Quote Originally Posted by wmfocker
The plants are about two weeks old now...starting from when they came up out of the soil... I didn't germinate they were just soil started. They are approximately 6 inches tall right now and the leaves are only about an inch long.

Thanks for the advice i'm going to give LED's a try seeing as they are on the right spectrum requirements and i'm only doing four plants...I'm adding the two 14wt LED panels to the four plants. Ones full spectrum the other is Full red 640nm. So i'm going to get another set of CFL's maybe three more?
Wow Finn musta had your antenna's up:thumbsup:

If there 2 weeks now, you will never get bud by May 20th. It takes at least 8-12 weeks to flower, depending on your strain. In Finn's sig you can read his LST Thread, its the best iv seen with lots of questions that are all answered. You can use this to keep your plant short, but get a great yield. You can see this in the thread.

The LED'S will help for sure, but when you flower, which you could do at 3-4 weeks, your going to need 4,000 to 5,000 lumen per square foot to get close to your goal and more if you can get it. It will say the lumen number and the color on the cfl box. I will post a pic of the light i used as well as other growers. Thats why Finn brought up the other optional lighting suggestion. A 250 hps would give you bigger and a better yield for sure. The only issue is the cost, because $50.00 for the light set up will get you a great cfl grow, but a; and this is a guess $250.00-$350 will get that 250 hps and the difference is bigger and better then with the cfl's. Only on here iv seen at least close to 1/3 more of a yield or more, depending on the grower and other factors.

But i used 11 cfl's and was happy, but on my next go around id be pissed at my yield. Grow and learn, while reading as much as possible. So iv learned a bunch with the first, so i should be ale to do better on the next grow. Ya hear me :hippy: Any more questions just ask:jointsmile:


First is the hook lights, which took 3 and get the small ones, because you add the y splitter's in them and they will hold 4 cfl's. For some reason the bigger hook lights hood dosnt come off to get the y splitters in them. You will need 3 and use you LED'S for side lighting, as growing with cfl's side lighting is a problem. Your LED'S will be a plus for side lighting.

Second is some of what i got and it is great

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LetsSeeYa Reviewed by LetsSeeYa on . Rookie grower Hey guys, I'm new to the community. I am growing strictly for personal usage so as you read this realize that i do not care about 6+ ounces per plant. I want a minimal ounce per plant simply because i will probably smoke an ounce in a month and i will be rotating 4 plants flowering....2 veg...and 2 germ. The 4 Flowering will be a month a part. Currently i was waiting about one week before i transplant. And currently all i have is 4 plants with a batch germinating now. And the plants Rating: 5