Quote Originally Posted by growdemon
from the looks of your pics. i would say.
1. your light is in the wrong spot. looks like your light is on the side or bottom, leaf's move towards the direction the light is emiting from. (light movers are kinda cool for this reason)
2. for 7ft , your going to need about 8 to 12-15+ cfl bulbs to cover that large of a space 24+ wats or more per bulb, about 8 on the top, and rest on the sides for the lower branches
3. looks like a male, male plants droop like this and grow long
4. rule of thumb. 2000+ lumen per sq foot, thats the least a plant needs to grow & flower, anything lower than 2000 lumen, your lucky to get any swag
5. cfl lighting does not travel a very far distance so you need alot to penetrate large plants


6. if you clustered about 4 bulbs together you will have better light rather than a single bulbs spread out. they cluster together and create a more solid light array

i did a grow once, 1 plant 2 incandecence(not HPS/MH) bulbs 150w & 250w (this was before cfl's came out) about 9000 lumen and the plant produced well. grew to about 4-5 ft, heat was the only issue, i had 1 lamp 250 on top and 150w for the lower side area
I'm running about 14 25w cfl's these days in a 3x3x8 area with 25,000 lumen
check my profile for my other posts ive posted about clf's in other threads.


Thanks, this helps a lot. So unless If i absolutely want to use cfls, I need lots more, if not its looking like I need stronger bulbs anyway, even incondecence Should topping continue in flowing stage, im two weeks in 12/12??

P.s. thanks a lot, I don't want him to die