First grow, CFL's

Marijuana Bob · May 4, 2009

these are bagseeds that are a few weeks old but there are now 4 fem white widow seeds planted in the box as well, you'll see them later. i'm open to any suggestions!!

thinklongpingpong · May 5, 2009

there are currently 8 20w 6500k cfls, for a total of 180 watts

stumps · May 5, 2009

you need to keep those lights just a few inches off the tops of yor plants. do you have air going in and out of your box?

thinklongpingpong · May 5, 2009

stumps said:
you need to keep those lights just a few inches off the tops of yor plants. do you have air going in and out of your box?

They are, boxes and books are underneath the pots to raise them to the level of the lights. As of right now there is 1 fan exhausting from the top, and 2 passive intakes on the bottom. More fans are in the mail.

stumps · May 5, 2009

so so you have a thermometer in the box. temps are great in the mid 70's. I use 2 cfl's 1-80w 1-100w those I keep off the plants about 6"

stumps · May 5, 2009

found a better pic of the two. and add one of the 3-42w I add to my 400w hps in the flower room.

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Droxster · May 5, 2009

Nice! uhhh....bob...how exactly did u make your box.....
i need a box...can anyone tell me how to make a box..cuz i aint got no money..lol yeah....anyway i got Cfl lights...and one big florescent...so any advice on how to make a box with materials around the house are any other easy-quick-no money-way! would so help me! :bigjoint:

Marijuana Bob · May 6, 2009

thanks man! we got everything at lowes and walmart, there are other places on this forum that give a better tutorial than i can, id check those out for rubbermaid grow boxes

Marijuana Bob · May 6, 2009

stumps said:
so so you have a thermometer in the box. temps are great in the mid 70's. I use 2 cfl's 1-80w 1-100w those I keep off the plants about 6"

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we've got a thermometer in the box, temps are good and consistant, your plants look nice, an emergency blanket would help with lighting if u secure it to he walls similarly to our box, btw me and ping pong are roomates

stumps · May 6, 2009

my veg area is still kinda temp. the walls are white and I have space blanket on the removable wall you don't see. here is one of the flower room. guess not. I had the hps on and the pics Sucked. when the girls wake up i'll get a shot of it.

thinklongpingpong · May 6, 2009

Here are some more pics from today, overwatered a lil bit but they will recover in a day or 2.

BudTinsley · May 6, 2009

Looking pretty good man. We have pretty much the same setup, and we're using pretty much the same methods. My grow is in my sig. I'm subscribed though, I enjoy comparing similar grows, especially when one's mine. Hah. Anyhow, things look good. Nice LST job.

thinklongpingpong · May 7, 2009

Thanks bud, we are geminating 2 more bag seeds because the white widow didnt work out. They are either both durban poison, or 1 durban poison, 1 trainwreck.

BudTinsley · May 8, 2009

Trainwreck is some wicked shit man. I've had some crazy nights with big sacks of that shit. Anyhow, hope the Widow works out good.

stumps · May 8, 2009

forgot why I took the pic of the grow room lol. This is with a 400w hps and 3-42w cfl's. I had a few to many in the room. but two will be harvested very soon.

Marijuana Bob · May 26, 2009

nice man, i hope to do something similar in time. any way here are some new shots of the plants. we struggled with our schedule and ended up having to leave the plants for 4 days last week without care. one died but the two that recovered after 10 days look to be healthy.

The tall plant 'Ruby' has female pre-flowers which makes me say wooh...
the smaller plants are durban and wreck but we're not sure which is which
We just topped ruby and the bushy plant was topped a week earlier.
they are staged so that the lights are perfectly set above the plants
the older plants are about 2 months from sprouting and the younger 2 are almost 2 weeks old.

What do u think?

Marijuana Bob · May 26, 2009

Question, the bushier plant got topped down to form 4 main colas, it seems to be working but it got very stressed during the time of its cutting. would it be reasonable to drop the plant just a little further from the lights in order to provoke stretching in the canopy? i want to uncrowd the plant some.

thinklongpingpong · Jun 1, 2009

Photo Update: June 1st

These photos are of Ruby our biggest plant. Since our last update we have installed an additional exhaust fan on the top, as well as AC in the room. That combined with bigger pots have led to a lot of recent growth.

Bleezyboy1990 · Jan 31, 2012

Only advice is mount the lights sidways and you can get more light off of them

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