Thanks guys. The surge was placed there for the pic. It is always on the mounting plate just outside the tub itself. And be assured that the "Arms" the wire shelf is on are siliconed into place. I wanted to see what results I could get on a complete DIY budget grow. I budgeted $300 for lighting, medium, nutrients, etc. So far, I've got $25 in the actual light fixtures, $40 in CFL bulbs, $5 in hardware, and $6 for the wire shelf. I bag of foxfarm also. I figure I'm about 4 weeks from harvest, and at $15 a month in electricity that's $45 for the entire grow in electricity cost. So yeh, I coulda went out a bought the best lighting, or even a grow cabinet. But then I'm a hands on lady. I like to do it myself, get good results, and be proud that even though I could of spent a lot more monies, I did not. And hopefully my results will be good enough for me.
I've been reading here and doing research on CFL grows and decided to go all out DIY-style. So here are my ladies 19 days into 12/12 flowering using 26cfl's 2600K/5600k at a 5:1 ratio.This is my first indoor grow. A week ago I purchased a 10w 3000k LED for supplemental penetration into the middle of the plant on the right just to see how it would work. I'm LST-ing to the best of my limited knowledge ...so we'll see what happens. Any useful feedback would be greatly appreciated.
