Top44 Indoor Grow With 250watt CFL

bizzarebud

bizzarebud

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I kinda think thats what I'm gona have to do. I just started my first DWC grow over because there was some miss haps and just want to change some thing around. and they got to big for my space because I veged them out forever but this one is going to go good.
 
neverstoned

neverstoned

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The best thing to do is measure the hight of your grow space and then divide it by 3 then that will be the hight to switch over to flowering. because plants can grow upto 3 times the size from what you switch over for example... veg untill 12 inches then switch to flower plant can grow upto 36 inches. just follow that and you should be safe
 
OogilyGumballs

OogilyGumballs

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neverstoned said:
Yes the top 44 seeds are from nirvana seed bank, You are correct because nirvana did stop making selling top 44 for about 4 years but they have just released them again and i was lucky to get the last pack from my local seed shop. But im sure you will get them from the nirvana website. My friend grew them about 4 years ago and he said from what he can remember the top 44 plant had a massive yield of about 650gr per plant wet, and about 250gr dry weight.
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was yield from a 250w cfl? and how tall did u let them grow
 
OogilyGumballs

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neverstoned said:
The best thing to do is measure the hight of your grow space and then divide it by 3 then that will be the hight to switch over to flowering. because plants can grow upto 3 times the size from what you switch over for example... veg untill 12 inches then switch to flower plant can grow upto 36 inches. just follow that and you should be safe
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this really helps thanks!
 
561crim

561crim

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neverstoned said:
And let me tell you that 500 watt of CFL light does not use nowhere near as much power as 500 watt of sodium. my lights are costing me an extra £4 / $7 a month
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nice grow...but isnt wattage the electricity used? therefor 500 watts of CFL uses the SAME amount of power as 500 watts of HPS.
 
neverstoned

neverstoned

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i think you are correct but i dont know.

Last year i done a grow with 2 x 250 watt hps lights and i was needing to put about £20 a week on electricity. but i am now using 2x 250 watt cfl lights and i am only spending £13 a week on electricity ???? dont no why theere is any difference because like you say 500 watts is 500 watts
 
neverstoned

neverstoned

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Anyway who gives a damn about wattage and power consumption?? the main reason for using CFL lights is so you dont get heat problems that you get from HPS lights..
 
neverstoned

neverstoned

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Well it was easy,, all i done was replaced 5 x 100 watt bulbs with 5 x 40 watt bulbs in the rooms in my house IE bedroom, dining room ect. so that gave me 300 watts to play with before i went over the wattage that my house was already using for lighting.
 
OogilyGumballs

OogilyGumballs

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yea that is very true. i will work some magic. besides we have low usage now. shouldnt be a prob for 500 extra., ill just do the bulb thing all 40's
 
neverstoned

neverstoned

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Ok guys i am 9 days into flowering now and i had a look at my babys this morning and noticed that they are now starting to form some nice little buds i have taken a pic from the top of one plant for you all to see.

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PS i am trying to get my hands on a better camera today so i can take some better shots...
 

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neverstoned

neverstoned

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yeah thanks for the coment dude, i am very pleased with my plants considering im only using CFL lights. ill will keep you all posted on my plants progress over the whole flowering period
 
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