2x2x5 Gl60 Tent, 250w Hortilux MH/HPS, Tangerine Dream

Sr. Verde said:
Hey 420god

I'm thinking of dangling a few 2700k CFLs down on the sides... what do you think about that?

OR putting one down under neath them!


Any suggestions on how to do that?
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I found 24" T8 grow lights at Wal-mart for $11 bucks a piece and zip stripped them to the corners of my tent.

CFLs would work too but then you have to dink around with mounting and hanging but it would definitely help.
 
I can just slide them around the racks, and I have extra light hangers/ratchets I can use 8) I'm thinking of doing two from each and maybe putting one in the corner.. extra 160w.

I'm really interested in doing on under neath the plants, at soil level, to light up the insides... Have you ever done something like that?


I have my plants growing along the edges... so I'm not sure if the t8 thing would work... could you post a picture of what you mean?
 
Sr. Verde said:
I can just slide them around the racks, and I have extra light hangers/ratchets I can use 8) I'm thinking of doing two from each and maybe putting one in the corner.. extra 160w.

I'm really interested in doing on under neath the plants, at soil level, to light up the insides... Have you ever done something like that?


I have my plants growing along the edges... so I'm not sure if the t8 thing would work... could you post a picture of what you mean?
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Here's a pic of my tent, you can see how the lights are in the corners.

I get full lighting all the way around and added UVB also, that's the light in the center.

I have the 400w in a 3x3'. If you already have the cfls then go ahead and put them in there. More light the better.:leaf:
 

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420God said:
Here's a pic of my tent, you can see how the lights are in the corners.

I get full lighting all the way around and added UVB also, that's the light in the center.

I have the 400w in a 3x3'. If you already have the cfls then go ahead and put them in there. More light the better.:leaf:
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oh yeah yeah sweet 8)


As you can see in my pics though, I have a few main stalks zip tied to the corners! :lol: temporary to get better use of space...

I only have a 2x2.... so you have a little more room than myself :(

I gave away my cfls... I'm just going to go buy some... $8 a piece, $4 a shop light....

two shoplights, two adapters, two bulbs

$28 purchase

I'll just hold onto the cfls too..





I'm thinking about putting chicken wire around one and hooking the shop light underneath.. this way nothing grows too close to the cfls :)
 
Sr. Verde very nice set up and grow lst is great got to try that one day . props i was thinking of buying grow lab myself :D :D + rep :D
 
So... Some grow updates..


Ive purchased a 42w 2700k CFL... I'm going to plug it in at soil level, and run it on a separate digital timer.. I figure this will be nice to give some light to the underneath canopy, so all that green is doing some work!



Also going to feed some full bloom nutes today (it is 1am), day 15.

expect photo update at the end of tomorrow...
 
First off... my pics uploaded sideways.. they aren't like that in my folder. and I cant delete the old ones, or reupload them again, or rotate them :lol: so tilt your head sideways porfavor :weed:



Tangerine Dream Day 15 Flower

Wont stop stretching lol hopefully by mondaay

They are looking more and more like flowering plants



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I feel so helpless. Unable to rotate those :(
 
its a sun master I think

I don't really like it as it's not a sealed hood! I had to seal with aluminum foil tape..

Look for a hood that has a built in gasket seal... thats what I'm going for next, maybe even a cool tube.

Bonzi Lighthouse said:
Noob! :-)!!
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It's this new Mac :lol: :(

It uploads better than my PC but they came out sideways on RIU's end..
 
Be careful how long they veg... mine are two feet plus, on day 15 flower, when I vegged at 10in


Keep droppin updates in here if you wish ;)
 
So guys.

I think I'm fucked. These plants want to keep growing and fucking GROWING. they are PAST 3x stretch on day FUCKING 16! It's a 70 day strain for fucks sake, probably no more than 30 calyxes on each plant, and they are already nearly 3 feet tall on day 16, when going into veg @ 10 inches.

I don't think I will be able to finish................................... FUCK this strain seriously. It's not a medium height attitude, it's a fucking TALL TALL ass plant.

Might just cancel my summer plans, and stay home to actually use the tent I spent $1,100 on.. just start AGAIN because this strain is so unstable and sucks balls.







.... and oh look, pictures are sideways again. fucking mac
 

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Sr. Verde said:
So guys.

I think I'm fucked. These plants want to keep growing and fucking GROWING. they are PAST 3x stretch on day FUCKING 16! It's a 70 day strain for fucks sake, probably no more than 30 calyxes on each plant, and they are already nearly 3 feet tall on day 16, when going into veg @ 10 inches.

I don't think I will be able to finish................................... FUCK this strain seriously. It's not a medium height attitude, it's a fucking TALL TALL ass plant.

Might just cancel my summer plans, and stay home to actually use the tent I spent $1,100 on.. just start AGAIN because this strain is so unstable and sucks balls.







.... and oh look, pictures are sideways again. fucking mac
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Yup i had the same problem with stretching. My TD didnt stop stretch until about 2.5-3 weeks. So i had to do some LST. Nice looking grow you got going though.

I think i read somewhere about something you can use on plants to slow or stop stretching to keep em within grow spaces. I forgot what it was called.
 
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