800Watt-Ish All CFL Grow

B166ER420

B166ER420

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Yep!...I've got this awesome hobby and know one knows!....I mean my sister knows,my cousin,and my best friend but they don't give a shit.My friend and cousin are growers but they would laugh at me if I told them I was a member of riu.
I have 34-23w cfls right now and room to add 6 more if I wanted.There are 12 bulbs in the ones on the ends, the one in the middle has 10 bulbs.
 
perspextoe

perspextoe

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fair fucks tya on the 800w's haha…

I've got mine nearly 3 weeks in flower, 670w's on two girls and they love it…I'm on me 1st grow also and loving it…

wouldn't of had a clue but for this site… good times… :eyesmoke:
 
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tennisstoner

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Day 40 of Coco (the one on the bottom right is like a week behind).. 31 of Hydro..
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Also, my Humidity is "LL" which is really low. like <20%.. you think I should try to get the Humidity up a lil or is this ok?
 
B166ER420

B166ER420

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I think you should try to raise your humidity a little......you could hang a wet towel,maybe put something under it to collect drip.I've never done this but heard it works depending on how big your space is.You want higher humidity during veg and lower for flowering....Imo...40-60rh for flower and 50-70rh for veg is what your after.Having low humidity will cause undue stresses perhaps leading to nute deficiencies or lockout...I'm just trying to sound smart..lol...I DO KNOW that your plants look good....you sure Rh is 20 or below??maybe you need a new hygrometer:)
 
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tennisstoner

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Touche.. I might go buy a new one and see if that isnt the problem...
But also.. I'm having a hard time deciding when itll be time to chop.. Been feeding just water for a week.. trichs are mostly cloudy.. maybe like 20% clear with 2%amber or so I'd say.. Its only day 40, I feel like its way too early... but this is my first grow, so what I feel might be terrible wrong. Haha
 
B166ER420

B166ER420

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40 days from the time you switched your lights to 12/12 or 40 days from first hairs/pistils???Maybe you need a better scope?...lol...I had to:)Your right at prime harvest time...mostly cloudy some amber trichomes?I would say harvest now.Do you have some pics of some mature buds?
 
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tennisstoner

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Ill see what I can do with my camera.. or finding a camera to use here.. haha, Its been 40 days since I switched, but I started them 8/15/13, they were showing hairs long time before I flipped.. its a 30x scope. cheap :x
 
B166ER420

B166ER420

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Hmmm looking at pics.....50/50 white/orange hairs,not seeing receding.....not done yet....but.. go with your gut,looks like its gonna be some good smoke anyway.
 
LoRd MeGaTR0N31

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

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1st Let me say GREAT BUDS for CFL. Im really starting to have a change of heart about cfls. I would push them ladies to 60-65 days but thats just me. I would start flush at 57th day. I prefer a more Stone high. It looks like (this is just my opinion) the buds can do some more swelling.
 
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tennisstoner

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Thanks b166er, I hope it is haha.. Yeah I think I'll wait some more on it..
Everything I read is conflicting on whether amber gives you couchlock or just is degraded thc that doesn't do much for the buzz... Ah how experience will hopefully teach me best haha

LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:
1st Let me say GREAT BUDS for CFL. Im really starting to have a change of heart about cfls. I would push them ladies to 60-65 days but thats just me. I would start flush at 57th day. I prefer a more Stone high. It looks like (this is just my opinion) the buds can do some more swelling.
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Thanks for checkin it out! Def will take that into account.. heres some more pics of the buds just for shits..
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LoRd MeGaTR0N31

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

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Yes you deff have another Growth Spurt coming trust me. Don't want to take her down to early cause you will miss that last spurt that will increase your yield.
tennisstoner said:
Thanks b166er, I hope it is haha.. Yeah I think I'll wait some more on it..
Everything I read is conflicting on whether amber gives you couchlock or just is degraded thc that doesn't do much for the buzz... Ah how experience will hopefully teach me best haha



Thanks for checkin it out! Def will take that into account.. heres some more pics of the buds just for shits..
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B166ER420

B166ER420

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We can ogle pics till our eyes bleed but if you see all cloudy some amber trichs...like I said before its prime harvest time.Try to get a stronger scope at least a 60X.....it really depends on sativa/indica but mostly cloudy is a uppy buzz,mostly amber is eyes heavy stoned:).peace
 
DrOctopus

DrOctopus

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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
 
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