First indoor grow not a bunch of questions.

projump

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Not much questions just alittle chat

Last year I planted a few seeds outside in the dirt and out of maybe 6 seeds 2 plants came up one female and one male I killed the male, But one day I would like to keep a male to get more stock/seeds. But anyway nature took its course and I just watered it a few times, In the end it was the size of a christmas tree. I was amazing I was getting so nervous near the end I was smoking one day and saw a plane fly over and I just got paranoid and took the plant down ( it was just about ready to harvest) I still have some bud left it yealed me about 6 or 7 good ounces.

This year I was thinking of doing 5 plants outside in small 6" pots so they stay small. And i was thinking and thinking and with CFLs I figured I would try indoor. I will post some pics. I am using Cfls here is what I am doing I have 4 6500K for my Veg (clone). and in a closet I have 12 CFLs cool and soft for a full cycle.

I painted the walls white I have a fan, I am grwoing in Soil 1 Gal pots for the 12 cfl room and I am doing 6" pots for my veg clone area with computer fans.

I do not have a bunch of exaust fans or high tech stuff. I know I am supposed to have all that. But I dont.. I hope it will work out. I will have some pics soon..
 

stunned

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Not really any questions here. I personally am not a huge fan of CFL's I just can't deal with all the adjusting and low light penetration. Indoors is so much better if you get paranoid though, outside kills me way too sketchy. Have fun let us know how it goes brotha.
 

projump

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Intresting you ask, I am growing the same bag seeds that I was growing last year. Its so funny because the weed had a bunch of seeds in it and it was crappy weed. But because I killed the male it was so much better. I would say 5 times better. The kid who sold me the crap weed saw my weed after harvest and he asked where did you get this stuff, its amazing.. I told him I have another connect. It really came from the weed he sold me awhile back. Its funny how some people will be big dealers but not grow it themselves. I guess i cant blame them if they got cought it would probably be double trouble. I have 4 plants under the Veg lightsetup and 4 under the flower/veg combo room. I call it a combo room because I have 3-1 Warm and cool lights. I want to do the full process with that room, in the future when I take my clones I might just do all warm lights. But if this works out I would like to keep the few cool lights because I will veg them in that room after I take my cuttings. I am using just 4 CFLs cool for the Veg station just and only to take a few clones. I am using MS office one note for my journal I am on day 11 and plants are over 2" tall. I took some pics with my cell phone and they did not come out all that great, I will need to fire up my sony camera and get some pics on here. But over all this is alot of fun.
 

Skitzotic

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Wow. what wattage cfl's are those. you need to move them closer to the plants. my plants are half that height high and the leaves r like 2-3x as big as those. There really stretching for that light. and thats not good. and also. thats a flat white painted reflector from what i can see?? u might wanna think about reflecting off the sides of the light. it would increase ur efficency alot. i keep my cfl's an inch away from the plant at all times. Check out my grow log. Those r my plants today on the last page. And thats just after a weeks times. Read the grow log info about CFL's it helped me tremoundsly
 

projump

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OK I put books under the pots they are 1 inch away. will the books make it to dry? I also removed some lights all the soft whites I dont need to use lights that will be over 3 or 4 inches away correct? I will wait till they get big enough to use all the light.
 

Skitzotic

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Thats what im doin pretty much, im only using 2 for my 3 small plants with great success. i plan on using more after they get bigger. You should be all set. Watch the temp in there though. Cfl's can get reall warm. But i see u have a fan so you should be all set
 

projump

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Wow. what wattage cfl's are those. you need to move them closer to the plants. my plants are half that height high and the leaves r like 2-3x as big as those. There really stretching for that light. and thats not good. and also. thats a flat white painted reflector from what i can see?? u might wanna think about reflecting off the sides of the light. it would increase ur efficency alot. i keep my cfl's an inch away from the plant at all times. Check out my grow log. Those r my plants today on the last page. And thats just after a weeks times. Read the grow log info about CFL's it helped me tremoundsly

Hey I found out its not because they were to far away as much as when i started them in peat pellets in a mini greenhouse with a desk light made them stretch the most, plus the plants in the end of the small greenhouse had to stretch more. Now that I moved them into their home they should do well. but I also put books under them to get them 1" away from the lights. But the bulk of the stretching was when I left them in peat pellets to long inder a desk light that was to far away. Thanks for the tip.. I will keep an eye on my distance and I am using less lights now so that helps.
 

Skitzotic

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Well, not really. u should use the most lights that you can to best recreate the suns rays. which is basically what your trying to do. And just make sure those cfl's stay about an inch away. and make sure they dont get closer. But, i think your all set for now. but when they get bigger ur gonna wanna put the other lights back on. and u should get some more light fixtures to put on the sides of the plant. also an inch away. to promote outward growth. but you should be all set for now. So, do they seem to be liking that close light yet. i know like within hours after i moved mine closer they started to look a hell of alot better and healthier
 
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