Fluro household lights

jprocket69

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hey guys your thoughts on these 2..
i'm a 1st time grower, have 2 brainstorm plants growing in a 45cm x 55cm cupboard which is 2m high. growing in soil with just a little bit of bio grow every so often... i have no experience so i'm keeping it to a minimum.
plants are going well i think.... they r 4 weeks into the flowering stage.
i using four 6ft household fluros to grow with, had 4x 58w cool while globes in for the veg stage and now have 4x 36w warm red lights in now for the flowering.
i am a smoker at heart and have been for 12 years.... normally smoke 24/7 if i am able to get it but i am now living in a place where i have little chances of getting it.... i had to fly to amsterday 4 weeks ago to get a fix!!
lastnight i was impatient and snipped a bud off to try..... i had it through the bucket.... 2 cones and i was hell stoned for a couple of hours. i'm wrapped... hope the fluros can do the job and finish the maturity off ok..... must say i was surprised that after only 4 weeks of flowering that it was able to get me so stoned.
can some experienced growers please look at my pics and let me know what they think....
also if any of you have tried fluro's for the flowering stage please share this with everyone as so many people could benefit from this cheap and easy way of growing
 

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crazy-mental

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hi welcome to the site.
did the bucket hurt your chest.
smoking uncured weed, not good.
looking good so far with flos.
 

jprocket69

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Buckets hurt.... yep... but i have had that many buckets in my life that it dont matter... thanks for the reply too... i'm new to this forum thingo
i'll try get a better shot or 2 taken... i have got to leave the big plant in the cupboard though cause its strung up to help bend some brances to the light
 

jprocket69

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its brainstorm, i bought some pretty expensive feminized seeds.... i did try growing once before this attempt but with some bag seed and it turned out male.
I'm about to try post some more pics... 1 minute
 

jprocket69

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Here are my 2 plants... with the light on the pics are not the best...i'll try take a shot just after the lights turn off this evening.
The plants touch eachother and are crouded at the bottom which I think has caused the leaves to become a bit limp.
The little 1 doesnt do jutice for the big plant which is 5x a better plant than my little girl
 

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faralos

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Nice buds! i was unsure on growing under tubed flouros. Everyone said GET HID! stay away from flouros! well I use what I can get (being unemployed) so I am using 6 40w cool whites all the way thru! Yeah, I know, warm for flowering, cool for vegging. but again I use what i got. so i am into my 13th day of flowering and was curious of the buds i can expect to see from flouro growing. good job! mine are nowhere near that nice, due to cool whites, they are a bit lanky and taking FOREVER to grow, but they are indeed growing!
see? it's also a tad chilly in their room as it's heated only from my dehumidifiers exhaust (75 degrees) so the entire room at night drops to about 65F. I can't stop it, just crossing fingers they stay female! so far 7 out of 20 were males, but again this is from baggie seed!
Your look great! goodjob!
 

jprocket69

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Cool... great to see that there are some others who are trying the fluro's like me. I wish i could have been able to get something stronger than 36w for the warm red lights but they seem to do the job. Just like you i am growing on a budget and read that flowering with fluro's isn't good and doesnt produce good buds, so far i'm chuffed with the results and hope that others who wish to grow on a budget can see that fluro's can do it!!!
 

faralos

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Every time I post, people tell me "get an HID! use cfls!" well, tell ya' what, send me a $100 and I'll get an HID. Meanwhile I'll use my flouros (free) and my yeast/sugar c02 setup $5/month and a box fan, also free. no $1000 dollar hydro setup with rooms for mothers, just me and an unheated closet! I heat it with a dehumidifiers exhaust (75 degreesF)
yep, cheap and easy works just fine! and no that does NOT mean cheesy, just all I can afford...
 

luissotelo

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Theres A Light Ive Been Looking At On Ebay Its A T8 Or T5 I Dont Remember But It Puts Out The Same Amount As A 400 Hps And Is An 8 Bulb Comes With Blue Bulbs And Flowering Bulbs!! Its Like 300 Only Uses Like 150 Watts Look For It Under Grow Lights , Everybody Says That You Cant Get A Good Yield Out Of Cfl But These Light Looks Like It Can Do It
 

jprocket69

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As long as the light puts out the right spectrum of light for flowering i'm sure it'll do the job.... my lights at 36w have to be one of the weakest lights around but i'm still getting good results, and definately seeing buds forming and growing all over my plants :)
good luck
 
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