transplant or over watering?

I won't be setting up for a couple of months yet but I'm hoping to just have a veg room in a set of drawers without the drawers and veg one plant for 5 weeks at a time, with a wardrobe with a built in cupboard behind it converted into a flower room flowering 2 plants at a time at separate stages, hoping to pull off one plant every 4-5 weeks. 3 cycled plants will be enough for me..

.. I hope lol

 

Got a pic of your set-up
said your using cfl’s.. how many.. whats your kelvins

Some info plz

 

I'm taking future tense sorry, I don't have a clue about anything to do with cfls that's why I'm here to learn from others' experiences.

 

Aight this is what im running..


8cfl’s for vegging= all 8 5600k going more for a blue spectrum for veggative growth

8cfl’s for flower= 7 - 2700k & 1 - 5600k i think it covers a full spectrum best for full flower potential..

Running a total of 330 true cfl watts equivalent to a shitload of regular watts (atleast 800)..

My plant seems to be loving it..

Hope this helped!!

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Yeah man!!!!

 

Thank you! I've not found much regarding cfls, even using the search or google, I was thinking about running near enough the same veg set up as you actually.

I just don't understand how to wire 8 cfls together, I'm not clued on like that :-(

 

If you like i can draw you up a fool proof diagram..
should get you started in no time


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I can draw you up a fail proof diagram as to how and wire the bulbs together..

Youll need atleast 8 bulb sockets to get started with some wire.. and also 8 cfl bulbs.. start with 5600k daylight kelvins the plant loves this during veg

 

Can I not get a bulb connector with a splitter on and put say 3-4 bulbs per socket?

 

Your actually going to use 4 sockets and put 8 bulbs in em’ total.. check out my thread growing with cfl’s myself..

Hope this helps..

Nice light spectrum for flowering..

Their all wired to 1 switch (switch optional)..



I cut off all huge fan leaves
I cut off all huge fan leaves


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You’re going to need a lot more light to flower. Cfls are ok to veg small plants, but nowhere near the power or penetration to properly flower more than a tiny plant.

 

Thank you very much!
I've read that article many times, I'm starting to understand but I sometimes learn from trial and error.

Good job on the plants, how much budget are we looking at? Have you got or can you get a 600w ballast? The bulbs are roughly £15/$25 for a hps, that would give you ounces and ounces!

 

Everyone is on a budget, but how much do you spend on an ounce of pot? How about a pound? If you could produce somewhere between an ounce and a pound every 10 weeks is a $500 light really that expensive?

That said, I don’t know how big your space is but for a 2x4 area, a four pack of qb120’s in 3000k from amazon, proper driver, some wire and a little diy aluminum frame will set you back about $225-$250. That’s about $1 per watt of the most efficient diodes on the market.

 

I think you need to read that article that you sent me lol.

If you want to maximise your harvest, I'm guessing once they get up pick the 2 best plants as I don't think you have enough light for 3 plants, don't be arrogant because karma is always chasing you! I have all hopes for you but for flowering you are going to need different spectrum of lights as they won't cut it, and to put 8 cfls in you could possibly put the extra £20 in and get a hps and ballast! Just a thought my friend.

 

I grow in coco now but switching back to supersoil for clean organic meds. Trust me, invest in some quality lighting, or waste months flowering with CFLs. You WILL be disappointed with the results.

You’re seeing growth now because cfls veg well with small plants. The 6500k spectrum provides steady vegetative growth while plants are small. Once switching to flower the plants consume more nutrients and light, and they much larger requiring penetration that cfls just don’t have.

You won’t get good flowers without good lights