PLEASE HELP.

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by Emm123, Sep 16, 2018.

  1. Hey so my plants are one week old and today is the first day that I’ve turned on the viparspectra 450 Watts. Should I remove my CFL’s or keep them on with the spectra? I’ve been doing 18 on with the CFL’s and 6 off. And tonight I plan on keeping the spectra on for 12 hours. Just looking for any tips. Also I have another fan on the opening of the tent on the left, stems seem to be getting stronger daily. Air comes out of the top opening also not pictured. Is this ventilation sufficient or should I upgrade? If so what should I get?[​IMG]
     
  2. It's not necessary to use the led at this point. Put the cfl's close and you'll be good for a couple weeks. When you do introduce the stronger light, keep it high to start and lower gradually. Good luck and welcome to GC. :)
     
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  3. You will most likely have no heat issues worh that light and tent size. But yes I do recommend getting ventilation system. Cannabis loves air. Air flow is very important. You can buy the carbon filter and fan for like $100. Happy growing
     
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  4. Heat issues will all depend on what the temp is In the room the tent is in.

    You cfl set up is TERRIBLE! The plants under ur 2700-3000k bulbs are not getting the 65k light from the two on other side. U rly gotta cluster cfls if u wanna mix specs. Ud be better off doing all 66k cfl for veg(I went out and got a full spec with uv t5 2ft to put in with the cfls. I have a lil over 500w of cfl on each two lvls of veg side and plants love it. All while using only 260w I vegged for a month wit my full spec leds and plants loved it. But to me the energy usage isn’t worth it when I can’t get the 60w 65k cfl(uses 13w each and 150 cfl uses 40w and blast them with that and save $. Then I use my led for flowering
     
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  5. All 65k on top, 65k and a full spec t5 on bottom. I clone in some in closet. Once out of dome they go to top shelf with a lil less lighting. Then later down to lower lvl to add some full spec to finish them out and get them rdy for veg side. This is my first grow(8 in flowering atm) I’m tryin a perpetual set up
     

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  6. Ready for flower(not veg) side
     
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  7. This helped me get my temps to 60s at lights off and about 78 lights on. For awhile I was hitting high 80s and low 90s For my first time in winter imma pull air in from window instead of ac
     

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  8. Also those look like the 150w cfls. Looks like those will be to close once they pop. The 60w u can get an inch or so away. The 150 need to be a few inches away. When my vegging plants get to close to them u can see the leaves lose green color and start to stress
     

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