flowering with cfl

I kno its not the best option as far as the end result but its the most affordable and low key light to use. I notticed that the buds I'm getting with my cfls aren't too big and was wondering if using a scrog system would give me a better result. Or if there is anyway to grow bigger buds with cfls. I have two 65 watt lamps.
 

frmrboi

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was wondering if using a scrog system would give me a better result. Or if there is anyway to grow bigger buds with cfls. I have two 65 watt lamps.
more weight but probably not bigger buds with scrog, are you using 6500 K bulbs ? do you have good back reflectors ? if not that would also help.
 
I kno its not the best option as far as the end result but its the most affordable and low key light to use. I notticed that the buds I'm getting with my cfls aren't too big and was wondering if using a scrog system would give me a better result. Or if there is anyway to grow bigger buds with cfls. I have two 65 watt lamps.
Yes I have mylar on the walls... and they are the 6500k
 

Hilo

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130w is kind of low for 2 plants, i have 168w on 1 plant and it doesent seem to be enough but it is working.
 

wbd

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130w is kind of low for 2 plants, i have 168w on 1 plant and it doesent seem to be enough but it is working.
You can do pretty good with that, I usually did 2 plants under 293W and could get 2-3oz each pull. Decent nugs, good smoke, but love my 250W MH/HPS setup now and wouldn't go back.

130W total for 2 plants is probably not going to make you too happy in the end. But to answer your question, anything you can do to maximize light coverage will help you. SCROG might help but just buy more lights...
 

crazyhazey

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get 2500k t5s if your on a budget or maybe even t8s, theyre really efficient for scrog. cfls have to be in good spots too, so your limited to really stretching out your plant. keep them small and grow them around the lights, make sure you have good air running and you might be able to pull off a decent harvest.

next time get a hps though, it pays for itself after you harvest. the ballast and bulb are only $90 at a commercial lighting store(look them up on google, youll never notice them when your looking around).
 

Budget Buds

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I would get some 2700k lights, I run 213watts cfl, and i dont put my lights in a reflector, I hang them vertically to maximize the efficency of the bulbs, If you hang them horizonally with a reflector, it diffuses the foot print of the light. I also run scrog and I only started doing it after being disappointed with any other method while using cfls. I used to get about 1 - 1.5 oz's dried off of each plant. but i wasn't happy with the way the plant was. The top colas would be big and dense, while 6 inches down the secondary colas would be less developed and a lot less dense. I took a plant and stuck it under a 2x2 screen with 36 holes in it, I vegged for about a month longer( until all 36 holes had at least 1 top sticking out of it) and flowered like normal. I was AMAZED ! I had a plant with more then 40 main colas, all of them just as big and dense as the one before it. After it was proplery dried and cured, I had 4.5 oz's . It was roughly a 400% increase in productivity and the only drawback is that it will take longer to veg it. Now i have been doing it for a yr or so and i won't grow any other way . I also run both 2700k and 6500k lights in the flower room at the same time, Lots of people will knock it but it works really good for me. Give it a try and you wont be dissapointed.
 
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