IndoorMadness
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I'm six weeks into flowering. I'm growing blue dream with led UFOs and 65w CFLs.
buds are small!! need help
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BobBitchen
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.....and your question is................
IndoorMadness
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What can I do to make them more dense? They still have a few more weeks of flowing
BobBitchen
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^^^ what he said
IndoorMadness
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How much more light are we talking about? i have 7 65w CFLs and 2 180w led UFOs. 4 blue dream which are tall and 1 super cheese,1 black Russian and 1 black widow which are short. This is my first indoor grow. I'm more into outdoor grows.
peacepipe2010
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Add some white surrounding or something to reflect light back to the plant,wasted light is wasted bud growth keep it up plants looking good
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Shaded420
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Well there's your problem. UFO LED's are notoriously shitty, and you're relying on 7 CFLs to grow 7 plants....
Do some research man
I vote for more light as well.
That will tighten up the nodes as well as fatten up the buds.
That will tighten up the nodes as well as fatten up the buds.
IndoorMadness
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They all don't look that bad. heres a pic of the black widow and black Russian. I'd like to stay with LEDs and CFLs. Don'treally have time to set up a HID.
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neonknight420
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They are starting to fill out just be patient. Just don't expect the kind of yields you would get from a hid light.
IndoorMadness
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I plan on throwing these UFOs in the trash and upgrading to high power LEDs after this grow. I'm going to double up the CFLs for this grow and keep rotating the every couple days and see if helps. I have some white paneling I can hang as well.
Dogenzengi
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For the money, it is still better to go HID.
I use 400 watts with two 95 watt HO T5 fixtures on either side.
I think that you need more power.
You can Try this, Home Depot sells a 6 foot power strip to mount on the wall. It does not come wired but add some plug to bulb sockets and some Y's and you have 12 bulbs spread across a 6' bar.
I built one for a friend as a hanging 12 bulb 6' fixture.
I did not take pix but It's easy.
Learn your light spectrum as well to get better buds.
Blue veg, red flower, (the basics)
I use 400 watts with two 95 watt HO T5 fixtures on either side.
I think that you need more power.
You can Try this, Home Depot sells a 6 foot power strip to mount on the wall. It does not come wired but add some plug to bulb sockets and some Y's and you have 12 bulbs spread across a 6' bar.
I built one for a friend as a hanging 12 bulb 6' fixture.
I did not take pix but It's easy.
Learn your light spectrum as well to get better buds.
Blue veg, red flower, (the basics)
joe blow greenthumb
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Get the led down to within inches of the girls. It should be almost touching them.
IndoorMadness
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My LEDs are blue red and while to meet both spectrums. The CFLs were day light bulbs for veg then swapped out with soft light bulbs for flowing. I'm pretty sure I have the correct spectrum. The LEDs are up to spread light across the tops of three plants. If I were to drop it any the top nodes would not get light. I plan on making a strip of CFLs to run across both sides.
IndoorMadness
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The CFLs I'm using are 2700k spectrum which meets flowing spectrum which is 1500-3000.
RL420
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LED technology just isn't quite there yet, there is some very promising lights out now but they just cost way too much in my honest opinion. Like the AT600 for example really is the only thing capable of keeping up with a 1000w HID lamp. I love the idea of low running cost and low heat but if my bud suffers, don't think i can make that LED plunge just yet.
edit: especially for $2300.
edit: especially for $2300.