Indoor CFL grow journal of someone who doesn't know what they're doing.

they might need more light. What kind of lights are those, and are they under them all day?
pretty healthy looking though

Dank O Licious said:

they might need more light. What kind of lights are those, and are they under them all day?
pretty healthy looking though

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Right now they're under 3-5 cfls each. But in about 12 hrs UPS should be dropping off my 24" light hood. I'm very excited.

what type of light did you get?? t5's??

bigd921 said:

what type of light did you get?? t5's??

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Yea, T5s, sorry.

I was looking at those for my growspace, did you get the warm and the cool bulbs??? if you dont mind can you post a pic of the setup when you get it, I am finishing a cfl grow right now, and I was thinking of getting a 2ft t5 set up for the next grow, I will stay tuned to see how it works

bigd921 said:

I was looking at those for my growspace, did you get the warm and the cool bulbs??? if you dont mind can you post a pic of the setup when you get it, I am finishing a cfl grow right now, and I was thinking of getting a 2ft t5 set up for the next grow, I will stay tuned to see how it works

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It came with a set of 6500Ks and I ordered an extra set of 3000Ks. As soon as it shows up I'll be setting it up. I'll post pics.

My lights are here! I'm working on setting it all up now, everything looks good. Only thing is, they left out my 3000K bulbs. No worries though, I don't start flowering for a few more weeks and I already called and they said they'd send them out today. I'll have pics up later tonight!

cirrus12 said:

2.5 weeks until I start cloneing. I've been looking around, reading reviews, and talking to people. I think I want to go ahead and get a daisy cloner. High Tech Garden Supply Its within my price range and only does up to 8 clones (I'm not going to need a 30 cloner unless I start dealing). I think it'll work well for me. Anyone want to tell me otherwise, or even agree with me?

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Thats a nice little unit, I have a jet-clone. Get the clone machine !!
Its easy, much less work than cubes or what not.

Pix anyone?

Here's is my setup configuration #...god only knows. I've got the T5 hood directly over head and they each have 2 23 Watt 6500K CFLs off on the side, and the walls in that corner are now lined with Mylar...mmmmm sexy.

TetraHyC said:

Thats a nice little unit, I have a jet-clone. Get the clone machine !!
Its easy, much less work than cubes or what not.

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Things tend to go alot better when I have a machine do it for me, so a cloner is a must.

so how is the light how bright is it?? how many plants do you think you could fit under it...?? how warm does it get?? sorry for all the questions but I was really interested in the setup and want some fist hand info lol

bigd921 said:

so how is the light how bright is it?? how many plants do you think you could fit under it...?? how warm does it get?? sorry for all the questions but I was really interested in the setup and want some fist hand info lol

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Dont' worry about it, I am the exact same way. I want to let it run for 24 hrs then I'll go and answer questions about it.

Esmerelda hit 8" inches today, she's up an inch since the last time I measured her.

cool thanks bro keep me posted very curious

bigd921 said:

so how is the light how bright is it?? how many plants do you think you could fit under it...?? how warm does it get?? sorry for all the questions but I was really interested in the setup and want some fist hand info lol

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I'd say the lighting is fairly on par with CFLs in alot of respects. Brightness is what I'd expect from a 55watt CFL, one big advantages it has over CFLs however is the reflector.

The amount of plants underneath it...Right now I have 2. They're both in 10" pots so 10"+10"=not enough room for another plant. My next trip to they hydo shop will have me picking up grow bags. They're only 6.5", I'll be able to fit 3-4 plants under it that way. I'm sure there's only a certain amount of plants that I'm supposed to have under that many wattage, but I don't know off hand.

The heat it's giving off, again on par with CFLs. However, This hood is replacing alot of my CFLs I had 12 23Watt CFLs going yesterday, today I have the hood and 4 CFLs. Same heat per bulb, but alot less bulbs.

Any other questions, just let me know.

thanks for the info I am going to stick with cfls I want to covr a larger area, i may add some led panels or spots for side lighting... good luck with the new light

Ok, so here's how I see things shaping up over the next few weeks:

On the 25th I'm going down to NY to see family and friends. On this trip I plan on buying these:
Homebox XS, 23.5"x23.5"x47.25" - Worm's Way
Stonewool Plugs, 32 pk - Worm's Way
Hydroton, 8/16 mm, 10 L - Worm's Way
Sunleaves Black and White Poly Grow Bags, 3 gal Bags, 10 - Worm's Way
Daisy Cloner, 8 site - Worm's Way
Three-Way Meter [SLSTWM500] : GrowNY.com, a growing online experience.
and a bag of FoxFarm Soil. I don't know which specifically though, I'm trying to decide between Ocean Forest and Light Warrior.

A few days after I get about Esmerelda turns 2 Months. I plan on celebrating by cutting off a couple of branches and starting some clones, one for sexxing, the rest for the future. Less than a week later Princess Consuela turns 2 months, I plan on celebrating in the exact same way.

Anyone have anythoughts on my plans?

sounds good, if they both turn out to be female are you keeping them both as mothers?? I have a nice female in flower now I wish I wouldve just cloned and kept as a mother

bigd921 said:

sounds good, if they both turn out to be female are you keeping them both as mothers?? I have a nice female in flower now I wish I wouldve just cloned and kept as a mother

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That's something I keep going back and forth on. I'm probally gonna wind up just going ahead and flowering the two of them and just have some clones for the next harvest. Then I'll keep on of the clones (2 if both of them are female) as a mother and try that out for a bit. See which method I like best and go from there.

cool I will stay tuned, check out my grow if you get a chance, I have 2 ladies starting to bud