First Indoor Grow cfl, what do you think?

Olaff

Member
Hey guys this is my first indoor grow im using cfl bulbs and i have two of them growing in a locker about 3ft by 3ft about 6ft tall im not trying to go completely pro, but this is my first grow and kind of exparimenting. They got off to a bit of a rough start, only getting light from a window but under the lights they really started picking up now. What do ya think? ill try and take some better pictures
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ottomatik

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Look nice and healthy. Good job! Can you get some more CFLs in there, maybe use some Y splitters?
 

SativaMe@420

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Looking good so far, when using CFL's you want to use as many as possible to get a decent yield, I believe you want at least 100W (actual not equivalent) per plant & then double that for flowering, if you can afford it I highly recommend getting one of these:

220W (4 x 55W PL-L's) Cheaper than T5's yet produce more lumens, these fixtures are tried and true producing excellent results, they won't yield like HID will but there better than any CFL's, Check em out: (14th-15th from the top) (-->CLICK HERE<--) You can get bulbs (-->HERE<--) and on eBay. If you can't afford one of these fixtures then at least get some more CFL's in there for flowering, like ottomatik suggested you can use some Y splitters and I would suggest some of these also: (Pic Below) (-->CLICK HERE<--)
 

Olaff

Member
awesome thanks guys, yea i have 3 lights total in there right now 1 42 watt cfl i think it says 150 watt equal and two 23 100 watt equivalent. I really want to get get more light in there, where would i get some of the y splitters, i know i have seen them before. Im going to upgrade the 23 watts to the 42s and if i get y splitters on them i think that should be good for flowering?
Im also putting them on 12/12 for 2 weeks to see if they are females or not and then planned on vegging them for a little while longer just enough to fill up the space i got.
thanks guys!
 

SativaMe@420

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You can get the Y splitters at pretty much any hardware/home improvement store for around $3 each. Regarding putting them in 12/12 just to see sex may I make a suggestion, most of the time plants will show sex in veg right around the age of your plants now, there called pre-flowers, however if for whatever reason they're still not showing sex then I would suggest this (if you can), take a small clone off each plant, root them and then put the clones on 12/12, this will allow you to see sex while still letting your main/mother plants veg, so no wasted time waiting for them to re-veg and not to mention added stress, just FYI.
 

Olaff

Member
hanks guys i just got another lamp today and new bulbs so i can replace the 23 watt bulbs with the 42 watts so im going to have 4 42 watts, and let me just say that with the current lights the three, 1 42, and 2 42 watts they got really big and im just sticking to a 12/12 to flower them now or they might not fit in the locker anymore! i cant imagine how much they are going to shoot up with the other and bigger lights. They cant get much bigger because there getting too close to the lights and im running out of space. 2012-09-14 15.05.46.jpg1347393059018.jpg2012-09-14 15.05.55.jpg
 
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