just realised i had the wrong cfls in the whole time.... forgot to put in daylight bulbs. they are BLINDING!
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just realised i had the wrong cfls in the whole time.... forgot to put in daylight bulbs. they are BLINDING!
:D Should start putting more lights or higher watt lights.
3400 lumens isn't enough, only if if you just want to save money.
The recommended lumens is 10,000 for each plant.
i thought lumens were established by the size of the grow room.? anyhow, theres three of them on there putting the lumens at 4900. two are daylight and one is a red spectrum 100 watt CFL. the plant is not stretching at all, and at about 2.5" is on its third shoot.
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should i start LST'ing in about a week?
hey man ... congrats on your grow so far... was just wondering out of curiousity ...How far do you have the lights from the plant?? and i have heard of people using nothing but 6000-6500 k cfl lights from start to finish, and they actually got a pretty good yield... but i would still add about 2 more lights to help it out..remember the more light the better... if you would like i can draw a pic of a light fixture you can make for about $25. and it is a nice fixture for using with cfl's... What type of ferts are you feeding it now??
just a low dose of MG. i used a rooting hormone when i transplanted, but should i be using it more frequently like when i feed the MG? (one a week)
-the lights are about 2 inches away
-and yes id appreciate a fixture idea as they are just hanging right now.
ok from my experience with growing (of course i have grown outside and am converting to growing inside this winter) i would not use the root hormone anymore ... your plant seems to be doing good but just seems very short to me ... just my opinion... and before i tell you how to build the fixture are you familiar with electrical wiring?? how many light bulbs would u like me to design the fixture for??? and also try backing the lights up to about 4" and see if that will make the plant stretch or are you going to lst ???
i am going to lst and keep it as short as possible.
right now i have 5 100 watt cfls
-2 daylight
-3 3000K
should i get more daylight or red spectrum?
from what people have told me there is nothing wrong with using the 6500 k lights throughout the entire grow cycle... in fact someone had a growlog of the one that they did with only 6500 k lights. .. if i were you i would change all of the cfl's to 6500 k and just use those for the entire grow... but that is just my opinion.... hope it helps ... and good luck on the grow .... ohhh and for the fixture go to lowes or home depot or somewhere like that they have round electrical boxes with places in the side to screw in light adapters ... then but the light adapters and you can also buy a cover plate for the box that has 3 more places to add lights on it... the light adapters look like the ones you would see on the outside of a house...most people use them for motion lights ... as soon as i figure out how to upload pics i will post a pic of what i am talking about... i built one that can hold anywhere from one to seven bulbs ... let me know if u want a pic of it and i will try to see if i can upload it... once again good luck and keep us posted on the grow
well she did have a kinda slow, but steady growth until i added the daylight bulbs...she seems to like it much better in that the leaves are producing quickly and perking up. however, i will be adding all the lights i have a probably getting 2 or 3 more making the total to 7 - 8 CFLS. the grow box is small so i dont want it to get too hot.
remember im down to one plant as the others died when i was gone for a few days, so 7-8 bulbs should be plenty...right?
6500K for veg.
3500 for bloom
is recommended.
Will produce max yield w/ CFL
You will notice a difference.