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    Advantage V. disadvantage CFL's

    Soil grow, so that could explain some of the slow growth. PH has been solid at 6.8 almost the entire time. I'm pretty sure yellowing occurs when there is a lack of light. put some other plant out of light for 2 days and you'll see it. Nutes haven't been a problem other than a slight over...
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    Advantage V. disadvantage CFL's

    I'll look through some pics I had of my CFL setup and post them. Things were pretty smooth during veg other than being slow. We're getting raped in California. 400W x 24hr somehow end up costing about $80 extra a month. I backed off to 18/6 since the plants actually seem to like that better...
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    Advantage V. disadvantage CFL's

    I really wanted to see 226g out of my rubbermade, but I just didn't see how that's possible at least in my early stealth box pipe dreams. .5m² of plant only space I'm assuming. I was trying to figure lights in to the same space, with no go. I suppose you'd need a good 15-30cm around the boxes...
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    Advantage V. disadvantage CFL's

    Don't get me wrong, I am totally not hating on CFL's. I still use them for side and underlighting. Veg 3 months from seed to what I thought was tall enough for the yield I need. Money issues backed me in to a corner where I needed it rather than just experimenting with it so I had to veg...
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    Advantage V. disadvantage CFL's

    Wow, this thread.. Too much OT bashing. Although, I've been reading it for like 6 months now and got lots of inspiration and ideas. Here's some quick notes of my experience with CFLs. I vegged 6 plants under CFL. 3x2700K(126W), 4x3500K(120W) and 6x6500K(162W). About 408 real Watts of CFL...
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    Club soda or seltzer water to water plants?

    Late post, but I'll weight in. Definitely don't use Club Soda - Lots of Na(Sodium). Don't use Seltzer -1/2 the Na of Club Someone already said it I'm sure, but Na clogs stomata. Use Sparkling Water. ZERO Na, just H2O and CO2. Arrowhead Sparkling Water, Non flavored as...
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