NoodlesQLD first 'grow log' with cfl's

[noodlesqld]

Hi everyone there are a few people on here that use cfl's to grow MJ so last year sometime i decided to experiment with a cfl grow so i guess i will fill you in on what happened on my last few cfl grows then go onto detail my current grow

first of all i usually grow outdoors, so i wanted to take what i know from my outdoor grows (usually 6ft + plants)

my first cfl grow had limited success as i didnt have all the right equip but i really wanted to start growing -all those cfl grow logs really made me want to start- so i just chucked in a few bag seeds from some sticky icky that i had smoked - i keep only seed from MJ that blows my socks off - and waited when they sprouted i put them under 2 cfl's (i forget the wattage) and watched them flourish they loved. my first mistake was to plant them into one large foam box(the ones u see in supermarkets keeping the veggies fresh) which i had punched a few holes in for drainage, but this drainage wasnt enough and the plants ened up very sick after a couple of weeks (i ave never had any problem with these foam boxes when growing out side i use them to get my plants to 2 foot before planting out in the ground) so being severly dissapointed i pulled them and decided i would wait a bit to try again with cfl's


my second cfl grow was a half cfl grow as i planted a few plants outdoors but it was a little late in the (australian) bud season so they only got to about 1-1/2 foot tall and started going to bud, i brought one of them inside and put it under the cfl's, i only brought in one as i thought if i kill it i will still get yeild from the others, anyway it turned out great crystals out the wazoo, so this is what inspired me to try again with a full cfl grow.


Current cfl Grow, I got a chest of draws that is about 3 and a half foot tall and anout 45cm wide and about the same deep by sheer accident i foud that it fit perfectly on top of a foam box so i thought that i could sit the chest of draws on top of the foam box and use it to put my pots in (not gunna make the same mistake twice but it is warter proof so any over flow from the pots wont leak out and onto my carpet) thus giving extra height

i then set up 4 cfl's, 1 @20watt =100w 6500K 2 at 15w=75w 6500K and 1 @15w = 75w 3600K so they all where in a line about 3 inches apart.

I planted my seedlings seed rasing dirt and in a seedling tray you know the ones got 8 lil pots all joined togethere into a punnet.

after they got root bound in this tray (1 week) i planted them into bigger pots

at 2 weeks i took some photos they are the ones attached pic one is one of the 2 sativas that i have and pics 2 and 3 oare of a weird looking indica plant

noodlesqld Reviewed by noodlesqld on 07-19-2006. NoodlesQLD first 'grow log' with cfl's Hi everyone there are a few people on here that use cfl's to grow MJ so last year sometime i decided to experiment with a cfl grow so i guess i will fill you in on what happened on my last few cfl grows then go onto detail my current grow first of all i usually grow outdoors, so i wanted to take what i know from my outdoor grows (usually 6ft + plants) my first cfl grow had limited success as i didnt have all the right equip but i really wanted to start growing -all those cfl grow logs Rating: 5

[noodlesqld]

now here are some current pics they are currently @ 3 weeks + 2 days of 12/12

I am flowering them now as i want to see if the whole veg and flower cycle can be acheived with this amount of light. In the next 2 weekd i will be getting a 2 foot fluro with 2 13 cool white tubed, but i will be changing these tubes out to some 10000k fluro tubes that i have found at a local aquarium store

concering nutes @ about 1.5 weeks i started them on a weak urea (46%N) solution every second water and gradually built it up to 3/4 stranght over about a week (i water about every second day) and yesterday (first day of 12/12 light) i watered them with a week soulution of aqualsol (very similar to regular thrive.... u know the yellow powder) which has a good amount of Nitrogen (13%) phosphourus about 20-25% and potasium @ 20-25 percent, it also has a lot of trace elements. i am not sure on the exact amount if each as i threw the box out a year ago when i brought it but i know it works have used it for years OUTDOORS

[noodlesqld]

check out the leaves on that last pic ....... lol

[JerryBerries420]

nice nice i have a ezhydro 125watt dual spectrum 8000+ lumens which is workn out great for me!!

good luck mate

[noodlesqld]

thanks jerryberries420.... what type of light is that a cfl??

when i made that 10000K comment i meant the light specrtum i am not to sure how many lumens as yet

[Pothead4204life]

its looking good....can you throw in another cfl?....you can i get 1 that is about 85watts and bout 4000lumens...in either temp...

[s12fever]

Looking good mate!

[noodlesqld]

its looking good....can you throw in another cfl?....you can i get 1 that is about 85watts and bout 4000lumens...in either temp...

first of all thanks for the input i greatly appreciate anyone who contributes :thumbsup:

yeah i was thinking that i should add another cfl or two as i was going to uses these light for a flower cab and the fluros (when i get them) for a veg cab

its hard to find really high wattage cfl's here in australia the biggest one i have found is 23 watts which equals about 120 watts

i am going to get a couple more 20w=100w cfls today


Thanks s12:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[noodlesqld]

i find it hard to belive that no one has noticed the leaves on the last pic that i posted, it has the strangest leaves i have ever seen, remindes me of a maple leaf

[noodlesqld]

i actually looked at the shops and seen that the fertilizer that i am using has 23 % N and 26%p and 4 % k. does anyone know if this will be good for flowering