made out of, ect..
I'm looking to make 2 just like that.
Peace

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thanks the hood is made from the metal kickplate from a aluminum screen door. it has baked on high gloss paint. depending on where you live you can buy aluminum kick plate in a bunch of different widths and as long as you want. the plug bar is zip tied to it. 3 plug converters at hd $2 each, 3 y's the same.

I never though to look at screen doors
I'll be at the depot monday morning.
How does it handle heat?

it does pretty good. never to hot to touch. after a couple of days i put a fan on it now it is cool to the touch.

day 18 growing great topped 2 and fimmed 2.

day 21 they have just about out grown the cab. unreal that this amount of light has worked so good. remodeling a veg area. going to keep cfls on all the way. gowing to add some wattage.

looking very nice!!! are you going to give them hps? Your doing a mighty fine job lovin those babies. any pre flowers yet?
adding wattage will help tons.....i added 400w of hps to mine. and left the 2 65w cfls on one side, and 4 23w cfls on the other... what a diference the hps makes. if you can swing it you should.... I picked mine up on ebay new in box for 83.00 shipped. what a deal. you might check it out .

peace

driftwoodg said:

looking very nice!!! are you going to give them hps? Your doing a mighty fine job lovin those babies. any pre flowers yet?
adding wattage will help tons.....i added 400w of hps to mine. and left the 2 65w cfls on one side, and 4 23w cfls on the other... what a diference the hps makes. if you can swing it you should.... I picked mine up on ebay new in box for 83.00 shipped. what a deal. you might check it out .

peace

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thanks. i have a 400w mh(hydrofarm)and a new agrosun gold bulb. no pre flowers yet i am hopping when i move them into the new space i will be able to check them better. i would like to sex them befor flowering so i can get rid of the boys

Very nice.
What kind of nutes are you using?
About how much water are you going through?
Are you testing the pH?
good luck!

JohnnyDaManiac said:

Very nice.
What kind of nutes are you using?
About how much water are you going through?
Are you testing the pH?
good luck!

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thanks. using dutch master advanced veg a + b. i am up to almost 3 /4 of a gallon per day. i try to check the ph 2 times per day. it goes up fast.

wow great job like the dwc + rep

kid cannabis said:

wow great job like the dwc + rep

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thanks. it is a little small for 8 plants. i have a differant lid that im going with 6 from now on

yea haha thats a hell of a canapy and more to come haha

kid cannabis said:

yea haha thats a hell of a canapy and more to come haha

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thats what i am hoping i tried that pissin in the salad. it didn't work

yea that post was hillarious... piss for N is a little to organic for me ill stick to blood meal

thanks for the +rep kid.