Denial is back with a K2/WhiteWidow/Redhair grow Log

Hey people,
Some of you might remember me as Denial! I'm back on the forums again, sorry I was away for some time had some personal problems.

You may remember last time I grown red hair skunk to some success, the problem at the end was ph and i ended up with under 2oz from 4 plants, was pretty gutted :)

This time patience will be required, I've got some experience too. Instead this time I've started off with


1 x 125W 2200K CFL
1 x 125W 7400K CFL

It's been exactly a month since I started this grow, from seed. Seemed like a good time to share my CFL grow.

I've recently added 1 x 24 W 4000K Energy saving light - just for kicks :)

I'm aware that plants aren't specifically interested in the red CFL at veg but I think it can have a positive impact in any case! Don't worry, no stretching :) And so there shouldn't! The 2 White Widow plants are under an inch from the bulbs!!!

I'm seriously considering getting 100 x 20Watt for 2 1000Watt CFL
(50 x 20W) growspace/growroom.

I can source these bulbs from the UK for about $500 which seems reasonable! And they are at 4000k, I think 1000watt of these bulbs should be enough for start to finish? What does everyone else think?


Wonder how hot it could get, hehhe


peace,
Denial

WhiteWidow 1month and day or 2 hehe.


Peace,
denial

They look a bit small for a month... should be much bushier and maybe about a foot tall by now... You have enough light, but they are in the wrong place. You should have them above the plants also, and if they are more than 2-3 in. from the plant, they aren't doing much. CFL's and flouro need to be within that distance to work properly.

I don't about the idea of those bulbs either... yea $500 is a pretty decent price, but you will need ventilation($$$), and a lot of sockets ($$$), and a lot of cords (hazardous). 400 or 600w hps w/ proper ventilation will cost probably as much, but much less hassle.

trying to cram low watts CFLs defeats the purpose. Much better lumen per watt with t-5 HO lamps (tubes). Efficient, if you cover the tube area with growth.

little update for ya guys... after i took the pics i repositioned the lights so theres one on the left and one on the right, effectively sandwitching the 2 pots between. I think this way I'll get maximum reflectivity and locality without having to hang the reflectors till flowering!

I have also noticed some slight yellowing, these plants are only small it has been 6 weeks in this biobizz soil.. I guess I need to start adding bloom ferts and start flowering :( I only have bloom ferts! :-)

Hmm... at least I think thats the problem.. any ideas anyone?


Peace,
denial

They just look as if there is a problem. Very droopy, how is ventilation? What are your temps? I would put your lights above them, give them something to grow toward. Keep the smaller ones on the sides.

What is your water schedule, or how much they drinking and how much you watering them?

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Originally Posted by Lit Up

They just look as if there is a problem. Very droopy, how is ventilation? What are your temps? I would put your lights above them, give them something to grow toward. Keep the smaller ones on the sides.

What is your water schedule, or how much they drinking and how much you watering them?

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Yeah dude, I agree.. I'm watering them every 3 or 4 days, I always check the roots get a dry cycle kinda wise to that sort of thing.

Unfortunately I had some bad luck with the weather, so much so I had to switch from 17/7 to 24/0 because it was getting so cold. I don't think they liked it at all, I'm guessing it's either that or nutes!

Yeah, I'm gonna reaffix the lamps in a sensible place; as I mentioned I did move them so they are parallel sandwitching the plants, maybe they'll be happier with more light/heat.


We'll find out shortly I guess :-)


Thanks for the advice homes!

Peace,
Denial

Just started to flower these two plants, may take clones and setup sep veg room , at least when i get out the HPS, after i buy my cooltube :)

decided to forget bout buying shitloads of CFL's, the comments here were sane about just cooling a HPS proper, thanks for saving me some time :) Still, a future project there!!!

Wish me luck, i switched to flower at these plants @ 1 foot for a reason... no veg ferts and at 6 weeks now so want to us biobloom :)

wohoo its so great to be back!!

Peace,
denial

u ph test your nutes/water?? they should be a lil bigger by now but it might be the ph level...gl man