n00bie CFL grow...3 week update

RIKNSTEIN said:

Well, it's official, I'm old..lol. I'm about 70% done with my closet, man it ain't ez, still have lighting probs, as far as being able to adjust up or down and in or out to the plant...been looking at some nice desk lamps with adjustable stems..here..

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like this, I like the 1 with the clamp, but I haven't decided yet, gona look around.

On a nother note Humbles' showin signs of life inside those twisted freakish leaves (hey kinda sounds like me) take a look..

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Bakatare666 said:

LOL, they say pets look like their owners........
What I did for my CFL's, was put a furring strip spaced out from the wall across the back towards the top.
You don't need many screws to hold it to a couple studs because there is no real weight on it, but I attached my clamp lights to it, and just adjusted light to plant distance while she was small by raising/ lowering the plant with boxes, books, anything underneath.
And you remember what my side lights were, just 2 screws each for the fixtures, though I did move them a couple times.
That eliminates drilling a bazillion holes in your wall.

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RIKNSTEIN said:

I have the nusery setup with side lights and hanging lights. I'm working on my flowering closet (original closet just made it bigger inside) babies are asleep so here's a pic of the unfinished nusery...There's hanging CFLs (2 doubles) and there's another of those doubles that are on the wall on the inside of the door.

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ya my new closets 2 ft deep 5 & 1/2 ft wide and 6 ft tall for the flower stage..don't have pics of it yet...tomorrow...

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Bakatare666 said:

LOL, they say pets look like their owners........
What I did for my CFL's, was put a furring strip spaced out from the wall across the back towards the top.
You don't need many screws to hold it to a couple studs because there is no real weight on it, but I attached my clamp lights to it, and just adjusted light to plant distance while she was small by raising/ lowering the plant with boxes, books, anything underneath.
And you remember what my side lights were, just 2 screws each for the fixtures, though I did move them a couple times.
That eliminates drilling a bazillion holes in your wall.

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Bakatare666 said:

That's cool man.
It looks more like you built a box, not just made do with a closet space.

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RIKNSTEIN said:

lol, ya it's a coat closet and I wanted it to be 'consealed" as possible, so I put it between to shelves..it's 2'wx2'dx3't...it'll fits 6 real comfy...lol..'snug' in those pots is the word...the pots will be smaller next time...

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Bakatare666 said:

Wow, 2x2x3 is what I have too.

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