Hey all my grow will be in a about 3 foot square box with CFL that are 27 watts = to 100 watts and are called Day Light, right now I have two in a Y in a broader fixture, but have more to add when she gets bigger. I chose the Big Bang seed from Green House because it's an Indica, my favorite, and is short & stout, she is an fem seed which I was not found of because of how fem seeds are made, yet she is not an auto-flower because I want to clone her. There are a lot of opinions on fem & auto, I'm new & I'm just saying my opinion based on my reading, yet I welcome input, but it's too late now, it is what it is... Let's Grow! Alright, I live way up north in Maine and it's getting cold now (Oct) but the CFL's are keeping the box around 69 - 71 degrees & are on 20 hours a day. I expect when I add more lights the temp will be better, but I think this is a fair trade as she seems to love the mild temps. She had a rough start because I over watered, and you may have read my other post about that. Seems my potting soil retains too much water so I can't let the pot sit in a water tray, so every other day I put the pot in a water tray for 30 mins. Kind of a pain! I'm not sure if I want to tell you I'm using Miracle Grow, but honestly I grew a great plant last time on Miracle Grow and let her flower on just water, and I was very happy. Right now I'm using 1/4 strength (1/4 tablespoon to 1 gallon) later I will go full strength & only water for flowering. (seems to work for me?) OK, let's show some pic's.... this is an early over watered sick plant, yet she still sparkles Here's a pic a few week's later when I learned what the issue was.. One more to show she is short & stout... So, that's it for now, I'll upload more soon
Subbed. Doing my first grow ever and I'm going the CFL path too right now cause I got a small space and not a lot of $$. Looks like its going pretty well for you man.