For anyone that thinks T-12 Flourescent Tubes suck

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #1

Well some of you were following my LST haze grow under 6 - 2' T-12 Flouro tubes, different spectrums for veg and flower, and 3 side CFL's right in the middle to end of flowering on one side, plants were rotated on a schedule. Both plants FIM'ed, and tied down extensive .From seed to flower, was 24/0 lighting, and 12/12 obvs for flowering. I grew in coco coir/perlite/vermiculite. It is a gravity fed auto-pot system with smart valve that controls filling of the tray, 3 bottles of Liquid earth nutes, grow, vigor, and bloom. I think they did VERY well. Wet weight for all manicured bud came to 218G's. Is this respectable??

One of the bigger colas

Both babies together

Look at those Trichomes

The one that got a little bit more Cfl lighting

Right before their Manicure!!!

Finally Done wow does it feel good

Looking tasty

Nice root Structure!

 

ScarletteSky

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #2

i hope my fluoro's do that much damage. that looks beautiful.

 

xbravoz

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #3

Dude that is my exact setup...(except six 2' T5 ho)....how many plants...how big was grow area...Id be very, very happy with 218 grams

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #4

xbravoz said:

Dude that is my exact setup...(except six 2' T5 ho)....how many plants...how big was grow area...Id be very, very happy with 218 grams

Click to expand...

Nice man, it was only those 2 plants in the second picture, grow area 1' Wide X 2' Long X 2 - 2 1/2' Tall. Very small area, hidden room of the cribby

 

scias

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #5

if its wet weight you will lose 75% of 218g

 

xbravoz

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #6

I like the pics bra..... if I do as well ill be stoked

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 25, 2008

• #7

scias said:

if its wet weight you will lose 75% of 218g

Click to expand...

Well i would be satisfied with a Oz. and 26.5 gs, i was hoping for an oz all together at the beginning. This bud is just free bud in my pocket, so i wasn't really concerned. I got the seeds from some amazing hermied haze i was picking up, so i made out pretty good. Free seeds, i just had to buy the autopot system with nutes, everything together for 79.99

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #8

anyone else

 

VictorVIcious

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #9

xbravoz said:

Dude that is my exact setup...(except six 2' T5 ho)....how many plants...how big was grow area...Id be very, very happy with 218 grams

Click to expand...

The t-5's are much better than the t-12's. You can expect a bigger yeild.VV

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #10

yea, victor is right, for my indoor grow, next season, after my summer harvest, i will be using a 12-18 4' T-5 Tubes, and about 25-30 - 150W CFL's, all wired by me. Im expecting 1250W from the Cfl's alone, so i know i will have a VERY BIG YIELD.

 

VictorVIcious

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #11

I'm probably not going to spend anymore on the t-5's. I'm going to get some led's. The best ones I have seen are from LED Grow Lights - HomeGrownLights.com. We are still deciding how we want ot make the switches. Nice harvest from t-12's by the way. I look forward to seeing what you do with more lights. VV

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #12

Thanks man, i hope to have some bigger harvests, this was my first grow anyway

 

SMOKENBUDDHA

SWEET JANE

• Jan 26, 2008

• #13

nice cfl harvest, but if your going to invest in 1250w of cfl i would just buy a 250w-400w hps for less money and get a way better yeild, and better bud.

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #14

Because I will save the money in other areas, plus i get the 150W cfls for 7.00. For the money CFLs blow away HID

 

B

bba

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #15

im going to disagree, while cfl's can be decent for veg, in no way possible could a cfl compete with a hps while flowering.

no if's and's or but's

HID > cfl

its been proven over and over.

~BBA

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #16

In certain areas, yes the HPS will be better, but CFL's can do very well

 

chronicle

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #17

bba said:

im going to disagree, while cfl's can be decent for veg, in no way possible could a cfl compete with a hps while flowering.

no if's and's or but's

HID > cfl

its been proven over and over.

~BBA

Click to expand...

i totally agree, and to the guy who claimed the impossible - lets not ruin a perfectly good thread, you'll lose. HID > CFL

to the original poster, those buds look good for fluoros bro - i use a T12 with daylight bulbs for veg - glad to see 6 of them resulted in something good for flower. ::fondles his t12::

 

P

PiffGuerilla

Well-Known Member

• Jan 26, 2008

• #18

chronicle said:

i totally agree, and to the guy who claimed the impossible - lets not ruin a perfectly good thread, you'll lose. HID > CFL

to the original poster, those buds look good for fluoros bro - i use a T12 with daylight bulbs for veg - glad to see 6 of them resulted in something good for flower. ::fondles his t12::

Click to expand...

Haha, believe me no argue here. I actually got a 1000 watter (HPS) from a friend, with everything, bulb, hood, ballast, for 100$, and had it before this grow, but just didnt have the appropriate space. And i have plugged that baby in so i know its blinding capabilities!!! And i agree, if you have a hps, theres no need to waste the power for veg. These 2 did amazing in veg with no cfls, just the T-12s. When i start growing some mothers, im just gunna keep them under some 4' T-12s. Im pissed i didnt add more cfls tho