I am so stoked!

[qdavid]

I did read the bulb package in that it said it uses 42W electricity but puts out light like a 150W incandesant. I think that'd work for a little(32'x27""x16") grow cabinet? So is that okay my brother, or am I fucking up already again? ..... Sorry about that.....I got a big mouth.

qdavid Reviewed by qdavid on 09-01-2006. I am so stoked! All four of my Redonda Red Hair (if that's really what they are) germinated in less than 36 hours. Ireally only want three plants but I plated them all. Now I only hope one of 'em's a girl. They're in 8" pots under four 42W cfl bulbs in a mylared cabinet. I also put in a little computer fan. It's only like 88 cfl? Anyway I plan on putting in a 150 fan sometime. The 88 computer fan I have is a little weak so I got a desk fan blowing too hoping to keep the temp less than 90F. By the way, sdhall Rating: 5

[qdavid]

This bulb thing has me running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. Mine are General Electic 42W cfl bulbs. After that, I don't know. I've searched the g.e. site, tried both yahoo and google and can't figure out if they're soft white, warm, or cool. I don't think g.e even distinguishes that. Maybe I can find some wavelegth info. But I guess I want cool to veg and warm to flower. I'll go to Wally World tomorrow and see if I can find out something there.

[qdavid]

Crap, now I can't sleep cause I'm upset. But I decided what I'm gonna do about my lights. I'm pretty sure those four 42W ones I got going are soft white They were fairly cheap (like $8+) and there's these /sw letters at the end of the technical data info line on the balast. So I'll buy a couple cool whites and a couple warm whites with the highest wattage I can get. I'll run the 2 cools during veg and the 2 warms during flower. But I'll also keep 2 of the 42W beasts going at those times to keep intensity up. I think that'll work. Comments? Sorry about the earlier harsh posts. I really need to get this temper under control. It's gonna be the death of me.

[smoky mcpot 05]

My fault, I didn't see the 42w. And I know you apologized, but you really should do something about that temper, after all, all I'm doing is trying to help you! It's all good but you still want more than 10,400 lumens. As much as you get really, on a clear day the sun shines about 50,000 lumens. So as close to this as you can get. You can tell what kinda light you have (soft white, warm white, etc.) buy the color of the actual light comming from the bulb. Blue is cool, Orange is warm, White is neutral. 42w is fine. Get as many of these as you can. I use about 12. You also want to double the light in the flowering process. And still want atleast 1 warm in veg. and atleast a couple in flowering.

[latewood]

You will alsop want to find out what kind of CFLs you got cuz the wrong ones at the wrong time can really Messs with your grow, You want 6500k For vegging and Lower 2500K for flowering,,

Or in Lamins terms Cool colour(White) for Vegging and Warm (OrangyRed) for flowering

read the Thread on Compact Flurocents It will really help then go to Walkmart website and find out what you gotzzz so you dont waste Time with those precious seedlings... And you want Cfls Close to your plants the closer the better 1.5 to 3 inches at all times of the grow

kd

This is "wrong"...I use walmart 8 dollar cfl's no particular spectrum for all my cloning and early rooting and have seen as good or better success than with my 250hps. The walmart cfl's are more on the blue/white side of the spectrum I would guess though...as are most fluoro's unless you spend the money for enhanced agri' cfl's. peace:smokin:

p.s. It is a misconception that you have to go through all that trouble to match spectrum for seedlings...Or, that you have to veg with MH and flower with HPS...It enhances the grow a bit, but from my experience, the plants grow great in either spectrum. there are still quite a few Northern and european growers that swear by MH all the way.

[latewood]

Actually I don't really know what they are. I just grabbed what they had at Walmart, I threw out the package and didn't even look. It might say on the bulb somewhere but I ain't shuttin' 'em off to look. Kinda bright to try and see when their on.

they have a 5-7 year warranty...I save my boxes...

[latewood]

Don't worry about it David...You got some misleading advice...Grow with what you got, and if you have a problem...Shout out to me or Bobbong, and we will set you straight on your lighting. peace

p.s. I use general dollar store soil and add shultz peat moss and perlite from Wally's to the mix...50%/25%/25% good luck. Stop Worrying; And in the future you should be wary of taking all the advice offered to you. you have to wade through info, and decide from researching similar answers; Which answers are helpful to you and which to be wary of. you haven't really done anything wrong yet. Good Luck lw

[qdavid]

I went and got 2 cool light cfls. I could only find 25W. My babies didn't sprout yet so I'm good. I replaced two of the 42W softs with the cools and you really can see the color difference. The new one's are whiter. I'll get 2 warms when I can find 'em and replace those cools for flowering. I also did some impulse buying cause I drove like 20 miles. I bought some fertilizer (30-10-10) for veging and this Triple Phosphate crap (0-46-0) for flowering. I plan to go real light with any nutes, maybe half they're suggested and I had planned on just using mollases solution once or twice during flowering, then nothing the last couple weeks. Think I still will. Just use that phosphate once or so. You're suppose to just spinkle the crap around.
I'm just trying to grow an ounce or two of medical marijuana. Might help my back pain (30% disabled). maybe mellow this morose attitude some and of course help my shiity ass temper. I ain't looking to grow no dro from a kick ass bubbler system. I'll just do whatever works keeping in mind it's my first go at this shit and I plan to keep this hobby going for awhile.

[latewood]

well, if that is what you want to do...I would buy some 3-part nutes for 30 bucks and shelve that fertilizer you bought...peace.

you also need a ph pen ahnd ph up/down. did you add dolomitic lime to your soil to buffer the ph and provide magnesium?

[qdavid]

well, if that is what you want to do...I would buy some 3-part nutes for 30 bucks and shelve that fertilizer you bought...peace.

you also need a ph pen ahnd ph up/down. did you add dolomitic lime to your soil to buffer the ph and provide magnesium?

Actually had that domitic stuff along with a buch of organic, perlimite, and other stuff in the dollar store soil. I read where you use it too. It's good stuff, isn't it? Thanks for those earlier calming words, latewood. But I had already bought those cool whites by the time I saw it. The temp in the cab dropped a few degrees after I put the cools in, so overall , I think it's a good thing. I was under the assumption that ph checking was more of a hydro thing. Still important for soil but critical in water. But I'll check it though. Thanks.