Tamjam ditched the HPS ! cfl micro grow
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tamjam69
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hey spindles cheers for stopping by
yep im moving out of the loft as soon as the last snow white is done.mine is a pre made shelf/cupboard kind of thing, easy to pick up from second hand shops for cheap, then you got it already done for you.
your lighting set up sound good but depending on how cool you can keep it the more wattage the better really, once i get another intake fan fitted im planning on having nearly 200w in there and its only about 1sq ft.
and i know the seedling is fine in my first grow my ak's streched well bad, i will get a pic up in a bit.
nice to see ya trifaceI'm subbed Tamjam, love the setupc ya!
cheers for the comment, in the next month it will be jam packed in there 
hi dude, i had a look at that good stuff mate, never seen your grow and then just notice its in the introduse yourself bit lol i havnt really looked in there. i will keep my eye on it
the HPS is 250w which i have had fun using it, but i know that cfls are best for me in my situation. all i need is 14grams a month and i plan on doing that with around 150-200w of cfl's and with fuck all heat
like with the HPS.
cheers dude
cheers for clearing that up mate, im pretty sure them cuttings have rooted i gave them both a good tug and it started lifting out all the earth in the pot lol, i havnt worked it out yet but i will work out a kind of rota with the plants so i have a harvest every month, it should be easy as i can fit 6 5" pots in each box!!Hi mate,
You can always bury some of that stem later, don't worry about it, it'll stop
Re clones, well you can take cuttings at any stage and they will root, but I'd agree that a couple of weeks into flowering (or earlier) is the best time as the stems are still soft and the plants are still in that transitional stage before full flowering and they seem to root faster. Clones do need a bit of veg time after rooting ideally, but again you can chuck them straight into 12/12! Be good to see what you do with them.
Hows the lady in the loft? You going to let her go on for max yield?
as for the last one up in the loft, yep shes being let go to the last minute this will be my cough lock smoke and as i have a nice size stash theres really no point in chopping her down now, a few of ther hairs are now starting to red but she may go another two weeks to be completly done.
i dont know but shes deffo gonna get another week atleast, i will update her in a bit shes getting pretty fat now
have a good evening, the weather is pretty fine here
you got it right there gumball!! shes gonna go for the whole stretch, like 100% amber trichs!!He should, especially after that monster yield from the mutant!!
swelchjohn
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Thanks bro. I should have put it in another forum as it would probaby get more hits, buuut oh well. If I only needed 14 grams a month, I would probably go with cfls too. No point in spending more money when you don't have to. I'll start flowering towards the end of the week, so stay tuned.
SimplyBaked
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subd up tamjam...lovin ur cab! makes me wanna build something like that!
tamjam69
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im sure it will be
will do mate cheers
cheers v12, ha ha thats what i hopeGreat looking cab tamjam. I think the frost fairies will be visiting frequently with 200w in there
she'll be jam packed in there soonnice one SB cheers for the comment, i didnt build it it was a pre made dresser i just added the light fittings and the fans.
nice and simple
lol i havnt still entirely made my mind up about that one!! im gonna miss shooting up in the loft to check on plants with my 250w hps, i am finding it hard at the moment if to just grow a big plant up there with the HPS
maturesmoker
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All looking good tamjam the clones are doing really well now... they both came from the mutant mother? I've got to say this SW is vigorous, its beating anything I have grown for a good while and knocked the crap out of the stately old Mazar! obviously more sativa in there but the SW genetics include a pure Indica Afghani father as I recall.
Re that 250HPS well I wouldn't give it up if it were mine! I'd veg in that cabinet and flower in the loft under the HPS. it will get too hot up there come summer I can tell you that from experience, I remember a few years back being up in my loft in August with a mate and we were both pouring with sweat, temps in there were 95! Even with fans pulling in outside air it was too warm outside to make a difference. But saying that I kept it going and it kept producing buds, but its far from ideal. I had a big fan blowing right through them close up but again it could only circulate the hot air. it was only really the very hot spells though that caused problems. Just something to bear in mind.
All looking great though and that beast in the loft is something to behold :-0
the clones are doing really well now... they both came from the mutant mother? I've got to say this SW is vigorous, its beating anything I have grown for a good while and knocked the crap out of the stately old Mazar! obviously more sativa in there but the SW genetics include a pure Indica Afghani father as I recall.Re that 250HPS well I wouldn't give it up if it were mine! I'd veg in that cabinet and flower in the loft under the HPS. it will get too hot up there come summer I can tell you that from experience, I remember a few years back being up in my loft in August with a mate and we were both pouring with sweat, temps in there were 95! Even with fans pulling in outside air it was too warm outside to make a difference. But saying that I kept it going and it kept producing buds, but its far from ideal. I had a big fan blowing right through them close up but again it could only circulate the hot air. it was only really the very hot spells though that caused problems. Just something to bear in mind.
All looking great though and that beast in the loft is something to behold :-0
tamjam69
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hi V12, that is just a cutting from the mutant mother!!! the lower parts of the plant has loads of cloudy trichs . whats that all about?WTF is that thing in pic 3 tamjam?
It's just preflowering and there's already cloudy trichs on the stem!!!
Don't be surprised if some of the leaves form into hazard warning signs
im sure you will love the SW it totally blows my head off, i think its a bit to rushy when its chopped early lol it hits you damn hard after a few minutes and after 30 mins turns in to a pretty heavy body stone and rush at the same time.All looking good tamjam
Re that 250HPS well I wouldn't give it up if it were mine! I'd veg in that cabinet and flower in the loft under the HPS. it will get too hot up there come summer I can tell you that from experience, I remember a few years back being up in my loft in August with a mate and we were both pouring with sweat, temps in there were 95! Even with fans pulling in outside air it was too warm outside to make a difference. But saying that I kept it going and it kept producing buds, but its far from ideal. I had a big fan blowing right through them close up but again it could only circulate the hot air. it was only really the very hot spells though that caused problems. Just something to bear in mind.
All looking great though and that beast in the loft is something to behold :-0
it really doesnt take much to get totally baked
as for the heat up in the loft i will worry when it happens, they will have to just put up with it.
tamjam69
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sorry everyone but this thread needs to be left to die!!!
i cant bring myself to ditch the hps, i will still be using 1 part of the micro grow as a veg cab and flower up in the loft.
the two flowering plants will go under the hps as well as the TW and BB once they are veged for a couple weeks
happy growing guys
i will start a new journal when the last snow white gets the chop
i cant bring myself to ditch the hps, i will still be using 1 part of the micro grow as a veg cab and flower up in the loft.
the two flowering plants will go under the hps as well as the TW and BB once they are veged for a couple weeks
happy growing guys
i will start a new journal when the last snow white gets the chop
maturesmoker
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It makes sense tamjam to keep using that HPS to flower. Stay here in the CFL section.. ..you're among friends here and at least you're still using CFL's for vegging them up. Anyway, you lead we will follow as gumball said
tamjam69
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cheers mate will do, good to have you along
i do love the atmosphere in the cfl section. in the indoor growing its more full of bigger more serious grows so it kind of makes little grows like mine look silly and no ones interested lolIt makes sense tamjam to keep using that HPS to flower. Stay here in the CFL section.. ..you're among friends here and at least you're still using CFL's for vegging them up. Anyway, you lead we will follow as gumball said
if you say i should stay in here i will !!!
yeah it sure does sound like you are overloading it all i have is a 12v dc power supply, im sure pc fans are 12v dc
bigman4270
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Stick around Tam, Your still using the cfls and like Gumbal said" kick off your shoes and stay a while"
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