800Watt-Ish All CFL Grow

Be patient they look great I had 40600 lumens at about 700w of CFL At first I thought I could do it with CFL all the way through But then I let everyone talk me into buying a HID and I did. But Ill say this you have won me over seeing the production of buds. However I will use CFLs to veg over MH any day cus of the energy cost as well as the heat and overall hassle. props to you for the integrity for sticking to CFLs despite the banter and the excellent grow
Thanks bud, I'm thinking about for my next grow adding HPS either a 400 or 600 and keep the side lighting of cfls for my next grow... Just economically if I have to replace all these cfl's due to wear and lumen loss... itll be like $80 at least haha.. I may as well just get HPS.. its like 2' x 3.5x' grow space.. I'll prolly have like 300 watts cfl side lighting.. you think a 400 is enough?

I can get this one new for $90.. http://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-GYO2002-4-Piece-Hydroponic-Reflector/dp/B003810CVA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
400 Watts GYO2002 from a warehouse nearby.. what do you guys think?
 
Eitherway, I'm finishing this grow CFL only..
Here is day 42, 3 are in Coco Flower (With the third one being a few weeks or so behind), Day 33, 2 are in DWC Flower... I think the two furthest along are going to come down in about a week.. I gave them 1/4 strength ferts today just to give them a little extra boost till the end.. and fert'd the third coco normally...

I just realized I havent really explained which are which ever...
setup is like this without plants..

RDWC RDWC

COCO RDWC

COCO COCO

REZ

I numbered the plants as I went, the one in the top left turned to be a male, so the one on the top right I just LST'd over to that side as well.. I call her #5..
Middle right is also part of the RDWC.. and both of those plants were from a magic bag of weed...

My was diagnosed with cancer april 21, 2012 and I moved home to help out with my parents.. after a long battle he passed nov 29, 2012, and had lost a quarter bag of reggie before he died.. we thought he smoked it, but he just lost it.. anyway, one day my mom wakes up after my dad has passed, and the bag is just laying on her sheets.. no shit. So those sativa ish looking ones #4,5 are from that bag that she gave me :)

The middle left is #2, and bottom left is #1, they are furthest a long from a bag of good skunky bud i got last summer.. i think they were both from the same bag.. not top shelf but 180 a half or so for it... and they are furthest a long..
#3 on the bottom right is a different strain but fruity... but its trailing by like 3 weeks or so since I started her later...
so it really looks like this..
Empty #5
#1 #4
#2 #3
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I figured I'd throw in a pic of my veg area.. with some clones from my first round here getting ready to go.. and a couple random bagseeds trying to sprout... And my 70W (Pulls 30) LED experiment.. haha two randoms and two from a bag of lemon drop..
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mijola3

Active Member
hey nice grow man, lookin good... i strongly recommend waiting another week -2 . the buds will take on some what of a 'glow' when they are ready... its hard to describe but you will know when theyre ripe.
nice work + rep to you sir.
 
Day 48.. I ended up adding a 400 hps... :\
I removed 6x40w Hood, and 2 8x23W Hoods.. Changed all my cages from 2700k to 6500k.. still have about 300 true watts of cfl in cages..
I love the results so far though :)

Thinking about harvesting soon.. what do you guys think on this one?

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Finshaggy

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I am about to start my first grow with CFLs as the main light. You have a ton of CFLs. I ordered 2x 125w CFLs from Amazon. So I have like 2000w Equivalent headed to me. I can't wait to get started, I've never had this much light.

Your grow might be the closest thing I have to a reference that I can find so far. Does anyone know of any others?
 
Yaaaay :) I was thinking they had their 2nd spurt :) B166er... those look swet bro im loving it!

Finshaggy.. thanks for checking it out.. theres def some other better ones out there though.. just gotta look.. b166ers is sick awesome... and 2 125 cfl will be nice, how big is your grow space? and what color did you get for the bulbs?
 

Finshaggy

Well-Known Member
Yaaaay :) I was thinking they had their 2nd spurt :) B166er... those look swet bro im loving it!

Finshaggy.. thanks for checking it out.. theres def some other better ones out there though.. just gotta look.. b166ers is sick awesome... and 2 125 cfl will be nice, how big is your grow space? and what color did you get for the bulbs?
I just got the ones on Amazon, not sure on color. But I also have 400w HPS, so it doesn't really matter.

I haven't measured but I have plenty of room, it's 2 closets.
 
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