I appreciate ya LeadTrimmer, and it's been a pleasure so far champ.
Done A LOT of LSTing, and I made F.I.M(
Fuck I Missed, 80% apical bud cut) cuts as well.
I also did a SCROG for a little bit on all three, but took it off after about a week tied them down.
As far as the CFLs bro...
There are SEVERAL guys growing with CFLs, pulling OUTSTANDING yields! So I told myself, if they can do this with CFLs, I can too. I was initially gonna get some HID or LED lighting over xmas, but was convinced I can do without here..Cruise the forum
BUT the thing is...
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with CFLs, you don't want to grow a tall plant...You want a squat, bushy, thick plant, of which you can train to grow horizontal to some degree
.(Which I have)
To keep a plant bushy and promote the sorta growth that I have requires some vigalence..
But nothing more than LSTing like i said.
A F.I.M cut, or Topping the plant also helps with this as it stunts vertical growth for a day or two, while providing a boost to the current limbs below the apical bud. From my experience, a F.I.M cut creates an EXPLOSION OF bud site growth. TRUELY(I'll be topping by next bunch and contrasting the two)
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YOU MUST manipulate the plants apical bud so that you can manipulate the flow of auxins throughout the them. Auxins create bud sites to be plain and simple.
They're essentially the MOST IMPORTANT growth hormone of the plant. Learn about em bro!
Srry if you already go it down!
When you bring the highest part of the plant down making it no longer the tallest, you fuck the plant up in its mind, which ends up a good thing for you the grower.
With it's apical bud being constantly moved down, the plant is gonna send those auxins(most concentrated in the apical bud) to other parts of the plant, trying to get a main cola established and growing upward like an Xmas tree, which they ALL do naturally...
BUT When you don't let that happen, you end up with a a few different "main" colas
-With HID, you can't get any closer than a foot away from the plants or your roasting them..
CFLs can be an inch away.
-10 of the 23w CFLs I have at an inch away puts out approx 16,500 lumens(NO LESS). That's
the equivalent of a 150w HPS without the heat. I have enough sockets and socket adapters to use
up to 50 CFLs at any moment.
They're HORRIBLE with light pentration and need to be within 4" at all times to put in work.
(After this grow or maybe during the second half of flowering, I will upgrade to at least a 400w system, maybe a 135w LED.)
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With CFLs, it is a MUST to supplement side lighting...And Ive got lights to put EVERYWHERE bro! So there will be NO BUDSITE LEFT BEHIND lol. That's the theme of the grow. How I'm attempting to grow this plant! My art ya know? Every grower is his own artist if you ask me.
CFLs will do the same job from what I've seen(browse the CFL thread here), but will require a little more time in flowering and a little more effort like moving the light daily...I move my lights and rotate the plants at least 3x a day lad.
For the first harvest, I won't be satisfied with anything less than 6 ounces between 3 plants.
There a book call Buds For Less, you can find it anywhere on the net..but anyways the author grow 3 plants with Miracle grow and 6 42w cfl..He harvested just under half lb dry. For one...I've got more lighting which will be better. For two I've got a WAY BETTER soil! And For three I'm supplementing some c02. He didn't do any of that...Lol so me and this guy....We're having a faceoff in couple months haha
I'm gonna throw some pics up a little later bro.
Today is Wk 3, Day 1 veg. And very well the last week of veg! 
I fucking dropped my Critical Jack solo, as well as one of the white widows and seeds hit the floor, so I hope they'll recover AHHH!!!
But cheers bro..Sooner than later..Can't wait for the taste of that organic bud. With organics, take a little moretime to read up and lean whats goin on in the soil bro, but one you do..It's all green
. Obtain a book called
Teaming With Microbes and study it lol! Any questions you got, i gotcha,
but EVERYTHING you need to know about Organics is inside the book. I've got all my books uploaded to Google Docs, so if you want some material, PM me brother
! Very Nice and bushy. Loving the light setup even if they're CFLs, I thought they were used for cloning rooms so this is somewhat new (LED + HID is what I know). Also this organic growing is relatively new too so time to learn! Looking forward to future improvements + updates 
. I'm going to be on the lookout for dank seeds and can't wait to see how big they veg out to be + flowering + of course harvest! 
Talk to you soon + 
hahaha. My first visit was behind one..Nina...ahhh the days...
My Bubblelicious is still under CFL only and will stay that way. I probably won't do CFL forever, but no changes for my first grow. Good luck with the new light!