E Man's 1st grow - Closet,Fluoro

[E Man]

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[attachment=o69132]These clones were done on 5/8/06 from a Romulan that had to be culled from a friend of mine's herd. It had already started to flower on top so we used the lower branches with no buds. I didn't take any pics of them right after "birth" 'cause I've never done this before and it looked kinda like someone had thrown a pot plant into an electric fan. A bunch of hacked up shit that was embarrasing, all stuck in a 2' square propagation tray filled with soil. Humidity Dome? Naw, I put the tray in a cardboard box with 8" tall sides and slid that into a big clear trash bag (new, of course LOL).:dance: The last pic is an experiment. It's just a branch about 4" long with a couple of leaves. I'd already used the growth tip to make one of the clones. It's not supposed to work, at least from all I've read, but it seems to be growing.

E Man Reviewed by E Man on 06-03-2006. E Man's 1st grow - Closet,Fluoro These clones were done on 5/8/06 from a Romulan that had to be culled from a friend of mine's herd. It had already started to flower on top so we used the lower branches with no buds. I didn't take any pics of them right after "birth" 'cause I've never done this before and it looked kinda like someone had thrown a pot plant into an electric fan. A bunch of hacked up shit that was embarrasing, all stuck in a 2' square propagation tray filled with soil. Humidity Dome? Naw, I put the tray in a Rating: 5

[E Man]

My closet is 4' wide, about 2' deep, and about 9' tall and just happens to have a pop out in the ceiling for access to the "attic", which is really just a crawl space between the ceiling and the roof. The opening is just the right size to mount a box fan to for exhaust. When and if smell becomes an issue, I'm gonna try charcoal filters attached to the fan and see if that works. For light I got 4 twin tube 48" fluorescent fixtures from Home Depot for like $8.00 each and $3.50 a set for the tubes. I used cool white tubes 'cause they have the most lumens (3200) and the temp is 4300k. I was looking for 5000k but the daylight tubes are 6500k and I didn't know if that was too much past 5000 or if it even mattered. They are also about twice the price but not quite as bright. I thought I'd use plant and aquarium tubes for flowering but they're dark. Only about 1700 lumens but they're supposed to be the right color. I don't know

[BriNger]

I have a very similiar setup. Im also using 2 of the exact same light fixtures as you. ive just started my bloom cycle and im using 4 "Kitchen & Bath" flo lights. the color is 3000K (yellow-red spectrum) legit for flowering. Lumen output is 3400. Plus they were low price at homedepot. i also got some CFLs in there. You should check them out too. They work wonders and definitely wouldnt hurt.

[Dimebonic333]

8 bucks at home depot. thats a pretty good deal. last time I checked they were 19.00 and about 6 for each tube. I was going to go the shop light route but ended up making a big ass CFL array of 10 bulbs. Im very pleased with the results. 32 days(from seed) and Ive got huge plants with budsites everywhere. Ill update my thread tomorrow. Good job. you should be quite happy with your results, especially since they are from clones.
You dont have many plants so I would try to place them inbetween the fixtures instead of under just 2 tubes so they are soaking up the spots where the lumes cross eachother. if that makes any sense.

[Trivium]

Hey eman, Im using 4 of the same fluorecents. They work wonders with vegetating. I purchased some warm white tubes wich really boosted my plants, my logs being recorded in same subforum.

[E Man]

Hey BriNger & Dimebonic, and anyone else:

I was checking out BobBong's grow logs using CFLs and since you guys use 'em perhaps I can pick your brains for a sec. How did you make your array of CFLs, and are they just regular household ones or are they something different? I tend to complicate the shit out of simple things so any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[Trivium]

Hey BriNger & Dimebonic, and anyone else:

I was checking out BobBong's grow logs using CFLs and since you guys use 'em perhaps I can pick your brains for a sec. How did you make your array of CFLs, and are they just regular household ones or are they something different? I tend to complicate the shit out of simple things so any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Simply walk into homedepot or where ever you can find CFLs and buy the highest lumens or watt CFL you can find. Theres nothing to these lights at all other then purchasing and plugging in.

[the image reaper]

Eman, GE Cool Whites for vegging ... for flowering, get yourself the GE Kitchen & Bath tubes ... red spectrum for flowering (3000k) and 3400 lumens apiece ... about $7 a pair at WalMart ... :smokin:

[Trivium]

Eman, GE Cool Whites for vegging ... for flowering, get yourself the GE Kitchen & Bath tubes ... red spectrum for flowering (3000k) and 3400 lumens apiece ... about $7 a pair at WalMart ... :smokin:

Thats a nice deal, Ive got 6 cool whites for my veg and 2 warm white .... Next time Im in walmart Ill look for those, nice info image. BTW glade you decided to stay:stoned:

[Dimebonic333]

Right now Im using 10 23 watt 2700k bulbs all placed pretty tightly together. 230 watts for 2 females. plus a 32 watt shoplight in the background just to mix up the spectrum. things are going well. budz everywhere. I wish I would have scrogged though. im about 8 days into the first signs of female flowers and it's too late.