Beejay's 360 watt CFL Lowryder Grow

Hey guys, long time reader first time post here.

So this is my very first grow, and there has been too much learning! My setup I have going right now is a 2x2x4 tent, with a small exhaust vent and an oscilating fan inside, also a small fan blowing cool air into the bottom of the tent.
Right now I have 12 CFLs in the single plant, 6x23watt 2700k; 1 42watt 2700k, 42 watt 4200k, and 6 23 watt of 6500k for a total of 360watts of CFL!
Now the type of plant i got going is Joint Doctors Lowrdyer #1, in a 70/30 Miracle gro organic choice potting mix and perlite in 2-3 gallon pot. I'm feeding weekly with General Hydroponics 3 part flora series, and am already 50 days into the grow.
I've had some complications with PH and what not but i finally got some phosphoric acid for PH down and it's been working wonders, PH is critical!

I have a few pictures for you guys, and hopefully will be updating come harvest time aswell, I always see CFL grows, but rarely see them until the end/harvest results; so for your entertainment and mine, we shall find out shortly. I'm also planning on starting a Northern Lights or White Widow grow next, I like to baby just one plant at a time, keeps me busy and space is an issue, let me know if I've left anything out and general feedback is obviously recommended!

cool, looking stout. nice first post.. and welcome to the club.

you should get/make some sort of reflector for those bulbs tho. 50% of your lights are pointed in the opposite direction. would a 250w HPS not out-perform this rig, while using 110 less watts? also with 40 more watts you could have a 400w HPS that would destroy this. sorry to blast off, just my 2cents

Hey thanks for the reply! Yea realistically a nice reflector would do well, just having to get the materials and set it up is a little much at this point, I'll prolly make further mods to the tent on the NL grow, so keep your eyes peeled for that starting within a week or so. With the HPS I've been looking into a few 250watts but am unable to find any around aswell as the 400watt hps might cook them in the tent, its only 2x2x4 with a smaller exhaust vent too so a little worried.
CFL's are keeping the tent under heat control right now. But ould a 400watt hps have the same heat output? Only because i've heard bad news in a tent that sized.

Hey Guys!

So she was ready the way I like today so she was harvested!
Wet weight of everything turned out to be just over 90 grams WET off the one plant, so I'm pretty excited although I do know it means nothing as of now. I will keep ya updated throughout, and let you guys know the dry weight and smoke report in a couple of weeks for now. She smells amazing and am very tempted to smoke it right off the tree.