My New Grow 440 Watts CFL

captainbud

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Germinated 5 old seeds from a sack. I am all out of the Aurora Indica that I usually use. I have no idea what strain this is. 2 seeds sprouted, and out of those, 1 is a female. Nothing fancy here, Fox Farms Ocean Soil, FF Grow Big in Veg, and FF Big Bloom for buds. I vegged them under my T-5, and now have them surrounded with 440 Watts of CFLs. I topped it above the 4th node. I was going to top it above the 2nd, but chickened out. There are 2 major colas, and 2 minor colas. I'm not going to LST or anything this time, just going to let it grow. If I have to put more light on her, I will. Pictures to follow in a couple minutes. Questions or comments welcome.:peace:
 

some0kid

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How much did it cost for the lamp socket and adapter? JW, I need a pretty cheap way to add 2 more lights. Very nice setup and plant man.
 

captainbud

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The lamp sockets are just work light clamps, about 10 bucks at Lowes or Home Depot, and just removed the reflectors that came with them. I got the Y adapters at ACE Hardware for about 3 bucks apiece. I'm thinking about doing a Rubbermaid grow next.
 

Silversun

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You might think about wrapping that rack you have the plant on with Mylar. You would get a lot more light to your plant that way. Otherwise looking really good!
 

captainbud

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I have wrapped it in Mylar and Panda film before, but it is a pain in the butt to work around. I just add more light and keep them real close.
 

captainbud

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The 2 main colas are 14 inches long and beginning to fill with buds. I still have no idea what strain of weed this is. Any ideas? I think I have good light coverage. Most of the plant has a bulb no further than 3 inches away. Also, I ran out of my Fox Farms Big Bloom, so I made the switch to Budswel. I gave her her first drink of it this morning. The most I ever got off of 1 plant was just over 2 oz. dried. So far, this plant is looking like it might produce more than that one, of course that depends on how fat the buds get.
 
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