My CFL setup

[danke]

Got 10 seedlings that are loving my current setup. Got them on 18/6 with temp at 80-85 during the light and 70-75 at dark.

 

[danke]

eek. sorry the picture is so damned big. I guess you can REALLY see everything in this one though. lol

I need to take a few shots of my babies from above but I'll do that later....

 

[TeaTreeOil]

That's a lot of excess light for sprouts.

 

[Twistyman]

Pile the dirt right up to the bottom leaves(cottyledons) on those Sir Stretch a Lots..... and try to get a fan on them to strengthen stems............ Luck...

 

[w33dFi3nd23]

i have 2 plants growing with cfls. They look badly burned, they are dark green and turning hard and falling off. What is this? Im using 4 cfls 23 watt a peice for 1 plant and 1 plants in flowering room i made. 1 huge 250 watt cfl on a 2 1/2 month plant. Using Fox Farms and got exhaust fans in both and fans inside. Im new to this i signed up today. I like ur setup Danke, looks like it will b affective. Maybe u can help me out? I dnt even know how to post one of these room things. Thank you. I think my problem maybe is nute burn? Not sure.

 

[danke]

i have 2 plants growing with cfls. They look badly burned, they are dark green and turning hard and falling off. What is this? Im using 4 cfls 23 watt a peice for 1 plant and 1 plants in flowering room i made. 1 huge 250 watt cfl on a 2 1/2 month plant. Using Fox Farms and got exhaust fans in both and fans inside. Im new to this i signed up today. I like ur setup Danke, looks like it will b affective. Maybe u can help me out? I dnt even know how to post one of these room things. Thank you. I think my problem maybe is nute burn? Not sure.

Ya know, I'm new to this like you are... I'm not really the one to be asking but I wish I could help ya out more. But I'm thinking that you probably could use a lot more light on your plant that's flowering.

And TeaTreeOil, I've read over and over again that you can't really have too many lights as long as there is no burning and the temp is staying within an adequate range. Is that not correct?

 

[danke]

And thanks for the advice Twistyman! I'll put some more dirt around them right now. Thanks!

 

[w33dFi3nd23]

Ya know, I'm new to this like you are... I'm not really the one to be asking but I wish I could help ya out more. But I'm thinking that you probably could use a lot more light on your plant that's flowering.


I was told that 250 watt is MORE than enuff for 1 plant its 2700k and 17,000 lumens for 1 bulb. Bulb cost me 85 bucks plus shipping. Its like 16 inches long and bigger than a soda bottle around and longer. I think ur thinkin of 250 watt Equiv. Its huge it takes up basically my whole top half my growroom.

 

[alloutindo]

I'm thinkin bout runnin cfl for veggin out, but i cant find the 2 socket bulb things, also how many can you daisy chain together before you start blowing fuses and shit.

 

[AdrainJockHorror]

I'm thinkin bout runnin cfl for veggin out, but i cant find the 2 socket bulb things, also how many can you daisy chain together before you start blowing fuses and shit.

i think you can chain up to 18 23 watters with socket dividers... Lol. thats wht im planning on doing im gona buy about 20 dividers(630 watts max) and put all of them on one expention cord.

 

[TeaTreeOil]

Well, there's just no way sprouts can use that much light.

That's 12 26w bulbs, from the looks of it. 312 watts? I've seen two dozen plants growing(vegging) quite healthy(under 1 foot tall) using half that wattage.

 

[danke]

Well I plan on using this same basic setup all the way through harvest. I do have one 50watt HPS that I do plan on turning on during flowering.