30 days flowering (pics) CFL

the final wet weight was.................40 GRAMS!!! holy shit thats amazing for this little grow :) means dry weight i should have my ounce :) im excited
 
PowerZZ said:
she wasnt finished but she still looks good.
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ya thats what i thought when i saw it. could have waited a little longer. still really impressive from only 3 23watt cfls. and were the cfls u used 6500k? the pictures i saw earlier of your box the lights looked blue but that could have just been the way the photograph came out i suppose.
Congats on the harvest and let us know how it smokes
 
I saw your post on the shot glass grow off and just read the whole thing, it was very cool to see a cfl grow with so few bulbs and a nice yield.
Enjoy it and let us know how it smoked.
 
scwascwa said:
the final wet weight was.................40 GRAMS!!! holy shit thats amazing for this little grow :) means dry weight i should have my ounce :) im excited
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..Don't mean to burst ur bubble here dude, but u lose about 75% of ur dry weight as a general rule, so 75% of 40 is 30.

40-30=10

An Oz is 28 grams, not 10..
 
so ive been told lol eh its ok 10 - 15 grams is sill a lot for this little girl

just so u kno all u guys sayin its harvested early lol


i harvested her at the perfect time for me to get the perfect high that i want... all my trichs were milky white which is exactly the kinda high i want if i waiting 2-3 more weeks everything would have started turning amber and i dontlike that but thatnks for the info :)
 
:cuss:you deff harvested too early . in the pics u posted of ur harv , i dont see any swolen buds and that would affect weight and the length or duration of ur intoxication . specialy for only 3 26 watts , the bottom budds get less light , meaning not evenly ready . but if that works 4 u , harvest after harvest we all learn . enjoy...:bigjoint:
 
lookin good bro. was gonns correct u on your dry guess but someone alread has..lol but hey man every succesful harvest u learn more..
 
I thought it it looked good to me GREAT JOB man very nice and those lights you told me about. I am using and they are working Thank you. Great job FREE SMOKE
 
thanks guys just put another one in flowering tonight which was lst'd and topped came out with 6 tops and i now have 6 27 W cfls in the same grow box will post another thread in couple days for anyone who would like to follow
 
i fucking love ur grow i have 3 40w and a 150w 2700k bulbs gonna use on my 2 plants atm 2 weeks mof 15/9 there going great.

love ur grow
 
this is what i hope to accomplish with just about the same amount of watts and a smaller space...ive seen a diagram that shows the cfl on its side; instead of stright up and down... there is more surface area and more light....
 
those ones are 23 W 5600k i believe they are the daylight spectrum

and if u have questions pm me and check out my new grow with 6 27 watt bulbs :) WW
 
scwascwa said:
ive noticed one thing i dont like about my grow .... i dont see any trichs ??? anyone kno why?
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You need the DUAL Spectrum to get more trichs.




The Importance Of Mixed Lighting (Dual Spectrum)

It is common knowledge that plants absorb warm and cool spectrum of light throughout its life. But I find that the importance of mixed lighting is understressed throughout the growing community.
During the flowering phase of a plants life, Warm light is better utilized to increase the size of a plant's buds. As CFL growers we tend to pile up on 2700k bulbs to increase our yield. In most cases, growers assume that warm light not only grants us larger buds, but insures that those buds are of connoisseur quality as well. This is not to say that one can not achieve a very successful crop off of pure warm spectrum 2700k lighting. We see it all the time as members of the Grow Forum Internet community. But as CFL growers, almost all of us demand a higher efficiency for our dollar.
So what does this mean? Clearly I'm trying to emphasize the necessity of cool lighting during the flowering phase of a plants life. But why? Well thats simple. As many of you may have heard or read before, Cool lighting (6500k) introduces a UVB spectrum that benefits the potency of the buds our plants are producing.
" The writer's own experience allow for a more specific conclusion: If the UVB photon is missing from the light stream(a), or the intensity as expressed in µW/cm2 falls below a certain level(b), the phytochemical process will not be completely energized with only UVA photons which are more penetrating but less energetic, and the harvested resin spheres will have mostly precursor compounds and not fully realized THC(c).

Now it would be completely unreasonable to ask a grower using a 1000watt HPS to switch out for MH lighting even though it produces quality of the weed. Sticking with blue spectrum lighting in a plants flowering phase would greatly decrease the size of the buds and the yield of the plant. People using high wattage systems tend to grow for cash crop. No single person really needs a pound of buds.
" “Metal halide produce the best potent buds with less lumens for the money but better smoke. After years of testing with some friends who did want to keep THEIR recipe (more hps) I found their buds to be harsh, full of CBD, make me eat and sleep. The blue spectrum will give you a final product that have everything included:taste without curing, potency and yield.
For lower wattage growers who grow for self use, and are not on a low budget, it would be beneficial to replace their HPS with an MH for the last week or two of budding. This is because the last weeks of a plants life before harvesting is dedicated to the ripening of the buds, and not the growth of the bud itself. It would not greatly impact the yield of the plant, but have a great effect on the quality. Interesting, but this only applies to a few amount of growers that fit this category.
As CFL growers, we would be fools to ignore such information. It is astonishing that so many fantastic growers to not utilize cool lighting even to a small supplemental degree. We owe it to our selves to scrounge up a few bucks in change and take a drive to Home Depot. Buy a pack of 6500k bulbs (26watts tend to be popular, 42s are better) and set them somewhere not far off from your buds. Don't let your hard work return with unsatisfaction. Added quality with increased quantity(more light). Mixed lighting should be standard knowledge, not found in the advanced cultivation section.

Side Note: Reptile lighting found at pet stores is not ideal for UVB lighting. Yes they do emit a high % of UVB than regular CFLs but they output less light and emit over 12x more UVA light than UVB light which can harm your plant.


Contributed and submitted by Chase1126, and edited for links and spelling.
 
thank you roseman for your post, you have just backed up what i have learned from personal experience over several grows with different spectrum cfls
 
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