First CFL Grow, Check It Out

zjinternational

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• Jul 13, 2008

• #61

my lamps did not come with screw on hoods. what type of aluminum cooking tray are you talking about? are there any other methods to create some sort of reflectors to increase the yield?

 

pumbooris

Active Member

• Jul 13, 2008

• #62

zjinternational said:

my lamps did not come with screw on hoods. what type of aluminum cooking tray are you talking about? are there any other methods to create some sort of reflectors to increase the yield?

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Try using a coffee can that might work

 

zjinternational

Active Member

• Jul 15, 2008

• #63

wouldn't that be too big? are you talking about a big coffee can like folgers or something?

 

pumbooris

Active Member

• Jul 15, 2008

• #64

any type of can anything that will fit your cfl i think i seen it in the diy section on RIU

 

zjinternational

Active Member

• Jul 19, 2008

• #65

ok i need some opinions. is the sour diesel (the first two pictures) ready to harvest? i think it is and need to cut it soon because i'm moving out of my apartment this week. how much longer until the grape ape (the second two pictures) is ready to harvest?

 

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zjinternational

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• Jul 19, 2008

• #66

the plants have been on 12/12 for 48 days now. almost 7 weeks.

 

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noober

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• Jul 19, 2008

• #67

From what I have read there are two schools of thought on when to harvest:
1. Harvest when 70% - 80% of the hairs turn red.
2. Harvest when the trichhomes look optimal under a 30x magnifier.

I'd opt for #2.

 

AZHOMEGROWN

Active Member

• Jul 19, 2008

• #68

You grew these in a closet? What did you use for air circulation?

 

zjinternational

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2008

• #69

i left the door open to the closet when the lights were on. it would get some natural breeze but i also had fan pointing into the closet to help out.

 

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toyota23trd

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• Jul 20, 2008

• #70

it looks god bro I agree the more light the better I have 3 plants and I use 5 6500k cool whites for vegging but while I am flowering right now I use 6 2700k

 

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sword12

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• Jul 20, 2008

• #71

those look incredible. I have two mazar plants going now that are on week 1 of flower, i have 8 42w 2700k bulbs for that. My temps run at 85 High 72 Low..what were you temps like?

Those look incredible for CFL - i hope i have similar results!

 

zjinternational

Active Member

• Jul 20, 2008

• #72

my temperature varied throughout the grow. i tried to keep the temperature between 70-80 F.

 

zjinternational

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• Jul 21, 2008

• #73

i just harvested the two sour diesel plants and hung them up to dry. i'm letting the grape ape grow for another three days before i cut them.

 

zjinternational

Active Member

• Jul 26, 2008

• #74

i harvested the grape ape plants on thursday. on thursday i also put the sour diesel into jars to start curing. the pictures are of the grape ape drying and the sour diesel curing.

 

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BluntForce

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• Jul 26, 2008

• #75

Nice job man, those look like some delicious buds.