My next mini cfl project. Got some questions!

Legalbud76

Legalbud76

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Hey ppl!
I'm soon starting a new project and i thought i share it with you guys. I also have some questions to ask, hope someone more experienced can help me out.

So i bought this mini grow tent, its 30x30x60cm (1x1x2 feet high) so not very big. I have 3x 30W cfl:s and 2 computer fans (in/out) in it.
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Now for the questions:

I am thinking lowryder, how many could i fit? Could i possibly fit any other indica strain?
The pots in the pictures are 1 liter pots, what is the smallest i can grow in?
Should i go 12/12 from beginning since the bulbs are 2700k or should i veg first? Im limited in space remember..
Should i scrog?
Is this going to work? What do you guys think? bongsmilie :weed: :peace:
 
zelweeds

zelweeds

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honestly thats not very much light so you definetly should use daylight 6500k bulbs for vege, stack some bricks to get your plant as close to those lights as possible... get more lights in there if you can.
 
zelweeds

zelweeds

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if you go 12 12 your plant will suck hahaha 2700k will grow a plant in vege not as good, but it will work under 24 hs light.
 
Legalbud76

Legalbud76

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zelweeds said:
honestly thats not very much light so you definetly should use daylight 6500k bulbs for vege, stack some bricks to get your plant as close to those lights as possible... get more lights in there if you can.
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The plants will ofcourse be as close to the lights as possible, i'll be stacking em up. i've also seen pc grows with less light succeed isnt this enough? I cant fit more lights in there, its very small.
 
zelweeds

zelweeds

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if you go 12 12 for vege your plants will take twice as long to grow and the plant will imediately try to flower in that case you will end up with little yield, im not tryin to be a dick by laughing im just really blazed, you arer at about 6000 lumens with 3 30w cfls which will indeed grow a plant but it will be faster if you could get some bigger bulbs, but either way your best teacher will be experience, dont be afraid to experiment. its fun HAHAHA.
 
Legalbud76

Legalbud76

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Guess i have to scrog, cant veg for too long or im out of space very fast. And yeah, this is a nice little experiment for me, the HPS system is in the bigger closet :) .....
I am totally new to cfl and stealth and just wanna experiment some, so if this works then its gunna be great! I can move the box anywhere anytime and hide it anywhere which is awesome!
 
zelweeds

zelweeds

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sweet man, im a flouro pro never bothered with HID due to space and ventilation issues, but ive grown crazy dense and bushy plants under cfls.. i dont get into the whole hid-cfl battle its all good either way to me but from seeing friends setups i would suggest about 25-30% more watts compared to a hid if you use cfls or tubes. ie 400w mh = 500/600w of flouros..
 
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