214w cfl grow help? PICS!!!

BlazedMonkey

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The main reason i don't feed up until harvest is a couple of years ago i grew a bucket plant and fed it clear up until harvest. IT was a beautiful plant around 6 zips from a 3 gallon bucket. But no matter how long i dried it the smoke would not burn properly you had to hold a flame to it.
Too each his own, but we can all agree he still has long enough to continue nutes atm. :)?
 

SlimJim503

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Too each his own, but we can all agree he still has long enough to continue nutes atm. :)?
Yes feed her buddy:-) I wait till my trics are like all cloudy and bout 25 % amber and i flush for the last week then i wait till the soil is super dry to harvest it takes less drying time and i haven't really seen a difference besides i get to smoke faster:-)
 

drkrain

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You Straight Mane U gone end up with a smile on your face but it needs some more light a lil nutes for blooming i would say u r like 3-4 wks give her like 5 more maybe 6 but check this link out for some lights and things u might need there prices are resonable www.planetnatural.com keep up the good work and let me kno when u put some of that loud in the air...
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more lights? you do realize that with just one plant growing 260+ watts is more than enough? with anything.. cfl or hps/mh

im building my second grow box with a 250w switchable hps/mh ballast and supplementing with my current grow boxes cfls

i think im good on lights.
 

drkrain

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Im a light flusher and i use make it rain trough out my grows nothing but light colored ash smokes real real nice:-) Go to 1000bulbs.com they have 4 packs of 23w 2700k for 5.55 and 42w 2700k for under 3.00 also have 13w for 1.77 could get a 4 pack 4 42w and 5 13w for under 40 shipped then you would need Y socket adapters, outlet to socket adapters and power strips/surge protectors some clamping work lights with the reflectors 300w the ones with the porclein socket they are a little more money but better if your going to be running Y adapters so you can run more then 150w each light. Or HTGsupply.com has single 2ft T5's you can change from 6500k to 2700k and can link a bunch together they cost under 50 for two with reflectors those are bomb for side lighting. I just ordered a 150w HPS from HTG the one where the ballest is seprate from the hood stop by my grow here in a few weeks and i'll have it up and running hopefully i can do a deceant review on the light if the bugs dont get to my girls first. F summer hahahah:-) Oh most import is Zip ties thats how you secure your lights least how i do:-)

was this to me? sounds like solid advice.. and your pics on the next page are great. yours is much more refined than my current cardboard mylar box lol but its essentially the same thing and mine works well.

I am building another box made of OSB. 2w x 2L x 3.5H.. im using my 250w mh/hps as the main light that hangs from the top. cfls to supplement.



Im looking to grow 4-5 autos in 2 gallon skinny pots. planned harvest is 4 oz every 2.5 - 3 months.
This run was just a curiosty test run with bagseed. had no idea it would evolve into this. did a little research and i became infatuated with this art/lifestyle of growing (im a biology/engineering major and this mixes both) that evolved into a full blown hobby thing.
 

drkrain

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Pics coming later tonight or tomorrow of the new grow closet. 260w Cfls + a 250 MH gold (or Hps)

I'll be starting my autos soon. HBD and PE. I think. Or I might grow rocklock and give a try at cloning. We shall see eh.
 

drkrain

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me and my roommate as we put the grow room together. (my closet)

you can actually see the changes as we adjust and modify. (check the ipad with amber rose as my wall paper lol)


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what you see here now is a 250w MH gold bulb. hydrofarm internally mounted ballast. blah blah. got it from a friend for 110.

so i took amber rose out of the small cfl box and put her under the 250mh/hps and added one 27w daylight cfl for a compliment. To control temps i added another pc fan hanging from a shoe string and tube cleaners angled to blow directly on the 250w bulb.

in the old cfl coldboard box i turned off some of the 23watters and left two 68watters on. I put some seedlings in there. more bagseed. holding out on the good seeds for a while. until i have this down. more experimenting basically. i have them in three different sized pots. more than likely all three different strains. gonna see what happens.
 

drkrain

Member
tomorrow im going to get a small 8 dollar fan from HD and just sit it on the box and blow upwards for additional cooling.

any questions or tips or advice appreciated.

if anyone could link me to some good information on curing/drying/storing.

i know im a ways off before shes ready but id like to start reading now and be prepared.
 

SlimJim503

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Any Pc players? You know REAL gamers hahahaha just giving ya'll some shit but no seriously i want to zombie it up!!!
 

drkrain

Member
Any Pc players? You know REAL gamers hahahaha just giving ya'll some shit but no seriously i want to zombie it up!!!
Lol. I'll have to create a new psn login (totally anon) But I'm down for some zombies.

My fav map is nuketown but it doesn't work anymore
 

SlimJim503

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IMG_1730.jpgIMG_1733.jpgCheck out my upgrade:-) 150w HPS for HTG supply its doing wonders already and its only been running for 24 hours you'll love a 250 bro! Just keep the box the size of the lights footprint and scrog your off ass in the box!!!!
 
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