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I had twenty seedlings and after culling the five males and six off type plants I ended up with nine female plants. I used cut down water bottles that had a capacity of 14 fluid ounces with eight holes poked in the bottom. I started them in 4oz cups and moved them into the 14oz bottles to bury the stretchy stem. I used OSH potting soil, in the white & light green bag, $7.00 for 2cft. For nutes I used schultz 10-15-10 for the seedlings and when they sexed I used Flora Nova Bloom until the last two waterings, which were just water. The cab is 14"x22" for a total size of 2.13 square feet. The lights are 23watt CFL with a 1600 lumen output so that gives my cab a total of 4,485 lumens per square foot, a bit low.
I could have grown fifteen or more plants in the space without much trouble. For plants that were to tall I just bent them over ala Dr. BudGreenJeans. Most of my grow was based around the Dr's methods. I needed to do a seed run and this was a good test of the 23w bulbs.
I could have grown fifteen or more plants in the space without much trouble. For plants that were to tall I just bent them over ala Dr. BudGreenJeans. Most of my grow was based around the Dr's methods. I needed to do a seed run and this was a good test of the 23w bulbs.
This time around I have 12 23 watters over 10-12 plants. Not enough to flower them all with, but good enough for vegging. Total of 276 watts and 1200 light output and 19,200 lumen at 1 foot. When I start flowering, I an thinking about adding 6-8 more, but planning on 4 for sure. It will look like this, 12 up top and 4-6 hanging between the 2 rows of plants. Total of 460 watts and 2000 watts light output and 32,000 lumen at 1 foot.
CaptainStoner
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UK'er a future member of the CFL club. Currently working on remote ballasting a few 20w 1200lumen CFLs for a SOG micro 
wreckingball
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Got paranoid, kept seeying suspicious cops outside my apt. So I finally just decided fuck it better safe then sorry and chopped my clone and one from seed. I have to move in less then 9 days anyways so I figured its no big loss. But for now I have a nice little stash, I'll take pics and get a weight when they are a bit more dried.
inefectualize
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i just started running this thing...it uses 6 x 65 watt at 4300 lumens a piece .... all for one plant 
The home-built one I started with wasn't mice-proof, and 17 out of 20 plants ended chopped down. Had to buy a grow box in emergency and am pretty glad I did !
It's 60cm x 60cm and 1.60m tall. has a 200W CFL BULB for flowering. Plants are grown 12/12 from seeds, except for the 3 pictured here which were started outdoor. Left is a female Uzbek, right is a Tajik Male and the small one is Orient Express. I've added more seedlings since the pic was shot, but not much too see for now.
Irie !
It's 60cm x 60cm and 1.60m tall. has a 200W CFL BULB for flowering. Plants are grown 12/12 from seeds, except for the 3 pictured here which were started outdoor. Left is a female Uzbek, right is a Tajik Male and the small one is Orient Express. I've added more seedlings since the pic was shot, but not much too see for now.
Irie !
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Mr Bubbles
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i got a couple of questions to u CFLers, is there a website dat can teach me how to wire these CFLs. I heard use a light lamp with a two prong connector at the end i would guess u just uninstall all the hardware and keep the wiring and socket. But what about fixtures. How would u wire them up. The reason i ask this is because i was at walmart and a light lamp dat holds a 13w cfl max is $8.99, however, a 42w cfl max cost $20.00 USD (assuming i cannot use larger wattages den the stated max on the lamp) and the light fixtures (1 or 2 lights) cost at lowes or homedepot (6.99-15.99) i want to either have 2x26W Cfls or one 55W cfl in a pc grow (7.5 [w] x 17 [d]) which is approx. .9 sq feet. Is two bulbs better den one?
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inefectualize said:i just started running this thing...it uses 6 x 65 watt at 4300 lumens a piece .... all for one plant
That is too cool! Awesome
Mr Bubbles
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Illadelph said:
okay so ur saying i go to home depot n grab a light socket with a two prong plug at the end, is this a lamp or a fixture or do they sell seperate sockets with a plug at the end, cuz the only sockets i seen are sockets wit two little wires dat go for i think $3.99 USD.
heres a pic of it well a link light socket
well im trying to find the cheapest solution i think those sockets are cheap n i can grab a few of those rather den a lamp for 20 bucks. but how would i wire em fawkaz up
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facelift said:
I am now down to 8 plants and 8 lights. The remaining four CFL's will be used in between two rows of 4 plants each during flowering. I had 100% germination, 4 plants that didn't make it out of the 1st two weeks of vegging, and I still have 2 stunted plants. The remaining plants are 3 Master Kush, 3 White Widow an ICE and 1 BS#3. The two stunted plants are the ICE and the BS#3. At least one of them is living up to it's name.
Because my timing is off, I am allowing this grow to get in the way of moving to Colorado. If I was harvesting, I would be able to go check out my two leads next week, but I have made a choice to go check them out in September. It's a late call on my part, as the plants just started taking off this past week. In fact this also puts off looking for a job in Chicago too.
If I go to Colorado for two weeks, like leaving now, and not get the jobs, I would have gone to a place that will let me work for them. If I go in for the job in Chicago and later choose to chase out this idea of moving to Colorado in September, I either have to quit and take off, or plan a vacation, or just flat out tell the guy, I am going to go check out the same job in Colorado and hope he understands.
Master Kush is a beautiful plant. The ones I have have very fine a thin leaves unlike the fat leaves all of the other plants I have grown have had. I have never had a plant like it. Thumbs up to the original breeder. I still have 7 original seeds from the 10 pack. The BS and ICE seem to have a burn and are competing for the worst plant, and the most likely to be mulched awards.
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ninjashoes
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so the rule is what?
50 watts of cfl = 1/4 to 1/2 an ounce max?
50 watts of cfl = 1/4 to 1/2 an ounce max?
not even close, 50 real watts of CFL would maybe get a 1/8th if pruned correctly an no problems occured like nute burn an the plant went 12/12 from seed. not worth it if ya ask me. a rule of thumb i picked up is anything under a real 100watts of CFLs is a waste of time an money.
Mr Bubbles
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cfl king, how do i wire my cfl lights. Say i want to wire them up like Dr. BudGreen's. I buy cleats for lightsocket and den i dont know what to do after that. Where do i buy those wires that will connect each light. How do i make the two prong connection at the end. Help!!! i seem to be struggling with my lighting.
walmart sells cords with plugs at the end an it comes with intructions on which wire goes where
Mr Bubbles
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cfl...KING said:
wow....thanks its dat simple eh? i feel kinda stupid lol, but thanks so much ur the first to help a brotah out.
ninjashoes
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cfl...KING said:
hmm maybe but personally I would rather have two 25 watters that you can get nice and close with a nice spread than have one 100watt bulb trying to cover multiple plants or one large plant thats lst'd
