Beginner Closet Grow (CFL's)

[dannydoo2]

First time grower, made everything in my set up for cheap. The plant is a bag seed that I am just trying out. It is wilting because im a little high in PH and need some more PH down.

Using CFL's and a home made board I have made a 10,000+ lumen grow light.

Here is my light set up.

6- 14 watt (60 watt) bright white bulbs (5000k)
2- 27 watt (100 watt) bright white bubs (5000k)
1- 42 watt (150 watt) solf white bulb (2700k)

Total Power Consumption- 180 Watts
Actual Light Produced- 710 Watts
Lumens- 10,000

Grow Space Dimensions - 2x4x5

My nutirents are

- Humbolt Master Hydro A
- Humbolt Master Hydro B

Parts for the light board where bought at Home Depot and the Dollar Store.

-9 Light Socket plates for $1.90 each
-2 Foot by 2 Foot Wood Board for mounting surface. $5 already cut at HD.
-Bulbs... 30 or 40 bucks. depends on how many sockets you have.
-9 Extention cords from dollar store to connect light sockets.
-Radiant Heat Insulation from home depot $15
-Eye bolts to hang the board and some rope

In building the board make sure the lights are spaced out enough to use socket splitters. I plan on splitting all my sockets to doubles and using twice the power. The CFL bulbs are bulky and making sure that you can expand is always a good idea.




Take a look.

[GetThisOrDie]

Your wiring is very scary looking. You should wire the fixtures on the same cord and not have to worry about fire hazards.

Also CFLs need to be rather close to the plants to be effective. You could get away with only using a few directly above the plant until it gets a bigger canopy.

Hope you get your ph stuff soon.

[RAINHAZE]

Looks like ya need to get the lights closer. I have mine about 2" from the top of the plant.
I used lemon juice, 2tblspns / gal to lower my ph.

[hammerbutt]

LSTing the plant around that tub as it grows will definitely increase your yield with the lighting setup you are using. Wiring looks fine no real hazard for the low wattages you're using.