400 watt cfl grow

[eazyelovesme]

I posted a cfl grow on here earlier and sadly the timer got fucked up some how (cat) so my whole crop hermied out and I ended up with like two oz of ok stuff. Ether way,I have a new grow going on. These ladies are 2 weeks into 12/12 from rooted clones under a little over 300 watts of cfl,and 90 watts of t5. Hopefully I've got enough lumens to do the same or better as last time. I was only going for an oz on the last run. I had to raise the lights up pretty high to take pictures,the plants are about 1.5 to 2 inches from the lights. I'm just going by a thread that I saw on here where the guy was pulling so decent weight out of a 16 oz container (still baffled as to how that happened without root pruning). I use worm castings and super thrive in pro mix soil. It's a pretty basic formula.

 

[bict]

Looks neat.

 

[farmerfischer]

Looking good

 

[Doug80]

I posted a cfl grow on here earlier and sadly the timer got fucked up some how (cat) so my whole crop hermied out and I ended up with like two oz of ok stuff. Ether way,I have a new grow going on. These ladies are 2 weeks into 12/12 from rooted clones under a little over 300 watts of cfl,and 90 watts of t5. Hopefully I've got enough lumens to do the same or better as last time. I was only going for an oz on the last run. I had to raise the lights up pretty high to take pictures,the plants are about 1.5 to 2 inches from the lights. I'm just going by a thread that I saw on here where the guy was pulling so decent weight out of a 16 oz container (still baffled as to how that happened without root pruning). I use worm castings and super thrive in pro mix soil. It's a pretty basic formula.

I have 4x2 room fixing to upgrade to 5x5 tent right now I use 2 300 watt cfl Home Depot special 2 150 watt and 9 75 watt cfl mounted on ceiling of room about 5 feet up plants are in 3 gal buckets on floor these pic they are 3 weeks old not since sprout since I planted them

 

[eazyelovesme]

Fuck yeah! Those look like they are going to be quite large. Have they pre flowered yet?

 

[whitebb2727]

I have 4x2 room fixing to upgrade to 5x5 tent right now I use 2 300 watt cfl Home Depot special 2 150 watt and 9 75 watt cfl mounted on ceiling of room about 5 feet up plants are in 3 gal buckets on floor these pic they are 3 weeks old not since sprout since I planted them View attachment 3554733

Are those the actual or equivalent watts?

 

[Doug80]

Equivalent 300= 2700k rest are 6400k cost about 5.50 a week on 20 hour veg

 

[Tim Fox]

ok ,, Ill bite,, what are your actual watts,,, pulling at the wall

 

[Tim Fox]

I have 4x2 room fixing to upgrade to 5x5 tent right now I use 2 300 watt cfl Home Depot special 2 150 watt and 9 75 watt cfl mounted on ceiling of room about 5 feet up plants are in 3 gal buckets on floor these pic they are 3 weeks old not since sprout since I planted them View attachment 3554733

have you thought about throwing a 4 or 600 watt hps in there,, wow what you could get out of that space!

 

[whitebb2727]

Equivalent 300= 2700k rest are 6400k cost about 5.50 a week on 20 hour veg

Use the actual watts, that's what matters. Around 100 a plant needed.

Get the lights closer if possible.

 

[Doug80]

Don't know actual watts at wall was cheapest way for me to create light but yes fixing to put in 5x5 tent with 600 yield farm hps looking forward to seeing results

 

[Doug80]

Will post pic of light set up later tonight maybe it can help somebody it is about 45-50 dollars plus 1.49 each socket

 

[Doug80]

Fuck yeah! Those look like they are going to be quite large. Have they pre flowered yet?

Not yet prob a week more or so

 

[Tim Fox]

Good times

 

[eazyelovesme]

Don't know actual watts at wall was cheapest way for me to create light but yes fixing to put in 5x5 tent with 600 yield farm hps looking forward to seeing results

If you put a 600 in there with some TLC,you could easily pull a pound or more. I remember reading in a book that the best space to put a 600 in would be a 3x3. I feel like it could be done if you have an extra 300 bucks for an intake. Seriously though,you will kill it if you put a 600 inside a tent. Go overkill on the ventilation though

 

[whitebb2727]

My bad if I seemed like I was knocking your grow. Looks good. I would just get those lights closer. Tighten up internodal space. You'll hate yourself when they triple in size.

They will love that 600.

 

[Doug80]

Yea I know what you mean this is a cfl experiment for me had big grow room then I moved lol it stayed here are some new pics there 4 weeks today that from when I put seed in ground

 

[Doug80]

Light configuration

 

[hondagrower420]

Stretch much...

 

[Doug80]

Not yet soon to find out but I can say puts out as much heat as my 400 MH bulbs reason for distance I will keep uploading progress if all you guys want to know how my experiment plays out maybe it will help some one along the way