My new lights, Opinion Needed!

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, JEFFAR420. Lookin good. I havent read the whole thread cuz I'm in a hurry, but I'll come back later and have a gander for sure. Thanks for stoppin by my thread. I just posted bunch more pics incase you wanna stop by again! Lol. Keep it up. Cant wait to see pictures of your grow.

:rasta:

Be mellow...not yellow.

TGF

Edit: I just looked at the whole thread. LOL. It wasnt as long as I thought. Yea, I wired up several things for my grow. Its not too hard. Get some books or look online or go to ask someone in a store. Basically, hot=black (or ribbed) and the other is the common/neutral wire. Be safe. You wont shock yourself if it isnt plugged in! lol

TheGreenFog Reviewed by TheGreenFog on 10-06-2006. My new lights, Opinion Needed! Alright I just went to the hardware store to pick up lights for my first one plant grow. Just a little detail, There going into a grow spot of 31" H x 16" W x 10" D I bought 3 23 watt mini soft white CFL's ( 1600 Lumens, 2700K) Will this be a problem because one, i was looking for 30 watts. and secondly, i didnt realize they were "mini soft white" i was looking for daylight. Will this be a problem for vegging? For flowering I bought 2 40 watt Soft white CFL's with 2600 Lumens and 2700 Rating: 5

[JEFFAR420]

Alright I'v got a couple questions.

1) If I use a trey to grow ( around 5+ inches deep), should I just poke some holes into the bottom so the water can drain thru?

2) when should I start to LST, like how many sets of leaves or weeks?

[660]

1) yes deffinently poke holes drainage is important if the roots can't get air the plant will die.

2) u can force flower i think as quickly as 3 weeks give or take longers always better i guess

[JEFFAR420]

so once it starts to flower i should tie down some of the branches?

[Cornelius]

Jeffar, check this out: http://www.planetskunk.com/cannabis2335-0-asc-0.html

A guide to LST with pics

That should answer most of your questions about LST

You should probably start tieing before you flower if you can

[TheGreenFog]

Wait, didnt you say you were going to grow in a tray?? Does that mean that you are going to use pots and set the pots in a tray, or what? What medium are you using? Soil...rockwool?? Well, I think we need to figure out what you are growing in. You can't just poke holes anywhere...of course.

And ~660~, he asked when to start LSTing (Low Stress Training) his plants, not force flowering.

I think you should have a "decent" stem before you do that. As was mentioned before, you can strengthen your stem by putting a light fan blowing on the seedling. Then it doesn't really have to be that tall, as is shown in the LST job in that link up there^^^. That would be about 3 to 4 weeks, depending. That plant in the pictures looks like it was from a clone. (with a think stem, being so short).

So you havent even planted seeds yet???


TGF

[JEFFAR420]

Nah man im still setting up. Im starting from a clone. Im going to be keeping my plants in a fairly deep trey. it will take uo basically the whole bottom and its atleast 6+ inches deep.

Could i still have a fan blowing on my clone to toughen it up? Is it good to have a computer fan blowing on it constantly?

[JEFFAR420]

I forgot to say something, what do you mean by medium? where my lights are? my nutrients? sorry, I just joined up a week ago.

[JEFFAR420]

Should I use those 40 Watts through out the grow? or buy the daytimes and use one 40 watt?

Then when it comes to flowering, put 2 40 watts in and just another CFL that i have?

[santacruz_organic]

those are the lights my pops used and it worked great for him, he also used an added bluelight and red light in accordanence to his grow period