cfls hydro

Ok, so basically.... i was a total noob, and really i dont think there was any way around it asides from actually trying to grow yourself...

i wanted to hydro with mh's and hps's

come to find out its way to hot for HID's atm in my location.. the heat and instensity of the lamps had nothing but "make my plants retarded" written all over it...

so i improvised.... i started using cfl's which my plants absolutely love!

only slight problems exist.... i have a hydro system, but instead of using the reservoir i manually water the plants every 3-4 days....

watching some video i thought i was going to be watering 3 times a day!

watering once every 3-4 days is very much so doable and i dont need pumps and heavy reservoirs interfering with my day....

so now.... the only good investments for me were, the squirrel cage fan, oscillating fan, the wood, mylar, and other building materials, the stand for my plants, and my drill bit.

as for right now i have a reservoir not being used, a pump, a 600w MH conversion bulb, a reflective hood, and a 600w hps ballast... ALL NOT BEING USED...

im thinking about taking the cfls the entire way through harvest...

i want to use a hps, but in order for me to do so i will need to wait for the cooler months...

my questions are:

does anyone want to buy the stuff i am not using?
does anyone have any suggestions for me as for watering my plants or using the tools and resources that are not being used at the time being?
should i wait to flower with a hps in a cooler month, or take this batch all the way with cfls?

here are some pics

anything?

suggestions

im not sure if you have reflectors on those lights but im sure they would help a lot

Just a little over one full month under the cfls u see and the makeshift hood looking structure

tiny bit of yellow tips on the newborn leaves.... i forgot what that means. nitrogen deficiency or burn?

well here ya go... for the most part they are looking healthy

hey they look totally great! they're so bushy and the leaves look awesome! those are going to make some nice buds (hopefully)!

we'll try to update asap... been a little busy!

keep using those cfl's, your girls seem to love them!

Yo chrome my friend i just gotta say those plants look beautiful. Go CFL all the way as long as you got enough 2700K CFL's to supply. I mean hey sometimes HID is just not practical and there are plenty of posts with good harvest from CFL's. Go Big or Go Home hehe-

I thought my plants looked good, those are easily some of the healthiest plant pics iv seen. It definately looks like you know what your doing. Props

thanks guys.... yea i was really happy with my turn around... my ONLY complaint right now is that there are tiny little yellow tips on the new leaves... and i forgot what that was from....

o and i think i have a small algae problem kuz my tube is kinda slimy ROFL that sounded wrong but w.e rofl

they all have their own unique specialties... does anyone know exactly where buds form... on the nodes?



ps... sorry chronic about not posting the pics in the other thread..... we can just call this one my journal so check here hehe....

Great news!....

i'm still in the veg state... about a little over a month in

and one of my babies has shown PISTILS!!!....

1 down 3 more to sex

good news! that rocks, we're still waiting for ours. we've also been very lazy, in case you couldn't tell... have to take some pics and get an update up. do you have any pics we can see?? i think ours are just starting to show sex (it may be too soon to tell though), but i would like something to compare ours to!

well, good luck with your lovely lady! hopefully you'll be 4 for 4!

my digi cam is broken and my phone def cant get together a clear picture...

let me try to describe...

u know the little hairs that come off of each node branch... they are like two little flakey looking things on each side of the plant at each level .... males and females have them

right next to those two flakes i noticed a tiny protrusion with two fuzzy hairs coming out...

Congrats on the female. I can't wait to see more pics. Good luck with the other 2 (hopefully) soon to be ladies.

other 3 *.... hoping to see ladies

When you think we gunna get to see more pics?

i take pics usually once a week.... ima try putting pics up tomrrow nite or saturday nite...

im leaving for a week vacation soon and the babies are going tobe home alone...

hopefully they sty alive and thrive and SHOCK me when i get home

i need to prep for them being alone.... i need to raise the lights change to water and h202 my res for algae

Good luck i hope it is a resiliant strain...

hopefully my plans for hydro being savior when i cant take care of the plants will pull through and the babies will have al they need from my carefully setup equipment...

Chrome i hope you know what your doing. If i left my plants for a week they would be dead by the time i came back. lol

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Nice grow man i like cfl grows

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THEY SURVIVED MY 10 DAY VACATION....

all alone for 10 days, i come home they are healthy BUT one of them decided to take a break and lay down...

little rat... i put some chopsticks in the rockwool and stood him right up... daddy's home and its time for some flowering!!!

the red spectrums are going in and all the blue spectrums are coming out...

maybe ill leave a few blues in there im not sure yet...

flowering time...

the 48 hr break is tonite, and here are the pics from 5 mins ago...

they are a few feet tall now


i dont have a cloning station where i can keep clones of the female...

should i

A. wait until i can contruct a mother room out of a big storage barrel with some computer exhaust fans, OR

B throw them all into flowering and wait until second grow to worry about cloning and mothers, etc...

majority will win at 9 oclock tonite a lights out... here are the pics