My First CFL Grow in Grow Cabinet. Just Want Feedback. For Weeks in Now

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cmercer418

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So this is my first grow it is a double door steel grow cab about 5' tall with all cfl bulbs 1 2700k 68w that is 4200 lumen's, and 2 100watt equiv daylight bulbs with a homemade reflector made out of sheet metal vent pipe, a 8 server fan that is pretty quiet but move a lot of air without getting hot. for nutes i am feeding miracle grow 20-10-10 i am mixing in a gallon of distilled water which it recommends 1 tsp per gallon and i did 3/4 tsp and i just started nutes this week which is week 4, i am using ffof for soil. i will do better pics tomorrow when lights are on....


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62Blunts

62Blunts

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dont use nutes yet if they're yellowing already, i would reccomend using SuperThrive though, its not a fertilizer, its more like vitamins for your plants... ive been using 1mL per Gallon of distilled water for every watering.....im on a sunday/wed watering schedule... the superthrive is safe to use up to harvest and in my opinion really helps your plants thrive and become stronger....also you want to make sure your temps dont rise too high in your steel box...you need a strong inline fan(i use a 435cfm centrifugal fan, but i also have a speed controller because its quite strong for my small box [4'x2'x4'] ) that pulls out the air inside and you wand another fan bringing in fresh air ( i use like a 140cfm duct booster fan), then a fan inside of the box that will help circulate the air (i use a small 6" clip on fan on low speed) ...good look man hope i gave some useful tips lol
 
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RustyWeed

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If you wanna grow some bomb. You will NEED...

-CLEAN & SPOTLESS SET-UP
-FRESH AIR coming in & Air going out
-Room Temp of 68f-80f (72f is ideal)
-Humidity 45%-60% (50% is ideal)
-Water every 8 hours. (small servings)... Think as if the plant was a human, you'd wanna be fed the same way and be in the same weather.

Honestly you can feed those plants straight water & have them with the things i listed above. You'll grow some good weed.
Nutrients also matter though. If you wanna grow some BOMB don't use Miracle Grow. Lol. If you gotta budget use Botanicare if you gotta bank roll use Advanced Nutrients.

I use Botanicare as a base and KushieKush from Advanced Nutes as an additive.

I have a grow Journal on Youtube check it out. http://www.youtube.com/user/TreesHealingCenter?feature=mhee

Subscribe and leave comments. By the way this is the first time I'm flowering my own plants. But I've learned from my friends that are pretty good.

Good Luck with your grow. Peace
 
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cmercer418

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starting to realize heat issues i finally got a thermometer and its in a pot with a plant i read it this morning and it was in the 90's
 
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cmercer418

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i must say for my first grow i think my bag seeds are doing pretty good. i switched up to 12/12 with about 4 15min breaks with the lights of to help with cab temp and to act as if there was cloud cover or some kinda of shade. because i have had temps up in the 90's but mostly i can keep it around 84-86 degrees f. here i am posting pics for everyone to see
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Psychild

Psychild

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They're looking great man! I'm subbed up, glad to see your first grow doing so well. When you get a change do yourself a favor and put 1 big bulb to ever 2-3 little bulbs you have. Split those up and you have a great light setup. I find in my box that the plants grow more towards the bigger bulbs, but the little bulbs separating them tend to spread the light out more evenly. It also give you a little more spectrum control. Get a hold of those temps now before they start flowering....once they mature they tend to be more picky.
 
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cmercer418

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and i plan on having 3 of those 300 watt equivalent CFL bulbs in my cab for flowering they only use 68 watts a piece and i am gonna look into getting a couple of computer fans which i will mount up high by the base of the bulbs to help carry away heat. i also made my own reflector and i am thinking about getting a air cooled reflector and modding it to fit 6 large cfl bulbs the ones that are 300 watt equivalents and venting it out of my cabinet


Psychild said:
They're looking great man! I'm subbed up, glad to see your first grow doing so well. When you get a change do yourself a favor and put 1 big bulb to ever 2-3 little bulbs you have. Split those up and you have a great light setup. I find in my box that the plants grow more towards the bigger bulbs, but the little bulbs separating them tend to spread the light out more evenly. It also give you a little more spectrum control. Get a hold of those temps now before they start flowering....once they mature they tend to be more picky.
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cmercer418

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why am i not getting any feedback i have posted good photos and such is there something going on that no one is telling me?
 
Psychild

Psychild

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You need to spend some more time posting in other peoples threads. Also put a link in your signature. Most people don't search threads, they just play connect the dots with other people they come across in different threads. Also, giving rep tends to attract people also. 68w should be great! I have some 46w or 54w I forget which ones in my closet, and they get really hot...as long as you have a fan to cool them off and a good exhaust you'll be fine. Everything still going good?
 
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