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whoreable
11-23-2006, 07:41 AM
Enough Light?

4x Bright Effects 23w, 1600 LUM


2 Plants, with the 4 Lights, will it work?


The plants are already growin, have them outside in the sunlight.

wesley willis
11-23-2006, 07:52 AM
for a while it might work. i had 2 plants with 2 23w cw cfls and one plant kicked the proverbial bucket so now i have those 4 plus 2 40 watters. it's a girl, too. i'd take pictures but i don't have a camera to do so.

whoreable
11-23-2006, 07:57 AM
Okay thanks, I live in Socal and it gets a good 9 hours of DIRECT SUNLIGHT, Should I bring in the plants at sunset for the lights or just have it on the lights for 24/7?

wesley willis
11-23-2006, 08:03 AM
can't get much brighter than direct sunlight. that and you would save on hydro, too.

whoreable
11-23-2006, 08:46 AM
Well since we dont get 24 hours light, should I let it soak up as much real sun as possible and bring them in after the sun is setting?

BlueBear
11-23-2006, 01:22 PM
The only prob with leaving them out, they will get so big that they may out grow the CFL lights. You could try, but I would prob keep them as close to the CFL's as possible, about 1 inch. I veged out 12 plants one time under 6 23W CFL's and they were short and squat, about 7 inches with about 10 or more nodes.
Adieu

kindprincess
11-23-2006, 02:13 PM
you'll need at least twice that many. i had 2 double 48" floro fixtures with 4 k+b bulbs, and 16 23w cfl's for 8 plants initially. traded the floro's for hps, will lose the cfl's when i have another hps running. downt to five plants.

obviously you are vegging. how old are your babies and how much room do you have to flower?

love, kp:p

whoreable
11-23-2006, 05:54 PM
Unlimited Room, I posted a thread in OUTDOOR GROWING Section, theres some Pictures of them about 2 weeks old.

whoreable
11-23-2006, 08:28 PM
Heres my setup, Im going to make a Lid/Cover with Tin-Foil and cardboard. Also going to put a fan on it.

whoreable
11-23-2006, 09:03 PM
Also, if you look at the last picture, I noticed the Stem this morning is kinda of Transparent, It seems to be decaying or something, its also very limp, I tried to straiten it out but its just limp, any ideas?

whoreable
11-24-2006, 02:55 AM
After 7 Hours of those 4 CFL's The plant has seemed to straiten out its little 'kink' at the bottom, its looking very promising :)

Updates tommorow :)

kindprincess
11-24-2006, 03:14 AM
you'll need another 4-8 in a couple weeks. lights that is...

whoreable
11-24-2006, 03:14 AM
To flower?

kindprincess
11-24-2006, 03:20 AM
veg, your plants will be getting bigger.

when flowering, they'l probably need at least 4 bulbs each, but twice that many would put you on the right lumen path.

i'm using a 400hps and 16 23w cfl's for 5 blueberrys...

chronic352
11-24-2006, 03:22 AM
you might want to start saving money your gonna need either a 250 or 400 watt hps system for flowering, you could brobably use a 250 sence theres only two plants

kindprincess
11-24-2006, 03:25 AM
or just get a bunch more cfl's since there 10$ for four; i was on a budget and was going completly florecent, but now i have a 400 hps and 2 400mh's (40$ for both from a flea market:thumbsup:)

whoreable
11-24-2006, 03:51 AM
Thanks Kind Princess, I do some pose's for you :)

Markass
11-24-2006, 07:58 AM
veg, your plants will be getting bigger.

when flowering, they'l probably need at least 4 bulbs each, but twice that many would put you on the right lumen path.

i'm using a 400hps and 16 23w cfl's for 5 blueberrys...

Good lord...why so many CFL's? Maybe just lose em' and make it a 600w hps or something? I'd kinda like to see a picture of that setup..that's a shitload of bulbs..

emmpey
11-24-2006, 03:57 PM
Thanks Kind Princess, I do some pose's for youweirdo.

whoreable
11-24-2006, 08:45 PM
UPDATE


After the plants first 24 Hours of Constant CLF's It seems to be withering a small ammount, whats the deal?

Too much light? Not enough water?


I also modified my box, using a large cardboard box I put holes for ventilations on Side, and a big slot for a Fan to blow on them, the seedlings are swaying in the wind of this fan, it should help them quite a bit.

I gave them 1 Hour of darkness today to heal.

emmpey
11-25-2006, 11:20 AM
the plants will be transpiring more on 24 hours light, the roots will get the message after a day or two. make sure the temps aren't too high.

bud breath420
11-25-2006, 01:47 PM
I didnt see anyone else say this.. but you need to seperate them as soon as you can.. like right now!!

Kon.Artist.
11-25-2006, 02:29 PM
^^ What he said

whoreable
11-25-2006, 08:15 PM
Upadte, Day 3 Under 24/0, They are looking nice, the runt seems to be not wilting like the bigger plant. :D