How to make buds dense with CFL?

Hey, im growing 1 plant with 7 40w (150w equivalent) CFLs and the biggest problem ive seen with CFL is the buds tend to be alittle less dense. I prefer denser buds and I was wondering if there was ne nutes or ne way of manipulating the plant to get this effect thanks

depends on the size of the area & the plant.. and 50% of it is what strain you are growing! If you are growing a mostly sativa that doesn't get real dense- you can't change that..

But if it is a strain that can get dense-- the CFL's aren't the issue- the nutes, feeding & watering schedule you use and airflow do matter...

What nutes are you using?
Soil or hydro?
What strain is it?

Its blue cheese, I got a fan blowing on it at all times with FF Grow Big in veg n big bloom in flower water 2 times a week nutes every other water FF ocean garden soil

give them a little pgr.

Blue cheese doesn't get real big buds-- but they ARE dense, and one of the best smelling smokes (IMO) you can find! It's one of our Fave grows-- but not a huge yielder... But she does get dense and very frosty toward the end of grow...

Here's the feed schedule for your nutes!

FOX FARMS SCHEDULE

Product list:

Grow Big--$16
Tiger Bloom--$16
Big Bloom --$16
Open Seseme--$23
ChaChing--$23
Beastie Bloom --$23
And the Optional : Bush Doctor Sledgehammer--$26

There is a 3-pack available for $65 of Open Sesame, Cha Ching and Beastie Bloom IF you can find it!

The last 4 Products are used in small quantities and only at specific times during the grow -- so if you know someone who wanted to go in on the 3-pack with ya, it would be worth it!

Here's the FoxFarms Feeding Schedule for Soil... Hydro is MUCH more complex, unless you use bubblersthen you can follow a Phasic feeding schedule


FOX FARMS FEEDING SCHEDULES


WEEKLY FEEDING- per Gallon
Sprouting and week 1--BigBloom 2TBS
week 2-- 2tsp Grow Big + 2TBS Big Bloom
Week 3--3tsp Grow Big + 2TBS Big Bloom
Week 4--JUST 3 tspGrow Big + 1/4 tsp Open Sesame
Week 5 same as week 4 unless going 12/12--

Week 5- OR--day 1 of 12/12-- 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Open Sesame
Week 6--same as above
Week 7-- 2 Tsp Grow Big + 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/4 tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 8-- 2Tsp Grow Big + 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 9-- 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/4 tsp Cha Ching
week 10-- Same as above
Week 11--2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Cha Ching


At beginning of week 11--Check Trichomes-- Flush if ready.. otherwise, continue as with week 11 every week until you flush!


Also recomended--but not a nessesity--
Bush Doctor Sledgehammer (prevents lock-out)
use 2 drops per gallon of water between feedings starting in week 4 of 12/12

please dont waste your money on all 3 of foxfarms bloom boosters.


density really depends on genetics. and it's pretty safe to say buds grown with CFLs will not be as dense as those grown under the sun or HPS. But hey, there's more to life than dense buds.

The only advice I can give you is to keep them as close as possible, because CFLs dont penetrate a canopy very well

What cfl's are you using? 2700k, or 6500k. Also, could use more light, or maybe some side lighting.
I used twelve 23 watt bulbs, two 55 watt, and four 4ft. dual tube florescent fixtures on the back wall.
Didn't have a problem getting dense nugs.

Open Sesame, Cha Ching, Beastie Bloomz have Mono Potassium Phosphate as the main ingredient. Look it up on ebay, you'll pay 1/3 to 1/4 the price of the FF bloom boosters

But the jars look so cool.

Funny you should ask lol. I just finished my second white russian grow (real nice BTW). I have not yet weighed it but I'm sure its well under the weight of my first grow. The differences are the second grow was trapped under T5's (both 2700 & 6500 sunblaster) for 6 weeks @ 12, then too a 600. The first grow was vegged under the T5's and moved to a 400 @ 12, real tight big buds. The first grow came in at 410 gr for 6 plants, I think I am going to be around 300- 350(I hope), real fluffy airey buds. I'm sure that nutes play a big part in the plants development and I would think strain type also plays a huge role. I thought I'd try some premium nutes on the second grow as well so I purchased PH Perfect. I also bought Overdrive. I typically use one product that comes as two parts in either veg or bloom. It is manufactured by highgrow and cost like $20 for a gallon of a and a gallon of b. Thats it nothing else goes into the res except PH down and very rarely up. Oh and a bit oh hydrogen peroxide. So to get back to the thread, sorry, nutes got better second grow, persumably, other than the occasional newb F^&% ups the only change was the light. Also is there a huge advantage to using 6 different products on a plant. and you say it gets more complexed with hydro, wow. I switched and really didnt see a whole lot better but light was the variable. Oh and the second grow was a bit longer to finish as well. Here is a pic of Critical Kush using cheaper nutes at 29 days from seed and 9 days at 12.

you want nice dense big buds go with a 1,000 watt hps cfl's are for the birds their only good for veg and even their their not great.

I use BC Grow, BC Boost, BC Bloom and Awesome Blossoms as a bloom booster. I have used most of the "rocket science" nutes and I found them not worth the expense or trouble. Good genetics, good light and a simple nute program is what I have found to be the best for my grows. Peace

thecoolman said:

give them a little pgr.

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Do not give them any PGR(plant growth regulator). This crap like Gravity, TopLoad, and PhosphoLoad contain some really nasty stuff.

For more info: http://bigbudsmag.com/grow/article/marijuana-general-hydroponics-sunlight-supply-hydrofarm-pgrs

As Clown said, keep bulbs close.
Also, try to keep your temp at leaf level down below mid 80's, high temps can also cause fluffy buds.
Myself, I found that the 5000k bulbs do work well mixed with 2700k when vegging.
Here's my last one I just finished with 2 3/4 oz. dried and cured.
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-fluorescent-lighting/614769-my-first-indoor-cfl-grow.html