Need help

Ok here is the deal I'm unemployed don't have much money. A friend gave me a seed from a sour diesel strain since I did not know if she would be a girl I did not spend much money. Tell me what you think of the pics I have a clone going I need to know what I should do with my lights I'm been on 12/12 since the forth and am I going to get a good harvest. Right now I only have two cfl which are rated at 1300 lumes

How many watts is each CFL bulb?

The plant looks fairly healthy, but my guess is that it'll need much more light surrounding it in order to produce decent flowers.

Thank you finally a reply! They are only 26 watt flood bulbs I plan on taking down the foil and going with a space blanket. What would be the best bulbs I could get at Walmart? I am scared I have put three months into her and only going to get popcorn buds that's why I want to have the problem fixed for the clone. Should of never listed to the dude on you tube.

No worries - I know how much it sucks waiting for a response. That said, there are loads of threads here which are full of information you could use to improve your grow.

So the general rule of thumb when it comes to lighting is to provide each flowering plant you grow with at least 100 actual watts. Further, the light you're providing the plant(s) should be the right spectrum for the growing phase of the plant - 2700K for flowering, and 6400k for vegging. Some growers use a mix of those spectrums throughout the grow (a 3:1 ratio of 6400K and 2700K respectively during veg, and the opposite during flower).

I agree that investing 3 months into a grow only to yield a quarter ounce of dry bud is almost counter-productive. It's important to get your growing conditions right from the start.

My advice is to go out and buy/borrow as many 2700K cfl bulbs as you can fit (and cool) into your grow box. Position those bulbs around the plant to within an inch or two to the bud sites on your plant. Lose the tin foil like you said, and replace it with mylar or flat white paint. Make sure you have sufficient ventilation, and that your plant is receiving the correct amount of water and nutes.

Unfortunately, if you don't add significantly more lighting (of the correct spectrum), you'll get exactly what you don't want out of this grow - small, popcorn buds.

I don't live in the US, so I'm not sure what's available at Walmart specifically, but a quick browse of their online store uncovered this:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-Energy-Smart-CFL-Bulb-26W-Soft-White-Spiral-2pk/16911702?findingMethod=rr

Those bulbs should be in the right spectrum range for flowering, and at $25 they're pretty cheap.

Rookie83 said:

Ok here is the deal I'm unemployed don't have much money. A friend gave me a seed from a sour diesel strain since I did not know if she would be a girl I did not spend much money. Tell me what you think of the pics I have a clone going I need to know what I should do with my lights I'm been on 12/12 since the forth and am I going to get a good harvest. Right now I only have two cfl which are rated at 1300 lumes View attachment 2747218View attachment 2747216

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WOW really, just 2 CFLs man that looks good for just 2 CFLs...but ya get some more and make sure they're 2700k for flower...and next time keep those CFLs as close as possible, like 2 inches from the top and sides...wow I'm impressed man (not that that's saying alot )

Wow thanks for all the help! I will head to lowes right now and buy 4 of them and two splitters. And thanks for the compliment my room is perfect in the temp range and humidity I know you guys won't like this but I just plain old miracle grow saw my dad do it as a kid and it worked great for him.

Rookie83 said:

Wow thanks for all the help! I will head to lowes right now and buy 4 of them and two splitters. And thanks for the compliment my room is perfect in the temp range and humidity I know you guys won't like this but I just plain old miracle grow saw my dad do it as a kid and it worked great for him.

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Dude I use subcools super soil now but when I started, I used MG products all the way and had great results and ya try yo get as many lights as possible, wallyworld has them cheap for the 13 & 14w 2700k...I would recommend at least 3 on top and 1 on each side of the compass...g/l and +rep for ya

Ok boys here is the new setup damn I need sunglasses now. Hope I don't overload my timer even changed my clone to the 6700 that light looks a lot less bright