8-23watt CFL Stealth Grow

Ive started my first indoor grow a few weeks ago and heres some pics and info on my grow...Any input or info that could help is much appreciated.

Im using 8 - 23watt CFL bulbs running 18/6 lights, 2 - 80cfm fans ( intake and exhaust ) 5inch desk fan for air movement, small air pump with 10inch air stone, 66gph H2O pump for ebb & flow, resi is a 6 gallon bus tub, flood tray in roughly 2 gallon with a light proof cover with reflective material. All this is placed inside the freezer compartment of a regular sized fridge.

I flood 5 times a day for 5 mins each (everything is on timers) Using 1/2 strength Floragrow with 1 Tbsp/gallon of Revive (had problems with stupid timer so plants didnt get all the right flood times, 24hrs with no H2O) Ph has been around 5.7 and adjusted if needed.

Heres the pics of the ladies...Sprouted 4/20 pics taken every few days....The sickly lookin one is that way due to hot spot but that issue has been resolved.

Ill have more pics of the setup very soon so check back and give some input!!

Any input or questions are greatly appreciated!!

What kind of cfls are you using? I am using 9 cfl and 4 tube Fl. for a total around 36,000 lumens, this is my first time and my girls are getting big. what else is your room?

I have 4 - 6500 and 4 - 2500...Its actually in a freezer of a fridge

have you made clones before i am having a couple of problems i think

Plants are roughly 20 days old and going on to 5th and 6th nodes about 2.5 inches or less......Still on the same light and watering schedule.....So today I changed the H2O and bumped the nutes up to 773 ppm and pH roughly 5.3.....In all I added 10 tsp of GH Floragrow, 3 tsp of GH Floramicro, and 3 tsp of Revive.....Mixed in with 3.5 gallons of H2O....Next week sometime I plan on changing the solution again and bumping them up just a bit more on the nutes, mainly the GH Floramicro and Revive.

Ill get some new pics up later today of the kids

Any input from anyone?? Am I increasing the nutes too much too fast?? Could use a bit of info.....

Does anyone have any input or info that they are willing to share? Let me know any suggestions please!!

looks good man.. there staying short too. be careful and don't over nute this early.

Will be posting new pics later today of the kids....anyone have any input?

Sorry for the delay but heres the new pics....any input or info you have would be greatly appreciated

The one sickly lookin one had a heat issue but has been corrected....The one that is short and super thick I am thinking is a possible lowryder strain....anyone agree?

Checked on them again this morning and seems they are loving the nutes level!!

Buehler, Buehler, anyone, anyone, Buehler???

Input anyone??

Come on peeps!!! I know someone out there has some info to share or would like to give some input....any help is much appreciated

looks good to me never done cfl's though but from my experience...there gonna need a lot more room than that, maybe one or two plants will occupy a whole fridge. Are you going to Lst train them, fim, or supercrop to reduce height and increase yeild? A freezer is too small, good for seedlings though.. Do you have a larger place for later. And how long do you plan on vegging...the longer...the taller

looks good. ph might be a little low. check it out.

Hey thanks for the feedback and input!!!

dakotajacksmith said:

looks good. ph might be a little low. check it out.

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My ph has been consistant at 5.8....I check twice a day, once in the morning and again at night.

mr. green thumb 01 said:

looks good to me never done cfl's though but from my experience...there gonna need a lot more room than that, maybe one or two plants will occupy a whole fridge. Are you going to Lst train them, fim, or supercrop to reduce height and increase yeild? A freezer is too small, good for seedlings though.. Do you have a larger place for later. And how long do you plan on vegging...the longer...the taller

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Im actually just using the freezer for the first month and a half then I will be moving them into a commercial sized freezer , an aeroponic system with a 400watt MH bulb for a few weeks then will be swappin out the MH for a 360watt conversion HPS bulb....The plants still need to be sexed since they came from some bag seed that was some pretty kick ass stuff!!!

Checked on them again tonight and all is well....Ill try and get some more pics tomorrow and post and a few pics of the freezer that they will be moved into along with the aeroponic system

Tonight I topped the nutes and brought them up to 900 ppm, pH is at approx. 5.8......Water temp was 66*F, Air temp 68.8*F....Forgot to take pics but will get them up ASAP of the 400watt MH and Aeroponic setup.

Anyone care to put their 2 cents worth... Input is much appreciated!!!

Added 3 tsp. of Revive tonight to 3 gallons of water just for a little more trace levels to help out...PPM was brought up to 1010, pH was 5.8, H2O temp 60.8*F, Air temp 62*F....everything is lookin pretty good...been workin alot so not much time to get some pics and load them but Ill make sure to get some this weekend.

Finally got the chance to load some new pics....Just a recap here for some......Added 2 tsp of FloraMicro on Thurs. to bring the PPM up to 900 and also added 3 tsp of Revive and the PPM went to 1010....Air temp has been usually around 68-77* F and H2O temp 60-65* F, pH is steady at 5.6 or so.


Come on guys lets hear some feed back...Hows everything lookin....anything that I could tweek???kiss-ass

WOW.....Over 300 views and only 16 replies (most by myself)....I would really appreciate a bit of feedback or advice ....Like I stated before this is my first indoor grow and all advice will be appreciated!!!

why are they droopy??

I think they are droopy from just being watered plus the roots do sit in just a slight amount of water even when the flood tray is drained. My flood drain timing is flood for 5 mins and off for 5 hrs going 24/7....Is this too long of a flood or too short of an off time??

Does anyone have any suggestions to this question??