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Yeps-(946 True Watt)CFL-25 Plant-Dj Short-Grape Krush,SSH, SourD+SCROG+Seed grow
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6 summer ladys 4-18-12
6 summer ladys 4-18-12
smart pots 1 gal-
Having a hard time getting going. Might now make it.
smart pots 2 gal-
Looking ok-not great yet should be fine.
smart pots 3gal-
Having a hard time getting going. Should be fine.
1 metal red 3 gal mesh trash can-
Looking just a little off. Should be fine.
6 summer ladys 4-18-12
smart pots 1 gal-
Having a hard time getting going. Might now make it.
smart pots 2 gal-
Looking ok-not great yet should be fine.
smart pots 3gal-
Having a hard time getting going. Should be fine.
1 metal red 3 gal mesh trash can-
Looking just a little off. Should be fine.
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6 summer ladys 4-18-12 .b
6 summer ladys 4-18-12 .b
metal brown decorative weaved 3 gal container-
She (SSH) is the best of the bunch. Growing great, looking fine.
The little thing is my freaky GK. It is 2 months old and has no roots.
just in set up cause it wont die.
wood decorative pot-
She looks great-growing fast and will be a sweet bonsai.
6 summer ladys 4-18-12 .b
metal brown decorative weaved 3 gal container-
She (SSH) is the best of the bunch. Growing great, looking fine.
The little thing is my freaky GK. It is 2 months old and has no roots.
just in set up cause it wont die.
wood decorative pot-
She looks great-growing fast and will be a sweet bonsai.
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Clone's Japanese Red Elm Tree's - Sensitive Plant - 4-18-12
Clone's Japanese Red Elm Tree's - Sensitive Plant - 4-18-12
Clone's
Japanese Red Elm Tree's
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Sensitive Plant:
also called Mimosa pudica
(from Latin: pudica "shy, bashful or shrinking";
and the touch-me-not),is a creeping annual or perennial herb.
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These will be used with the SSH Summer lady's.
I treated them like any other clone's
Trim under water-soak for 15 minutes
Scrape underwater 1\2" up stem-make final slant cut
Dipped into root power and placed into cube
Into dome for a couple week's
1st try at this, so we shall see.
9 x Japanese Red Elm Tree's
3 x Sensitive Plant's
Clone's Japanese Red Elm Tree's - Sensitive Plant - 4-18-12
Clone's
Japanese Red Elm Tree's
&
Sensitive Plant:
also called Mimosa pudica
(from Latin: pudica "shy, bashful or shrinking";
and the touch-me-not),is a creeping annual or perennial herb.
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These will be used with the SSH Summer lady's.
I treated them like any other clone's
Trim under water-soak for 15 minutes
Scrape underwater 1\2" up stem-make final slant cut
Dipped into root power and placed into cube
Into dome for a couple week's
1st try at this, so we shall see.
9 x Japanese Red Elm Tree's
3 x Sensitive Plant's
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Lady's List of Flowering start day 4-19-21
Lady's List of Flowering start day 4-19-21
Lady's List of Flowering start day 4-19-21
As of 4-19-12.
Super silver haze-1- (1-20-12) Day 90
Sour Diesel-1- (1-28-12) Day 82
Grape Krush-3- (2-20-12) Day 59
Bag Boy seed- (2-25-12) Day 51
SSH seed- (3-12-12) Day 38
SCROG x 2 pots- (3-26-12) Day 24
{5xSSH-2xSourD}
Training x 2 pots- (3-26-12) Day 24
{SSH x 2}
Grape Krush-4- (3-30-12) Day 20
I started keeping this journal on 3-7-12
Lady's List of Flowering start day 4-19-21
Lady's List of Flowering start day 4-19-21
As of 4-19-12.Super silver haze-1- (1-20-12) Day 90
Sour Diesel-1- (1-28-12) Day 82
Grape Krush-3- (2-20-12) Day 59
Bag Boy seed- (2-25-12) Day 51
SSH seed- (3-12-12) Day 38
SCROG x 2 pots- (3-26-12) Day 24
{5xSSH-2xSourD}
Training x 2 pots- (3-26-12) Day 24
{SSH x 2}
Grape Krush-4- (3-30-12) Day 20
I started keeping this journal on 3-7-12
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CFL--Electricity KWh cost /light usage- Brake down as of 4-18-12
CFL--Electricity KWh cost /light usage- Brake down as of 4-18-12
CFL--Electricity KWh cost /light usage- Brake down as of 4-18-12:
I used this :
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Electric usage is measured in kilowatt-hours.
1 watt-hour is the equivalent of 1 watt of power used for 1 hour.
1 kilowatt-hour is the equivalent of 1000 watt-hours used for 1 hour.
Three values are needed to calculate the cost to use an appliance:
• The power rating or wattage of the appliance. This is found on the appliance e.g. 50W or 1800W.
• The time the appliance is switched on in hours (or minutes ÷ 60)
• The cost per KWh.
1. Appliance wattage ÷ 1000 = kilowatts (kW)
2. Kilowatts × (time appliance is switched on in hours) = kilowatt hours (kWh)
3. Kilowatt hours x cost per KWh is what you pay for that appliance to run.
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& came up with this:
Averaged out my city's charge
per kwh at the times I run lights: 15 cents per KWh:
Time line use of CLF calculating True Watt:
--12-20-12 > 1-20-12-- 33 Days
(10bulbs x 26w ) x 24 hours a day {260 x 24hrs}
--1-20-12 > 3-30-12-- 82 Days
VEG--(9 x 26w ) x 24hrs+(1 x 32w ) x 24 hrs {266 x 24hrs}
Flower--(12 x 26w) + (5 x 65w) + (150w ^hps^) x 12 hrs {787 x 12hrs}
--3-31-12 > 4-18-12-- 19 Days
Flower--(36 x 26w) + ( 5 x 65W ) + (1 x150w ^hps^) x 12 hrs {1406 x 12hrs}
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CFL True watt * 1406 watts * Equivalent watts * 5250 watts *
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260w x 24hrs x 33days@15cents a KWh = $31.02
266 x 24 x 82@15cents a KWh = $78.72
787 x 12 x 82@15cents a KWh = $116.44
1406 x 12 x 19@15cents a KWh = $48.07
Total Lights electricity cost to date(12-20-12>>4-18-12): $274.25
----- 1406w x 12 x 31Days@15cents a KWh = $2.53 a day- being {$78.43 a 31 day month)-----
1406w @15cents a KWh 12 a day for 31 days cost:
Day $2.53
Quarter $230.93
Year $923.74
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Please feel free to correct me if I'm incorrect in my breakdown-I am well medicated and this is
my first try at a grow let alone the math and science behind how the Lady's do their thing.
Comments-idea's and such are welcome...
Yep...
CFL--Electricity KWh cost /light usage- Brake down as of 4-18-12
CFL--Electricity KWh cost /light usage- Brake down as of 4-18-12:
I used this :
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Electric usage is measured in kilowatt-hours.
1 watt-hour is the equivalent of 1 watt of power used for 1 hour.
1 kilowatt-hour is the equivalent of 1000 watt-hours used for 1 hour.
Three values are needed to calculate the cost to use an appliance:
• The power rating or wattage of the appliance. This is found on the appliance e.g. 50W or 1800W.
• The time the appliance is switched on in hours (or minutes ÷ 60)
• The cost per KWh.
1. Appliance wattage ÷ 1000 = kilowatts (kW)
2. Kilowatts × (time appliance is switched on in hours) = kilowatt hours (kWh)
3. Kilowatt hours x cost per KWh is what you pay for that appliance to run.
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& came up with this:
Averaged out my city's charge
per kwh at the times I run lights: 15 cents per KWh:
Time line use of CLF calculating True Watt:
--12-20-12 > 1-20-12-- 33 Days
(10bulbs x 26w ) x 24 hours a day {260 x 24hrs}
--1-20-12 > 3-30-12-- 82 Days
VEG--(9 x 26w ) x 24hrs+(1 x 32w ) x 24 hrs {266 x 24hrs}
Flower--(12 x 26w) + (5 x 65w) + (150w ^hps^) x 12 hrs {787 x 12hrs}
--3-31-12 > 4-18-12-- 19 Days
Flower--(36 x 26w) + ( 5 x 65W ) + (1 x150w ^hps^) x 12 hrs {1406 x 12hrs}
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CFL True watt * 1406 watts * Equivalent watts * 5250 watts *
-------------------------------------------Math----
260w x 24hrs x 33days@15cents a KWh = $31.02
266 x 24 x 82@15cents a KWh = $78.72
787 x 12 x 82@15cents a KWh = $116.44
1406 x 12 x 19@15cents a KWh = $48.07
Total Lights electricity cost to date(12-20-12>>4-18-12): $274.25
----- 1406w x 12 x 31Days@15cents a KWh = $2.53 a day- being {$78.43 a 31 day month)-----
1406w @15cents a KWh 12 a day for 31 days cost:
Day $2.53
Quarter $230.93
Year $923.74
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Please feel free to correct me if I'm incorrect in my breakdown-I am well medicated and this is
my first try at a grow let alone the math and science behind how the Lady's do their thing.
Comments-idea's and such are welcome...
Yep...
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Well guess I was wrong about this site. Tons of work on this journal. Not one bit of useful feedback.
thanks to those positive comments . I appreciate them. I did this for knowlege and help. Neither of which seems to be here for cfl growers.. oh well. No bad feelings. Ill update a couple times till this grow is done and just keep looking for my site to grow with. Peace out.
thanks to those positive comments . I appreciate them. I did this for knowlege and help. Neither of which seems to be here for cfl growers.. oh well. No bad feelings. Ill update a couple times till this grow is done and just keep looking for my site to grow with. Peace out.
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Having a fully operational and productive grow room requires a significant amount of lighting. Lighting however requires a large amount of power which can lead to your produce costing a considerable amount of money. One of the options to reduce you electricity bills is to utilise CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lighting) grow lamps.
CFL grow lamps are more eco-friendly than other types of bulb and normally can be bought in a range of spectrums to assist with specific growing periods in a plant’s lifecycle. Some estimates state that switching to CFL grow lamps, either as your main lighting or as supplementary lighting, can result in a up to a quarter less power usage, making them a good choice for the environmentally and financially conscious.
CFL grow lamps can be likened to regular fluorescent lighting although they are much smaller. Benefits of using CFLs include greater efficiency; some argue that they can be four times as efficient as incandescent bulbs, helping to reduce pollution due to the fact that over the life of a bulb, half a ton of CO2 can be prevented from entering the atmosphere. CFLs are also highly versatile and suitable for a range of growing setups, and increasingly an affordable option in comparison to other grow lamps.
A potential downside to CFL grow lamps is that that the light they produce is not as powerful as other forms of lamp, which can lead to a slower rate of growth for your plants. This loss of power however is counteracted by the fact that CFL grow lamps are extremely affordable in comparison to other lights and will deliver cost savings over their entire lifetime, typically around 6-12 months in the average grow room setup. In terms of connections CFL grow lamps will normally have a standard fitting making them suitable for most grow light lamp-holders and can be run through the mains without the need for a ballast.
Many regard CFLs to be good option in confined areas as they produce very little heat in comparison to the light they give out, meaning that they will not scorch the tops of plants. In addition, most agree that increasing the number of lights or switching to a different type of grow lamp altogether may be required once plants reach a certain age, although the addition of a reflector can help negate this problem.
CFL grow lamps can be seen as an excellent choice for those that want to save a little money and want to choose a more eco-friendly option. Whilst the amount of light they emit may not be suitable for all grow rooms, they are suited to a wide range of different set ups.
CFL grow lamps are more eco-friendly than other types of bulb and normally can be bought in a range of spectrums to assist with specific growing periods in a plant’s lifecycle. Some estimates state that switching to CFL grow lamps, either as your main lighting or as supplementary lighting, can result in a up to a quarter less power usage, making them a good choice for the environmentally and financially conscious.
CFL grow lamps can be likened to regular fluorescent lighting although they are much smaller. Benefits of using CFLs include greater efficiency; some argue that they can be four times as efficient as incandescent bulbs, helping to reduce pollution due to the fact that over the life of a bulb, half a ton of CO2 can be prevented from entering the atmosphere. CFLs are also highly versatile and suitable for a range of growing setups, and increasingly an affordable option in comparison to other grow lamps.
A potential downside to CFL grow lamps is that that the light they produce is not as powerful as other forms of lamp, which can lead to a slower rate of growth for your plants. This loss of power however is counteracted by the fact that CFL grow lamps are extremely affordable in comparison to other lights and will deliver cost savings over their entire lifetime, typically around 6-12 months in the average grow room setup. In terms of connections CFL grow lamps will normally have a standard fitting making them suitable for most grow light lamp-holders and can be run through the mains without the need for a ballast.
Many regard CFLs to be good option in confined areas as they produce very little heat in comparison to the light they give out, meaning that they will not scorch the tops of plants. In addition, most agree that increasing the number of lights or switching to a different type of grow lamp altogether may be required once plants reach a certain age, although the addition of a reflector can help negate this problem.
CFL grow lamps can be seen as an excellent choice for those that want to save a little money and want to choose a more eco-friendly option. Whilst the amount of light they emit may not be suitable for all grow rooms, they are suited to a wide range of different set ups.
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April 21, 2012 | Author: Victor Guezzari | Posted in Hobbies
Whether you are an experienced green thumb or someone looking to grow plants in an indoor environment for the first time, consider a CFL grow light to maximize your efficiency and to keep costs down. Not only are CFL lights more efficient, but they are better for the environment since one bulb will last many times longer than the typical indoor growing bulb.
Before purchasing any type of light for the purpose of growing plants, make sure that you are purchasing a product that is expressly built for stimulating organic growth. The advantage of CFL lights in particular is that their every detail is specifically engineered to encourage and expedite the growth of indoor plants for maximum yield with minimum time and money spent.
Next, no matter if you are a veteran indoor grower or not you will want to make sure that you are choosing the right product for your specific setup and environment. Specifically, CFL lights excel at helping organic life prosper in high humidity environments. This means that unless you are planning to house species that naturally live in moist and damp environments, you may want to consider another type of bulb.
When it comes to staging an indoor growing area, one of the most important factors to consider in setting up your environment is the simple cost of keeping everything running. Electricity can be expensive, and especially so when using a network of bulbs. For this reason CFL lights are preferable to traditional HID lights in that they produce more usable light per watt. This means that you will yield more growth per every cent that you spend on energy.
Another important quality of any bulb or indoor growing equipment is its durability. Obviously if you purchase inexpensive bulbs, you can expect that they will be more prone to spontaneous failure and will have shorter lifespans in general than higher quality bulbs. For this reason, CFL lights are preferable not only because they can stand up to humidity, but because they have an average life expectancy of 10,000 hours.
When ready to purchase a new CFL, make sure that you do so from a reputable store or online shop. Not only will employees likely have some good advice to offer you, but your product will be covered by either an in-store warranty, manufacturer’s warranty, or both in case of a defective bulb. For this reason it is always recommended to purchase new bulbs rather than trying to get used bulbs second-hand.
Finally, speak with a professional at a nursery or other garden-related outlet about accessories that can further improve the yield and efficiency of your space. Most indoor bulbs can be improved by adding a rounded metallic hood above them to reflect stray light back down toward the plants below.
To summarize, remember to select the right bulb for the type of plant and environment in which you are growing, remember to try and purchase the most cost-efficient and highest quality CFL grow light to bring your overall operating costs down, and try to buy bulbs from a store that offers a warranty. As always, speaking to a professional is likely the fastest way to plan, purchase, and execute any horticultural endeavor. Yep-yep..
Whether you are an experienced green thumb or someone looking to grow plants in an indoor environment for the first time, consider a CFL grow light to maximize your efficiency and to keep costs down. Not only are CFL lights more efficient, but they are better for the environment since one bulb will last many times longer than the typical indoor growing bulb.
Before purchasing any type of light for the purpose of growing plants, make sure that you are purchasing a product that is expressly built for stimulating organic growth. The advantage of CFL lights in particular is that their every detail is specifically engineered to encourage and expedite the growth of indoor plants for maximum yield with minimum time and money spent.
Next, no matter if you are a veteran indoor grower or not you will want to make sure that you are choosing the right product for your specific setup and environment. Specifically, CFL lights excel at helping organic life prosper in high humidity environments. This means that unless you are planning to house species that naturally live in moist and damp environments, you may want to consider another type of bulb.
When it comes to staging an indoor growing area, one of the most important factors to consider in setting up your environment is the simple cost of keeping everything running. Electricity can be expensive, and especially so when using a network of bulbs. For this reason CFL lights are preferable to traditional HID lights in that they produce more usable light per watt. This means that you will yield more growth per every cent that you spend on energy.
Another important quality of any bulb or indoor growing equipment is its durability. Obviously if you purchase inexpensive bulbs, you can expect that they will be more prone to spontaneous failure and will have shorter lifespans in general than higher quality bulbs. For this reason, CFL lights are preferable not only because they can stand up to humidity, but because they have an average life expectancy of 10,000 hours.
When ready to purchase a new CFL, make sure that you do so from a reputable store or online shop. Not only will employees likely have some good advice to offer you, but your product will be covered by either an in-store warranty, manufacturer’s warranty, or both in case of a defective bulb. For this reason it is always recommended to purchase new bulbs rather than trying to get used bulbs second-hand.
Finally, speak with a professional at a nursery or other garden-related outlet about accessories that can further improve the yield and efficiency of your space. Most indoor bulbs can be improved by adding a rounded metallic hood above them to reflect stray light back down toward the plants below.
To summarize, remember to select the right bulb for the type of plant and environment in which you are growing, remember to try and purchase the most cost-efficient and highest quality CFL grow light to bring your overall operating costs down, and try to buy bulbs from a store that offers a warranty. As always, speaking to a professional is likely the fastest way to plan, purchase, and execute any horticultural endeavor. Yep-yep..
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Super silver haze 1 4-22-12 Day 93
Super silver haze 1 4-22-12 Day 93
Super silver haze 1 4-22-12 Day 93
Super silver haze 1 4-22-12 Day 93
Super silver haze 1 4-22-12 Day 93
I'm gonna just be honest here. No offense. I've wanted to respond earlier but seeing your reaction to other people's advice (you're just gonna do it your way) I decided not to. I'm sure other people thought the same and also decided not to respond.
I'll tell you why you are getting no response to your grow journal. At the end of the day, your buds are just not impressive. At all. They are fluffy, underdeveloped, and no noticeable crystals. They don't look good man. And the very odd part is you seem to think they do.
You got some great advice to get better lights but you talk about how you want to do it your own way and be a leader. Well if that's the results people are gonna get doing it your way, no one will want to follow.
You're plant pics also do not look good. I see all kinds of deficiencies in your leaves, and they look like perhaps they got cooked a little from heat from your lights being too close perhaps. All I know is they don't look lush and healthy. They look sick and wispy.
Now, what I admire is your setup. It looks very clean and professional. I see the work that went into it. I appreciate your willingness to attempt many different styles. I see lots of talent and potential. The whole setup is great dude.
Your just plain wrong on the lights you're using. There are some cfl growers who will disagree, but all the cfl buds I've seen don't look good to me. Your plants are not gonna reach their potential. They're not gonna get the juice they need, or the spectrum they need to become great.
It's not this site or the people on it that is wrong for you. This is the biggest site on the net for this mutual passion we all share. If you're looking for feedback and traffic on your thread this is the site to get it at.
My advice is, before leaving the site, post a new thread and instead of trying to show off what you know and how much work you're putting in, ask for some advice on how to get better results with your current setup. Show pics of your plants and ask how to make them better. I guarantee you're gonna get responses and as long as you are open to some honest feedback, you will get something out of it. Some of the best growers in the world are on here and willing to help.
When you've adjusted your grow and are producing some great quality nugs then you are gonna get lots of praise and feedback from doing a big detailed thread like this. I promise
Good luck.
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I'm gonna just be honest here. No offense. I've wanted to respond earlier but seeing your reaction to other people's advice (you're just gonna do it your way) I decided not to. I'm sure other people thought the same and also decided not to respond.
I'll tell you why you are getting no response to your grow journal. At the end of the day, your buds are just not impressive. At all. They are fluffy, underdeveloped, and no noticeable crystals. They don't look good man. And the very odd part is you seem to think they do.
You got some great advice to get better lights but you talk about how you want to do it your own way and be a leader. Well if that's the results people are gonna get doing it your way, no one will want to follow.
You're plant pics also do not look good. I see all kinds of deficiencies in your leaves, and they look like perhaps they got cooked a little from heat from your lights being too close perhaps. All I know is they don't look lush and healthy. They look sick and wispy.
Now, what I admire is your setup. It looks very clean and professional. I see the work that went into it. I appreciate your willingness to attempt many different styles. I see lots of talent and potential. The whole setup is great dude.
Your just plain wrong on the lights you're using. There are some cfl growers who will disagree, but all the cfl buds I've seen don't look good to me. Your plants are not gonna reach their potential. They're not gonna get the juice they need, or the spectrum they need to become great.
It's not this site or the people on it that is wrong for you. This is the biggest site on the net for this mutual passion we all share. If you're looking for feedback and traffic on your thread this is the site to get it at.
My advice is, before leaving the site, post a new thread and instead of trying to show off what you know and how much work you're putting in, ask for some advice on how to get better results with your current setup. Show pics of your plants and ask how to make them better. I guarantee you're gonna get responses and as long as you are open to some honest feedback, you will get something out of it. Some of the best growers in the world are on here and willing to help.
When you've adjusted your grow and are producing some great quality nugs then you are gonna get lots of praise and feedback from doing a big detailed thread like this. I promise
Good luck.
Thank you for the great constructive criticism Dubya.
Reading back through my post so far.
it seems to me, I am coming across in ways other than I would like .( kind of a Dill )
Please let me take a second and try to clarify why i am here.
This is a great forum on a whole other level than most other grow forums.
I knew this coming in and is why I am here.
I have not made what I am looking for clear from the beginning.
Information overload is what I am dealing with here,lol
I apologise as am also learning how to post effectively and obviously have a long way to go.
I am not thinking of leaving this forum-just this journal for something new. a start over.
I can see reading back that I am coming across as a dill hole. ops. Its all in my wording.
Again sorry.
I have been trying to get 3 months of info and pics posted in 2 weeks.
I chose CFL for a challenge. I can buy dank nugs(meds)
all day long almost cheaper than growing myself.
Which I do.lol MMJ card.
I am not looking for mass yield or the dankest nugs.
I know HPS is the way to go for mass dankness.
I do not pretend nore desire too prove anything about CFL's ability to go A+ dank.
I am already shopping for my 600w HPS set up for my 2nd grow next winter.
Something like (Organic soil 12 lady 600w hps SCROG and a 150w hps 10 strain seed grow In 5 gal air pots)
with some of these cfls around.
I went with CFL and this set up because if I where going to do it I had to start or my chance would have past.
I moved into a home and had a short window of opportunity to work with. Could have lost the room to another human.
can you imagine..lol
Lack of money and already behind in bills I had no real choice as all I had on hand was a 150w hps
with a burned out bulb.
I had to spend what I had on building the walls and getting soil and such.
I found CFL's on the super cheap and love to create chit so it worked for me.
I understand now that no one wants to read through 20 odd pages to get the whole Idea.
Yet if you do I feel you could see I already know the Lady's look stressed and like cfl buds.
They have had a hard time dealing with my learning curve as to Heat,soil,nuit's,tea.s,watering and so on.
I cant believe they are still alive is what I am try to get across at this point with my pics.
I would call these (SSH & SourD)are looking like they will be c to c+ grade nug's after dry and cure and
to me after what I have done so far is not so bad. The buds not the fan/sugar leaf's.
I tried to set my goal for yield low. 1 oz per lady and I am on par to blow that away with the scrog and training.
Please allow me to be clear here. If this grow just up and died tonight(fried,mold no way to save)
I would be bummed, yet would not cry. I have gained so much already on my own that this has paid
for it's self already. 3 oz's dried- 1oz GK smoked. add in the fun and challenges,knowledge and I am golden.
I am trying to reach my own ceiling of knowledge and ability on around 15 different things at once here.
at the same time figure out how to share and bring people along for the ride.
I understand that I am going to need help if I want to really be able to create at some point.
I and patient for the most part and plan on 2 years of learning before I Begin to really learn,
I will fail and succeed,have good and bad days,grow,idea's and am willing to pay the price
from time to time in order to see for myself.
I hope this makes sense.
I am challenging myself and I am capable of some crazy chit.
I am not looking for perfection or the best or anything but the challenge and the courage to
take the hard path.
Its the hard path that pays off in the long run.
I am here for the long road and when I reach 10,000 post over 5 years and 8 grows complete.
Then you will see why I do what I do the way I do it.. lol
What am I looking for on this forum and the people on it ?
Well, you my friend, just gave it to me.lol
constructive criticism- to be challenged with different idea's and opinion's.
To be inspired and helped when troubled. Answer's to specific questions and such.
I don't need praise and am not looking to be a master grower/poster forum leader kind of guy.
Though it is nice to hear( good job) from time to time.
I can take( Oh my god are u fken nuts, what are you doing) with out attacking u. lol
I am not a kid here.
I am looking to come across as positive and open to suggestion-- I seem to be am failing at this goal.lol
At this point I can not go and add a hps and a AC to cool. without blowing my cost per gram through the roof.
No way I want to pay more to grow than just go buy already done.
I would rather have c grade nugs cheap than b grade nugs for the cost of A grade.
With that said I apologize to anyone that taken offence of felt anything other than glad you bothered looking at my journal.
I ask for patients and understanding and I will continue to refine my postings and wording and try to come across
in a way that positive and open as that has always been what I have tried to share.
Thanks you so much for taking the time to read and I appreciate your effort.
Cool man glad you have such a great attitude.
If heat is an issue in the summer you can grow some real nice budz and get a good yield if you use T-5 fluorescent bulbs with a scrog. I know from personal experience you can get nice quality and harvest weight with that.
I've also seen some real nice led grows but don't know from personal experience.
If heat is an issue in the summer you can grow some real nice budz and get a good yield if you use T-5 fluorescent bulbs with a scrog. I know from personal experience you can get nice quality and harvest weight with that.
I've also seen some real nice led grows but don't know from personal experience.
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I have been looking at LED yet the cost is the main down size. If I come across a 300w for $100-$150 used in good condition. I will jump on it but other than that I dont think I would want a 90W ufo.
T-5 could work and I could get that set up for under $100 used all day. 8 x 4' bulbs in 2 set up's. yet Size is a big down side for me.
I am looking to pick up a 600w COOLTUBE AIR COOLED GROW LIGHT in a month or 2 if I dont find anything eles first.
I am hoping to get 1 years worth of med's out of this grow which seems I will. So this summer I dont really need to grow more than a couple micro's in a closet for fun.
Who know's though.... Yep.Thankz.Latz...
T-5 could work and I could get that set up for under $100 used all day. 8 x 4' bulbs in 2 set up's. yet Size is a big down side for me.
I am looking to pick up a 600w COOLTUBE AIR COOLED GROW LIGHT in a month or 2 if I dont find anything eles first.
I am hoping to get 1 years worth of med's out of this grow which seems I will. So this summer I dont really need to grow more than a couple micro's in a closet for fun.
Who know's though.... Yep.Thankz.Latz...
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yeps420
The Room 4-23-12
The Room 4-23-12
The Room 4-23-12
I removed 182 watts of light to lower temp's
The Room 4-23-12
The Room 4-23-12
I removed 182 watts of light to lower temp's
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yeps420
6" Sun Tube Grow Light, Harvest Pro 400w MH + HPS Ballast
6" Sun Tube Grow Light, Harvest Pro 400w MH + HPS Ballast
6" Sun Tube Grow Light, Harvest Pro 400w MH + HPS Ballast
I just picked this up for $115.00 new shipped.
Loven it. lol
Ya never know- ya know...
Just in time for the 2nd wave.
Hummmm... More things ta think about
Girl friend
going to kill me 
ops... Already paid.
6" Sun Tube Grow Light, Harvest Pro 400w MH + HPS Ballast
6" Sun Tube Grow Light, Harvest Pro 400w MH + HPS Ballast
I just picked this up for $115.00 new shipped.
Loven it. lol
Ya never know- ya know...
Just in time for the 2nd wave.
Hummmm... More things ta think about
Girl friend
going to kill me ops... Already paid.
Hi yeps, I like what you have done.... now the bad, you are posting too much pics and info. This should have been at most 5 pages, we do not have the time or patience to wade through all this, and the bandwidth of the website is used up.
I grow with pl-l flouros and LED with some cfl, so I know about not going the regular route. You might just abandon the cfl now with the nice hps but they make nice side lights. I have the flouro tubes in the corners of tent vertical with LED overhead. The blue of the cfl is very nice to have with the yellow tint light of the hps.
Those 26 watt cfl's have 4 to 5 inches of good light coming off them and a good reflector can almost double your light. I took a lux meter to the lights to prove this to myself. y splitter and a large clamp reflector (11 inches diameter roughly) best combo I found. The y splitter combines the side light off each light and doubles the intensity or penetration of each light. 4 inches penetration becomes 8. The quality reflector almost doubles the lux or lumens.
I am no expert on anything but here are some ideas on soil if you care to consider. I use ffof with 30% perlite added and ewc added to that for veg. For flower I up pot and mix ffof with perlite and rainbow flower mix, which is guano and some bone meal and some other goodies. You can also just use 1 tbsp of blood meal and 2 tbsp bone meal per gallon of soil and some ewc if you have it. Just add water till done or top dress with a bit of bone meal or whatever you think it needs.
It looks as though you will be leaving the cfl grow soon or not use them much so good luck with that. It will be much easier to grow but you will have a crappy spectrum and quality of buds will not be better , just denser if that even. I am envious as hell of the grape krush, enjoy it, I can not find it anywhere.
I grow with pl-l flouros and LED with some cfl, so I know about not going the regular route. You might just abandon the cfl now with the nice hps but they make nice side lights. I have the flouro tubes in the corners of tent vertical with LED overhead. The blue of the cfl is very nice to have with the yellow tint light of the hps.
Those 26 watt cfl's have 4 to 5 inches of good light coming off them and a good reflector can almost double your light. I took a lux meter to the lights to prove this to myself. y splitter and a large clamp reflector (11 inches diameter roughly) best combo I found. The y splitter combines the side light off each light and doubles the intensity or penetration of each light. 4 inches penetration becomes 8. The quality reflector almost doubles the lux or lumens.
I am no expert on anything but here are some ideas on soil if you care to consider. I use ffof with 30% perlite added and ewc added to that for veg. For flower I up pot and mix ffof with perlite and rainbow flower mix, which is guano and some bone meal and some other goodies. You can also just use 1 tbsp of blood meal and 2 tbsp bone meal per gallon of soil and some ewc if you have it. Just add water till done or top dress with a bit of bone meal or whatever you think it needs.
It looks as though you will be leaving the cfl grow soon or not use them much so good luck with that. It will be much easier to grow but you will have a crappy spectrum and quality of buds will not be better , just denser if that even. I am envious as hell of the grape krush, enjoy it, I can not find it anywhere.
Y
yeps420
Sup Yesum, thankz fer da 2 cent's.
Good advise. I hear ya about the size of my journal.
I wouldn't read through it all . lol
I wanted a detailed log of my beginning and it proved just 2 much. truth is I would have posted even more if I had been allowed unlimited pic uploads.lol
Hour by hour 10 pic updates. (look 1-10th growth on top) 10 more pics...
I keep having to remind myself- less is more-
I have been trying different soil mixes and sound like were on the same page. My last mix was
60% perlite-25% organic mixed with 15% earthgrow soil then some Blood & bone meal with just a touch of bat guano.
I like your rainbow flower mix suggestion( newbie ?- what is >ewc ) Figure ffof is foxfarm.
Good points on the cfl light hoods. Seems they are all about contain and deirect the light.
I have had a hard time guessing the distance from Lady's correctly.
I tend to keep close till burn shows then move and this is stressing them out.
I've been working on different DIY hoods and such
yet still find the large clamp reflector to be the easiest to set up and get good lumes.
Though my 64w bulbs are proving to be to big for them and not living to thier potential.
Working on DIY hood for 65w the last couple days.
I'm not giving up on cfl at all. I am going to add the 400w hps to what I already have... joking..
I was thinking something like
400w + 150w hps on top with one 65w cfl between hanging low with no hood.
Then a mix of 4 to 8 --26w 6500k-3500k around the outside.
Thinking I will stop this journal with the 1st wave final cut being SSH and SourD cut.
Leaving me with 2 scrog and 2 training pots for my 2nd wave.
Start a 2nd wave journal and see if I cant set it up a little better.
Figure by the time the new light shows up I should be close to finishing the 1st wave.
As for the Grape Krush. She has been a real testy phenom. 4 trys at growing her and I am still
hitting D to C grade nugs. GK-2 seems close to C grade and is almost smoke ready.
I am not smelling the grape tang smell GK-1 had at this point tho.
A little worried about not flushing long enough.
I have GK-3 with around 4 weeks left till cut but she looks like hell.
Yet is growing better than the 1st 2.
Strange how much a difference soil and water makes with her.
Very sensitive lady.
I have my last GK-4 lady in the seed grow. I really want seeds for next year though they wont be pure GK any longer.
my only hope to keep the pure phenom is the little freak GK I put in with my SSH mother bonsai outside.
When I transferred her over she still gad no roots.
Strangest thing she is over 2 months old. Ever heard of such a thing?
She wont die and wont grow. she just is... lol
Really glad I had the chance to work with Grape Krush and can see why people seem to like it.
ewc is earthworm castings or shit. it has a mild no burn nitrogen to it. it also helps overall with getting microbial activity going.
On larger bulbs not fitting in a reflector an extender will put the bulb away from the reflector like an inch or so. I just use the 26 watt so no need of those.
Sounds like the grape krush is finicky, I had heard that of dj short's stuff in general. If you have not seen it 'blynx' over at micro grow section has mastered cfl growing. He also does hps but likes to do small cfl grows as well.
On larger bulbs not fitting in a reflector an extender will put the bulb away from the reflector like an inch or so. I just use the 26 watt so no need of those.
Sounds like the grape krush is finicky, I had heard that of dj short's stuff in general. If you have not seen it 'blynx' over at micro grow section has mastered cfl growing. He also does hps but likes to do small cfl grows as well.
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yeps420
ewc -I should have known.lol
Yep Grape Krush is a chick for sure. I hear well worth it tho.
Organic with 70% perlite-lite water-very lite to no nuits-bottom feed is the way to go as far I have come up with.
Ill be checking out that micro grow section for sure. I would like to have have 2-3 ladys going after my seed grow get done.
Ill have space then. though I am tempted to go get a few clones
of different strains and do seeds all summer.
I have been collecting pollen off Bagboy and putting into freezer just incase... micro seed grow.. hummm....
