CFL questions

[TheHump]

Which light spectrum is the best for veg and which is best for flower?

[4x5]

higher kelvin for veg (cooler color), lower kelvin for flower (warmer color).

[TheHump]

gotcha. i just went and got a few 42W warm color cfls.

Here is my 2 cents on that anyway:
The way my config was set up, i had a 4 cool and 4 warm cfls in my box. My one plant towards the back of the box mainly had the warm lights around and the cool lights were more towards the front. The plant in the back was much fuller than the ones in the front. Do you think that is why the one in the back is fuller?
Either way, i switched them around with the new lights so there are only 2 cool color lights and the warm color ones are more spread out.

[Garden Knowm]

picture please
: )

[TheHump]

here

[Garden Knowm]

NICE...
Have you over fed a tad bit?

Are you PHing your water?

If MAY... : ) ... you should consider seperating those lights and lowering some of them (side lighting)..

LOOKS good..

cheers
thanks for the picture!

[TheHump]

I did over feed once...that won't happen again ( i hope).
I haven't been testing the PH, but i am using brita water :) I know, i need to test it.

Also i have thought about seperating those lights...but I don't really have a plan on how. Maybe i will just add a few lights at the bottom with a little desk lamp type thing.

[Garden Knowm]

sooner the better regarding the lights... THIS will have a DIRECT and DRAMATIC effect on your yield!!

: )

[TheHump]

a few update pics. i am 5 weeks into flowering

[dryst]

2nd picture they look a little droppy?
nice plants though :-)

btw whered u get those 2 way ballast and how much where they?

[TheHump]

I just watered them yesterday...maybe a little much...they will be ok.

Those aren't ballasts...they are just Y-connectors. I got them at Lowes for about $1.40US.

[Garden Knowm]

pictures.. : )

[TheHump]

The ones above are the most recent pictures.

Question: Will too much heat make your plants droop? Yesterday my plants started drooping a lot more. I think the temps were up to 90+ degrees.

I think I am going to move my plants inside for the last few weeks...it is too damn hot in the garage.

[Garden Knowm]

HI HUMP!
: )

Actually, Higher temperatures usually do the opposite.. The leaves will begin to POINT UPWARD.. NOT CURLING.. but just pointing upward...

Drooping is usually caused by over or under watering..

: )

[orangeman]

Those lights are nice and so are those plants. Where did you get the lights from?

[kush07]

You might already be doing this and if so then you can disregard this comment.

Try to go for a 1:1 ratio for the "warm" and "cool" CFL's per y-connector.

Happy Toking :rasta:

[TheHump]

All the equipment all came from Lowes. The lights on the bottom are from Wal-Mart.
I am only using the warm lights. I was using the combo, but I found that the plants that had more of the warm lights were producing much more dense buds, so I switched them all to warm. What will the cool lights bring to the table? I thought they were only good for veg?

Oh...I moved my cabinet out of the garage. Now it is much cooler (80F) and the plants couldn't be happier. Also, my drooping problem was due to lack of watering. I need to increase my watering cycle to every other day now.

[kush07]

Having a 1:1 ratio helps protect against stretching. If you haven't had problems with stretching then continue with what you are currently doing but if you do start to have problems add a "cool white" CFL to help stop stretching.

Happy Toking :rasta: