1st Grow..Closet..BagSeed...Cfl's

[JimmyPocketz]

Threw my 2 babies in the soil 2day

they easter babies..

i plan on switching the plants out of the MG organic

to FF after 2 or 3 weeks and they have rooted



grabbed 2 clip lamps

so i only have 2 pots now...

i grabbed 2 x 16 w= 65 w 6500K DAYLITE per Pot

There cfl under a solar case
looks like a floodlight but it has the cfl coils under the case
so im good...

is this enough light 4 my seedlings in the pot?

i figure this would be enough light 2 have a strong veg

and 1 x 27 w 5500k hanging over both plants

im throwing in another pot to total 3 when another seed cracks

:jointsmile:

JimmyPocketz Reviewed by JimmyPocketz on 03-23-2008. 1st Grow..Closet..BagSeed...Cfl's Threw my 2 babies in the soil 2day they easter babies.. i plan on switching the plants out of the MG organic to FF after 2 or 3 weeks and they have rooted Rating: 5

[JimmyPocketz]

ok im switchin 2 the 16 w ontop

and one 27w over each plant

so i will up the watts from 59 to 70 watts

not alotta light for 2 plants..but i jus put them in the soil 2day

ill up the watts as they grow

[JimmyPocketz]

Sweeeet

found another clip lamp n the crib..so i plugged in my other 16 w cfl

so i upped to 86 watts for 2 pots so far

[cwesto]

Jimmy, u should try and get some pics man, i love seeing plants grow up. Anyways u should probably get some more lights b4 to long, i dont know too much about CFL's but i think u will need maybe 2 or 3 times more watts than u have right now, but like i said im not to keen on CFL stuff.

Also let me know how that MG organic goes for u, I just bought soe the other day cause i couldn bring myself to buy anymore FF that stuff is good but just too expensive. If u can find soil from Agway or i think another one is called black gold, those r both good one from what stinkattic (very smart woman/mod) says:thumbsup:

So lets get ourselves a digital camera and get our grow on my brotha

[JimmyPocketz]

when i left my 3 pots in the bathroom this morning

2 of them were almost peeking out the soil

Welll...i come home from work..the 2 have sprouted out

1 of them is bout almost a damn inch long...like it grew over 8 hrs...

the other sprout is kind of leaning...im thinking its jus slower....

i put all 3 pots directly on the ledge of the windows 2 suck in them uv's




yea i gotta grab a cam...

[Shovelhandle]

Threw my 2 babies in the soil 2day they easter babies..

Nice guy, huh. Throwing babies... <G>

Good luck with your grow. Keep posting!

Shov

[JimmyPocketz]

Fast Forward 6 Days

My 2 sprouts sprouted and are bout an Inch....ones a lil bigger

and my 3rd seed sprouted up bout 2 days ago and is the same size
as my 2nd sprout....tommorow...Sunday will make a week since i planted
my 1st two plants..so there bout to be a week old...

bought 2 more 27w Daylites and some Y connectors...

thats a total of 6 x 27w and 2 x 26 w makeing 160 w's over the 3 sprouts

will be grabbing alot more light soon

im goin back 2 home depot and grab the lamp that had like 5 heads on it

[JimmyPocketz]

[JimmyPocketz]

More updated pix coming tommorow

[Rock.Steady]

Jimmy,
i been usin cfls, for veg for about a year.
based on personal experience....

some strains r a lil more sensitve than others, but, here's decent rule of thumb thats been workin.

use 1 cfl over each sprout.
about 6 inches away at first, at groundbreaking.
slowly closer as they get a node or 2.
when they r 2-3 nodes and some leaf u can get as close as 2 inches.

lose the lil silver dish on the clip lites, its of no use and reflects heat onto the plant which can stress them.
also, the light dispersion is better from the side, keep horizontal to the plant as much as possible.

26/100w daylighter (higher the K# the better, the 6500's work good)
u can use a lesser wattage at the very beginning, but it will want the 26/100 or as close as u can get in the higher spectrum.



flowering.
switch to the 'warms' 2300-2700K, same basic distance rules apply. try for around 100w equivelent
for better yeild, use as many as u can, surround the plant.
at one point, i used 12 x 26/100w 2700k's in flower on 1 plant that was about 1.5 ft tall. (1st grow thai thread)

at that number, its better off to go hps, trust me, been there.

u can browse my 1st thread for cfl use (and mistakes) thru the entire grow.
other threads are cfl for veg only.


fwiw,
i dont see any perlite in that soil, i think ya need some.
the mg soil aint as bad as some ppl say. i use a mix of mg, plain, n perlite n my latest soil grow is at 3 ft in week 5,
your mileage may vary