just a little tip .. you may know already about cfls. If you're going to grow with cfls the best lumens per wattage is in a 42 watt. I used a few when i first started along with the 23 wts. the 42 wt makes a difference for sure. Even the 65 watt footballs can do a great job of vegging or flowering, although they can be a bitch due to their size.
i've heard different reviews on chocolope as far as flowering time. If you have the sativa leaning pheno which it looks like you do ... that bitch is gonna take alot longer than they estimate. But they say the smoke is phenomenal.... good fucking work man. keep up with being patient with da girls.
oh what size pots are you using??
I'm using 3 gallon pots. A couple are actual buckets that I just drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom to allow for runoff water. I have a couple 5 gallon pots, but I didn't have the room or the dirt on hand to use them. I don't try to get my plants very big, so I have had descent results with the 3 gallon pots. I imagine that if I wanted to do a SCROG it would be better to use the 5 gallon or even a bigger pot than that. I've seriously been considering trying my hands with a SCROG, but I like to have a few different strains to keep from getting burnt out on the same shit day in and day out. The yields that I see people pulling off of a SCROG sure makes just smoking on a single strain very appealing! Lol!
As far as the CFL's go, I am just using it for some extra light in places that seems to be dark. My electric company is constantly sending me 2 free CFL's ever so often, and that is what I have been using for the most part. Lol! But when I did buy some at the local Walmart or Home Depot, I am pretty sure that I didn't see any CFL's that were bigger than a 26w in any of the different spectrums and brands. I know you can buy the bigger one's online and probably at your local hydro store, but I'm not going to put the extra money into it.
I've heard all good things about the Chocolope, so I am expecting some good quality herb from her. I hope she doesn't take forever, but I am willing to wait as long as it takes for her to ripen to where I like it. She will be the last to get harvested, and I will already have a good selection of some quality buds. So waiting until she is ready will be a piece of cake. Now I am about to go nuts waiting for the other one's to finish, so I will have something to smoke on. And that is putting it lightly!
Oh Ataxia, thanks for all the praise brotha!