New Grow... Trying something new i think + My grow so far

lampielex

lampielex

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Hi all. Firstly thanks for all your help so far on the forum. Saved my babies ! :)

as my auto is about a week away from harvest ( I Hope ) I have started to germinate the following
Bubble Gum (in 7L Pot)
Blueberry (In 7L Pot)
White Lavender (in 1 Lpot)
and i have a seed that is OG something. Not Kush. Which will be in a smaller pot still

The plan is to try and get a nice yeild of the bubble gum and blueberry as round where i am you only get shit dried up mush that they try and call cannabis -_- and for the two smaller ones, experiment with what can be done with a small pot.
One i will start to flower strait from seed and other i will start to flower in 4-5 weeks time to keep it small. This will be my last grow as i need to be 6 months clean for my career choice at the beginning of next year :/

So yea. Im growing under LED (It has worked ok with the autoflower so far), Just the buds are taking there time. Patience they said... It will be fun they said.. Still a hell of a lot cheaper if i only get half an oz... The bigger ones will be using a Screen Of Green in a wardrobe, 50cm2 and 175 high to light. what size grid should i make as it will be made from either string and wood, or small banboo. The closet is open all day and most of the night with usb fans pulling clean air into the front and ming air out the back over an ona gel pot. There is a white sheet over the front just to reflect some of the light back towards the plant.
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Its only a small grow for personal use.

1.Blueberry and Buibblegum, i only want about 75 cm high. Max 1m as i don't want it MASSIVE just enough to last myself 2-3 months of festivals (I dont smoke like a chimney) What kind of yeild do you think is possible from these two ?
2.White Lavender in the 1L pot (Might be smaller) i am only after a small plant obviously, just to see what its like, Lots of little ones vs a few big ones.
3.The random seed, 12/12 from seed... Just because i can and its the last one i will plant so want to do something no one has tried yet (Anyone want me to try anything, coloring/flavoring ?)

Below are some random picks of the old set up and my grow
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Its a shame i have to stop growing after the next bunch, in a strange way i enjoy looking after her :/
 
lampielex

lampielex

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bmeat said:
what the wattage on the led? luckily leds have all the colors needed for veg and flower.

if i were you i would buy a four pack of cfls and just throw them in there for the hell of it, near the middle of the plant.

http://www.amazon.com/Utilitech-4-Pack-23-Watt-Spiral-Daylight/dp/B00A9V7RA6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1359658711&sr=8-5&keywords=cfl+four+pack
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How cheap are they to run though compared to LED. as thats the main issue, price of electric is insane atm

I will be getting 2 for veg and 2 for flower to add in there, Just need a way to hang them :') as i have run out of GAFFA ! :O :(
 
Adjorr

Adjorr

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CFLs are pretty cheap to run. id look into T5 flurosecents if i were you, you get better coverage with less bulbs, they come with a fixture, and there pretty cheap. you could hang them verticly and give great coverage to the sides of your plants
 
Adjorr

Adjorr

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bmeat said:
t5 has 2000 lumens these cfls has 1600. not too bad
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the real comparision though is in coverage area, so take my 3 foot 39w bulb, it gives 2850 lumens, but it gives it wherever you are underneath the bulb, where as the cfl is only giving its lumens out a max of 3-6 inches from the bulb. so you end up needed a lot more bulbs to cover the same area for less lumens when you use cfls. sure the wattage you get with many cfls is a lot more, but its the lumens that matter more then watts
 
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bmeat

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Adjorr said:
the real comparision though is in coverage area, so take my 3 foot 39w bulb, it gives 2850 lumens, but it gives it wherever you are underneath the bulb, where as the cfl is only giving its lumens out a max of 3-6 inches from the bulb. so you end up needed a lot more bulbs to cover the same area for less lumens when you use cfls. sure the wattage you get with many cfls is a lot more, but its the lumens that matter more then watts
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very true. but you can argue from the other side, saying that a cfl is more concentrated.

you can fit more plants under a t5, thats for sure. they started making the cfls non twisted, more long like for growing, to get that extra length. i forget what theyre called.
 
cobra28widow

cobra28widow

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bmeat said:
very true. but you can argue from the other side, saying that a cfl is more concentrated.

you can fit more plants under a t5, thats for sure. they started making the cfls non twisted, more long like for growing, to get that extra length. i forget what theyre called.
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holy shit that is the first intelligent thing I heard you say! unfortunately I dont expect to hear things like that often from you lol but hey its a start haha :bigjoint: and I seriously was about to put you on my ignore list today but I was too lazy to find the ignore feature..
 
Adjorr

Adjorr

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you mean the big mogul socket sized cfl bulbs like 125w and 200w sunblasters? yeah i like the look of those myself, there abotu a foot long each and have much better canopy penetration then the small bulbs. i had considered using them myself. i might add a couple 125w's to my grow at flowering time to provide some really really nice side lighting
 
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