I'm coming out of the closet!!!! Lots of pics
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makinthemagic
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7x 42 watt 2700k @ 2600 lumens ea.
1x 27 watt 2700k @ 1300 lumens
4x 27 watt 5600k @ 1300 lumens ea.
2x 40 watt 6500k @ 800? lumens ea (shop light)
makinthemagic
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Thanks. I just answered the post above re: the color and power of the bulbs. Here is a pic from inside and outside the closet. This is my first time so I didn't have it all setup like this from the start. It evolved from a single 6" pot under a 27w cfl.
makinthemagic
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I was a noob and wasn't sure what was what. Once it became obvious I eliminated them.
Dr.Chronic
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Are the plants elevated or are they sitting on the floor in the closet?
makinthemagic
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getting ready to harvest soon. theoretical max is about 200 grams. i don't think i will get that much.
camaro630hp
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u doing a great job /
thats a very nice lil setup ,i like it >>>>>>>>>+
u doing a great job /
thats a very nice lil setup ,i like it >>>>>>>>>+
makinthemagic
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The males died in the first week of July and the 2 females were kept. As a rookie I needed a little extra time to be sure of the difference between the males and females.
makinthemagic
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I don't know for sure. The seeds came out of some smoke I had back in February or March. At the time my guy probably had purple kush, hemp star or Elvar? (some organic strain).
makinthemagic
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They are pretty convenient and adaptable. They have to be adjusted fairly frequently which is annoying but the results so far have been worth it.
who curd eat just one
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looks like a fire hazard
makinthemagic
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I apologize for posting pics without much explanation. Pretty much all the pics I've posted so far are from veg. I let these things have an extended veg phase while I learned what to and not to do. I was left with 2 healthy females that I flowered. This is where these pics start. This is early July at the beginning of week 2 of flowering.
I killed the males and transplanted the 2 females to larger pots. I used 13" plastic pots. I used some MG w/ perlite for veg w/ nutes for veg. Mistake. On transplant I put about 1" of loose gravel at the bottom. Used some basic garden soil for that. I mixed in a good dose of bone meal too. For nutes I used some MG liquid plant food 8-7-6. Later in flower I started MG bloom booster 15-30-15.
Note how I've clipped the lights along the edge of the rubbermaid. I spent alot of time balancing them as their combined weight would deform the rubbermaid. Also note how I've placed the CFL's. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. Too close and you burn, too far and lose lighting efficiency.
One of the first flowers forming. For the first several days of flowering the number of hairs would literally double every 12 hours cycle.
Also note the attemt at using the clip on reflectors. I got some tin snips and cut a few reflectors. They trapped a lot of heat and were very heavy. They upset the balance of the lights and the rubbermaid so much I stopped using them. My closet was already painted flat white so I already had the best surface possible.
7/19 start of week 3 flowering:
At this point you will see the problem developing that I will solve in upcoming pictures. They are growing too much above the lights. They got really confused and it stunted their vertical growth some.
Note how I am placing the 2700k's and the 5600k's to distribute wavelength and lumens, not only in this pic but any like it. I also took into consideration the walls and the shape of the plant to try to wring out every bit of efficiency from the cfls. I have somewhere north of 22000 lumens here.
Early in the grow I bought a basic shop light that I planned to use for the grow light. I dumped that in favor of the cfls. As the girls got too tall in the above pics they got confused as the strogest light gradient and gravity were about 90 degrees apart, not 180. I went back and got the shop light out of storage and hung it in the closet above the rubbermaid. I put 2 40 watt daylight bulbs in it.
Start of week 4 of flowering:
I spaced the lights out to distribute the lumens and wavelength as I wanted. I also had to take into account the balance of the shop light. Every adjustment in one place required another adjustments somewhere else.
You can see the fan I used here. I used some scrap plastic from my earlier plantars to make a shelf where I put the fan. It had to be aimed correctly to move air in the right places. CFL's are not hot individually, but they are in aggregate.
I killed the males and transplanted the 2 females to larger pots. I used 13" plastic pots. I used some MG w/ perlite for veg w/ nutes for veg. Mistake. On transplant I put about 1" of loose gravel at the bottom. Used some basic garden soil for that. I mixed in a good dose of bone meal too. For nutes I used some MG liquid plant food 8-7-6. Later in flower I started MG bloom booster 15-30-15.
Note how I've clipped the lights along the edge of the rubbermaid. I spent alot of time balancing them as their combined weight would deform the rubbermaid. Also note how I've placed the CFL's. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. Too close and you burn, too far and lose lighting efficiency.
One of the first flowers forming. For the first several days of flowering the number of hairs would literally double every 12 hours cycle.
Also note the attemt at using the clip on reflectors. I got some tin snips and cut a few reflectors. They trapped a lot of heat and were very heavy. They upset the balance of the lights and the rubbermaid so much I stopped using them. My closet was already painted flat white so I already had the best surface possible.
7/19 start of week 3 flowering:
At this point you will see the problem developing that I will solve in upcoming pictures. They are growing too much above the lights. They got really confused and it stunted their vertical growth some.
Note how I am placing the 2700k's and the 5600k's to distribute wavelength and lumens, not only in this pic but any like it. I also took into consideration the walls and the shape of the plant to try to wring out every bit of efficiency from the cfls. I have somewhere north of 22000 lumens here.
Early in the grow I bought a basic shop light that I planned to use for the grow light. I dumped that in favor of the cfls. As the girls got too tall in the above pics they got confused as the strogest light gradient and gravity were about 90 degrees apart, not 180. I went back and got the shop light out of storage and hung it in the closet above the rubbermaid. I put 2 40 watt daylight bulbs in it.
Start of week 4 of flowering:
I spaced the lights out to distribute the lumens and wavelength as I wanted. I also had to take into account the balance of the shop light. Every adjustment in one place required another adjustments somewhere else.
You can see the fan I used here. I used some scrap plastic from my earlier plantars to make a shelf where I put the fan. It had to be aimed correctly to move air in the right places. CFL's are not hot individually, but they are in aggregate.
camaro630hp
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its all good thanks anyway
nice pics
where did u get those clip on lights ?
thanks and keep up the good work
nice pics
where did u get those clip on lights ?
thanks and keep up the good work
323cheezy
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good setup....cfls look real close.....do those cfl's get hot.....????? cause mine do......i have a similar looking plant....were almost in the same stage....im about a week or two ahead......you should check the thread......masta kush......outdoor/indoor grow.....laterz....
roseypanties
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With All the money you spent on the CFL's you could have bought a nice 600 watter HPS. Did your Female Buds have SEEDS because of the Male Polinating? I saw that Big Guy in the picture and the pollen was spread on the leaf..so, What happened?
makinthemagic
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got them at Target and Home Depot.
makinthemagic
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the 42 watt bulbs get fairly hot. air flow is just as critical for my setup as if i was running hps. that is why the shorter, bushier plant (aka #2) is as lopsided as it is. i basically topped it by cauterizing one side of it. cfl's have to stay a hand width from the leaves. it seems to be the only way to put enough lumens on target without putting too much heat on the girls.