my mirco cfl grow w/pics

i don't have a real question , i just want to show off the new pic I vegged for 6 weeks 24/0, I just put it into flowering today after a 48 hour dark cycle the crazy thing is that in the whole 6 weeks of vegging it grow 6 " and after the 48 hour dark cycle it grow 4'' I fimmed today as well, and for nutrients im using BMO and the lights are one 27 watt 6500k and two 14 watt 2700k

Looks good bro. I love the diaper box.

It's gonna be stanky but not in a bad way ya dig

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the church is really skunky in veg too

I grew the church it is an awesome strain. If you are planning on keeping that inside the box for the whole grow you should look into spray painting the inside walls with flat white paint for reflection

yeah im going to paint it flat white soon. the box is 8''x8''x26'' how much cfl light will i need . whats the watts per sqft with cfl ?

Ur gonna need a few more wats then that.Well i'd be trippen on it. lol i try to never go below two hundred actual wats for 1 plant. Like 10 or 11 23w CFLs

Get some Y splitters and add one on each of the sockets. They allow you to add a second bulb in a fixture, so that means you could have the double the bulbs you have now

wow 200 watts thats alot im going to go with a 42 watt 6500k and some y splitters with four 14 watt 2700k

If you add a small computer fan to the top of the box to suck the heat out than temps won't be a problem. The more light the more bud, you want as much as possible without temp issues.

tom__420 said:

If you add a small computer fan to the top of the box to suck the heat out than temps won't be a problem. The more light the more bud, you want as much as possible without temp issues.

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or what about one 70 watt hps and four 14 watt 6500k cfl

Perfect!!!!! I never thought about that, I used a 70 watt HPS and it worked great. Def do that, just make the ballast remote so that it keeps the heat down a little

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but HPS=more heat.
The nice thing about cfl's is that you can position many lights to ANY place around the plant. This assures you light is getting to the most important area, the buds.


P.S.

I'm not a HPS hater.

HPS does not equal more heat. 200 watts of CFL will put out the same amount of heat as 200 watts of HPS. The reason people tend to think CFL's are cooler is because all there heat is spread out, with an HPS all the heat is coming from one direct point

tom__420 said:

HPS does not equal more heat. 200 watts of CFL will put out the same amount of heat as 200 watts of HPS. The reason people tend to think CFL's are cooler is because all there heat is spread out, with an HPS all the heat is coming from one direct point

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Thank you for the clarification. I'm still new to the whole world of growing. I love to learn.

It's good to ask questions man, the only bad question is the question not asked.

tom__420 said:

It's good to ask questions man, the only bad question is the question not asked.

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that's right,. I have been lookin at a 70 watt hps its 35 bucks at lowes i think ill get that and some y splitters , and four new 6500k 14 watt cfl's

That sounds good dude, the plant will be liking the intensity of the HPS along with the 6500°K from the CFL's. A nice balanced spectrum

i wanna get a 70w hps aswell just for 1 plant, but i think it would be too warm to enclose in my small place...

my new box will be made of wood im thinkin 12x12x48 with a 70 watt hps ,8 6500k cfls on y splitters,bath fan ,and a diy carbon scrubber

snafu421 said:

my new box will be made of wood im thinkin 12x12x48 with a 70 watt hps ,8 6500k cfls on y splitters,bath fan ,and a diy carbon scrubber

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Sounds like a nice setup dude