First CFL GROW

joshrose54

Active Member
Lights are wayyyy to far away, with good ventilation, you can have them 2-5 inches away, as close as possible without burning. Also, more light for all of those plants.
 

B3NWO1R

Member
were goin for a sea of green style grow bottom section is the for new clones and 4 mothers the light for that is a 125w CLF blue,
on the top section is the flowering part, the bigger plants hav had 2 weeks longer than the smaller ones hence the size difference the lights for the top section are 2 125 w sun glow cfl's with a home made shade lol
 

B3NWO1R

Member
Lights are wayyyy to far away, with good ventilation, you can have them 2-5 inches away, as close as possible without burning. Also, more light for all of those plants.
are u on about the top section if so then maybe the lights cud be lower but at the mo were changing the shade to 2 individual shades 1 for each light
 

Toolage57

Active Member
no that number doesn't matter when it comes to growing. That number is for use for lighting a room or w/e. The wattage that matters is the true wattage the bulb uses. Use a CFL that gives you the best lumes per watt
 

B3NWO1R

Member
the true wattage is 125 and theres 2 of them so i was told that wud make it to 250 watt i was thinkin of puttin some flouresent tubes down the sides wat u think ?
 

Toolage57

Active Member
I would get a couple more CFLs. Flouresent tube lights is kinda pointless unless your using it for clones and then 1 20w Flor tube lught should be enough to do a few trays of clones if you have then going the opiset way that the tube light is going.
 

B3NWO1R

Member
and u could have more watts of cfls for that many plants... i got 173 on ONE plant not 20 lol
you got 173 wat ? lights on 1 plant or wattage ?lol and i think 2 have 1 plant inthere wud be a waste of space all im tryin 2 do is maximise the space we've got. we did have 4 plants in there2 start off with but they over grew the wardrobe very quickly, me and me mate have changed the set up around 4 times now to try and get the best effect with the space we got lol it has been a nightmare but the way it is now after some advice off a chap who's been growing for 25yrs seems to be workin and easy 2 mantain and if all works out a regular suply WOO HOO lol
 

B3NWO1R

Member
I would get a couple more CFLs. Flouresent tube lights is kinda pointless unless your using it for clones and then 1 20w Flor tube lught should be enough to do a few trays of clones if you have then going the opiset way that the tube light is going.
the bottom section of the setup is for clones and to be fair we hav had 100% succuss with all clones done but wat wattage u thinkin 2 add to the top section dont forget space is issue i thought with 250 watt of light that wud make a suitable crop do u not think ?
 

Toolage57

Active Member
what's the k rating on the top CFL? and I would have the moms and clones at the bottom and do a SOG grow for the flowering part

1 - I would add a nother one to the flowering area and have it so the CFLs are going the other way then what they are to they cover more plants better
2 - thoes lights for the flowering area are to high. The plants are streching to the lights
3 - adding a nother light and changing them so that they are going the other way lets you do kinda a cycle kind of harvest so 1 light has a fresh batch of clones, the next light has plants that are half way done or w/e to harvest and the last light is the one where they are in the last part of time before harvesting and by the looks of it if you did it that way and if you had a nother row of 3 you could get a harvest about every 2 to 3 weeks depending if the strain is a 8 weeker
 

B3NWO1R

Member
i think the k rating is 6500k i think lol
moms and clones are on the bottom already wen we took cuttins we didnt expect to have as many as wed survive lol so thats why theres sum on the bottom with the mothers still
 

Toolage57

Active Member
well if you do it right you could time it right so that you have clones taken once a week say on friday and that gives you 2 weeks for it to root and to veg a bit before flowering it
 
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