How to produce 3 oz's per plant with flor.

I've heard everything from topping to scrog. I'm on a budget i'm using 11 42 watt flourescent bulb's on 4 plants. N. light. bubblelicious. jock horror. bubba kush. I'm looking for some advice. This is my second grow. My first grow i only produced 3.3 oz's from 4 plant's and i never used any techniques. i'm growing in soil. i'm using some pretty expensive soil it was 40 dollars a bag. I hope this soil is better then the miracle grow i used. maybe i should make a co2 bottle?

Keep your plants bushy, veg for four weeks, use a reputable line of nutes, and get at least a 600 hps

With CFl's, I recommend making some reflectors to target the light onto the canopy. You're going to want to scrog for highest efficiency, and $40 a bag for soil is absurd. You can always make some homemade CO2, it's in the DIY section I think.

how big is the space your growing in?
with 4, my guess is, maybe a closet?

With a small space, and no extra room for light ventilation, CFLs can be the more efficient.
Get some more potent full spectrum daylight. hydrofarm has a 200w CFL, lummen count is 12800, they take a mogul socket. Keep them about 2-3 inches away through out the grow
You may want to do a stadium sog.to get the most use out of the lights. look into super cropping and get a feel for what works bet for your room and you.
keep reflectors off of the CFLs, that allows the ballast to cool more efficiently
quality soil and nuits are a must!
learn about the signs of nutrient deficiency and toxicity
This has to be one of the more rewarding jobs in the world

now everybody get humpy!!!!!
its an orgi of faces!!!!!

homebrewer said:

Keep your plants bushy, veg for four weeks, use a reputable line of nutes, and get at least a 600 hps

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vegin' for longer will increase your yield if all goes well

and I'm working on the half pound with 6 plants and CFLs

I think you are there, I got a seriously fat one cola from 192W T5.
I switch to FF ocean forest and think I'll double as I topped this time.

If I were you I'd top like the other guy said to keep them bushy, easier for 11 lights to be plenty.

I just topped my plants. The space i'm working with is a meter X meter .

You should deffinitely look into SCROG to maximize yeild expecially with CFLs and limited height. Im working on my on SCROG for my next grow. This is a good link that answered most of my questions.

http://forum.grasscity.com/plant-training/48363-scrog-method.html

homebrewer said:

get at least a 600 hps

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this is really non negotiable if you want that 3 zips per plant.