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pityrules

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Am I Norml said:
I did some revising to my cfl grow light .. i didn't like how the 100 watt cfl was dangling down like that so i got out the trusty tin snips and the drill and used the wire cover off the bottom of the light to make a bracket to hold it up and allowing me to lower the light more because i was having to keep it about a foot off the plant and my Girlz like it better when its close up and personal :)

Amazing what Pot-Head ingenuity can do lol
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I am going to try this approach when my bulb dies. I just got my first electric bill - yikes. Plus our hydro company has a 'partnership' with the RCMP wherin they disclose unusually large electricity usage....which is making me a little nervous. You would think that BC Hydro would love all of the revenue generated by growers.

Sometimes when I read the posts my head spins a little, with all of the different tips. Which is why I like your advice to 'listen to your girls'. I am taking the same watering approach as I do with my other houseplants, to let them dry out then water them lots n lots, and they seem to be doing well. It is my first time and very exciting to see those buds pop up all over the plant! I wonder how big that they're gonna get....
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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pityrules said:
I am going to try this approach when my bulb dies. I just got my first electric bill - yikes. Plus our hydro company has a 'partnership' with the RCMP wherin they disclose unusually large electricity usage....which is making me a little nervous. You would think that BC Hydro would love all of the revenue generated by growers.

Sometimes when I read the posts my head spins a little, with all of the different tips. Which is why I like your advice to 'listen to your girls'. I am taking the same watering approach as I do with my other houseplants, to let them dry out then water them lots n lots, and they seem to be doing well. It is my first time and very exciting to see those buds pop up all over the plant! I wonder how big that they're gonna get....
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:leaf: Glad to hear your considering CFL's .. you will be amazed .. just run your lights about 2-4 inches off the tops of the plants and check them every couple days to make sure they aren't up in the hood and they are about 50 times easier to use i think :) just make sure you use LOTS of luminance and your in like flin :):leaf:

Side Note: using CFL's i have personal gotten buds that was a OZ by themselves (top cola)
 
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Bilbo Baggins

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Hi all, Bilbo from Scotland--------old fart--------'' new grower hmmmppph'' ---- I was growing whilst most of you young uns were still squeezing the puss from your plooks -------fact is I was/is a very knowledgeable grower who probably quite sensibly gave it up when my teenage boy started to show off my plants to his pals, not a desirable situation as far as security is concerned,-----also the company I work for for decades decide to random test employees for alcohol/drugs,--so taking all things into consideration I toned things right down for a few years----now I'm back and looking to provide my self with a couple of ounces to smoke every three months or so---------glad to be here--everything looks cool---see yas around
 
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Aussiebudman

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Hey Aussiebudman here just starting out. Almost finished my first grow room, A shed 1.4m-2.3m-1.8m going to split into 2 rooms i'll be running a 400watt mh highbay for grow and a 400watt hps low bay for flower. theres some awsome info on here
 
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leeo

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Hey people, happy times ahead 4 me. Starting a grow tent soon. Can't wait. So excited !!. Have got awesome info off you guys n girls which is gonna help me grow confidently. Still in the planning stage now though. One thing worrying me is gonna be the noise from inline fans. Man they sound like a jet engine. What kind of decibels do they make with a big silencer on the exhaust end ?
 
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Nook

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Hello!

Happy to be here, from London in the UK. I'm looking forward to reading loads in the threads in the coming months. I moved into a flat last month with a variety of nooks and crannies in the walls, so ordered some feminised Blue Widow seeds and been researching how to grow for the last couple of weeks. Never done it before but I'm wrapped up in it now loving the hobby. Really interesting stuff about light! So many different opinions around and been reading horticulture sites too. Just about got my head around the basics.

But I'd really appreciate anyone's views on something that is going right over my head. :wall:

Plan is I start off in this perfect little cupboard in the wall. Hopefully the Blue Widow will be small (though conflicting accounts on this) enough to keep in this small nook until beginning the flowering at which point I'll transfer them to the wardrobe, or maybe a larger cranny in the wall (depending how large they get) and add another light. This cupboard even has a couple of holes that you can just slot the large cfl bulb and position them anyway you want, it's as if it was designed for the purpose. I'll line it with tin foil.

Lights
I've got two 105w cfl bulbs, one at 6500K and another at 5500K, (made for people who suffer from SAD). I plan to use the 6500 one only if I can get away with it, but can use the other if it can't be avoided. When I start flowering I'll move them to the larger space, adding another light somewhere in the 2500K range to the lights already in play.

Space
The first little cupboard is a weird shape and I just can't figure out the lumens. From what I've worked out, each of my lights will give about 6500 lumens. I plan to grow three plants. The problem is, the space is such an odd shape I can't figure out how many lumens are going to be too little or too much. Here is a basic plan of the space and its dimensions.

So how many bulbs do I need?
I'm hoping someone will be an expert on this and relish a puzzle. Any other advice on my plan and if I'm going wrong anywhere would be much appreciated.

Lighting times
Planning to veg at 16 hours on, 8 hours off, just because I want to keep it even for the plants and give them a night. Then planning to flower on 12/12.

One other question is about pot size, I'm going to a garden centre to get three pots this weekend. I can fit three rounds each about 9 inches in diametre into the cupboard triangular area easily, but will these be big enough pots for the plants? And do you think I can get away with not using a fan?

Nook x
 
zeta20

zeta20

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im zeta and will be initiating my grow-op soon i got ferminized seeds from nirvana bubblelicious:leaf: to be exact. i received 5 and 10 extra free idk what they are.

i will be using a hydroponic system that i saw online it comes with a grow tent and everything else i need to grow inside.

the grow medium is not included so i will have to select the best medium to use for this grow-op and will decide whats works and what doesnt for the next grow-op.

i will post up a grow journal soon.
stay tuned.:bigjoint:
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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Nook said:
Hello!

Happy to be here, from London in the UK. I'm looking forward to reading loads in the threads in the coming months. I moved into a flat last month with a variety of nooks and crannies in the walls, so ordered some feminised Blue Widow seeds and been researching how to grow for the last couple of weeks. Never done it before but I'm wrapped up in it now loving the hobby. Really interesting stuff about light! So many different opinions around and been reading horticulture sites too. Just about got my head around the basics.

But I'd really appreciate anyone's views on something that is going right over my head. :wall:

Plan is I start off in this perfect little cupboard in the wall. Hopefully the Blue Widow will be small (though conflicting accounts on this) enough to keep in this small nook until beginning the flowering at which point I'll transfer them to the wardrobe, or maybe a larger cranny in the wall (depending how large they get) and add another light. This cupboard even has a couple of holes that you can just slot the large cfl bulb and position them anyway you want, it's as if it was designed for the purpose. I'll line it with tin foil.

Lights
I've got two 105w cfl bulbs, one at 6500K and another at 5500K, (made for people who suffer from SAD). I plan to use the 6500 one only if I can get away with it, but can use the other if it can't be avoided. When I start flowering I'll move them to the larger space, adding another light somewhere in the 2500K range to the lights already in play.

Space
The first little cupboard is a weird shape and I just can't figure out the lumens. From what I've worked out, each of my lights will give about 6500 lumens. I plan to grow three plants. The problem is, the space is such an odd shape I can't figure out how many lumens are going to be too little or too much. Here is a basic plan of the space and its dimensions.

So how many bulbs do I need?
I'm hoping someone will be an expert on this and relish a puzzle. Any other advice on my plan and if I'm going wrong anywhere would be much appreciated.

Lighting times
Planning to veg at 16 hours on, 8 hours off, just because I want to keep it even for the plants and give them a night. Then planning to flower on 12/12.

One other question is about pot size, I'm going to a garden centre to get three pots this weekend. I can fit three rounds each about 9 inches in diametre into the cupboard triangular area easily, but will these be big enough pots for the plants? And do you think I can get away with not using a fan?

Nook x
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OK first ill help you on your littlearea problem .. hold my :joint: .. :)
in order to figure out the given area of a space its always length x width x height and it will give you the area that is gonna need covering in your case its 19.6 SQ. feet (per your diagram .. might want to double check it tho against real thing again tho) so as long as you run 2000 to 3000 per SQ foot you will be good and your plants will be very healthy given you dont fry them on nutrients :)

ok on to problem no. 2 ill say it here and ill repeat it often DON'T USE TIN FOIL !! if you use tin foil to line the cupboard you will (especially since its a weird shape) BURN THE FUCK out of your plants due to hot spots the damn foil will create .. go with a nice flat white paint and you will be good.

problem no. 3 .. your pot size .. i know your going to veg in a 9 inch pot and that isn't too bad but you might want to reconsider keeping them in there when you get ready to flower .. even tho it will set you back a little on your flowering till it really takes off consider repoting them to at least a 3 gallon pot/bucket right as you are putting them in the flower room otherwise you will get so root-bound you will probably get lockout and the plant will freak out

reaches over and takes his :joint: back and takes a huge hit .. happy growing hope i helped :)
 
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Nook

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Hello fellow newbie!

Thanks for your help, Am I Norml !

OMG, the numbers do tot up don't they! That space coming to 19 x 2000 means I wouldn't even have enough with my two lights, and the bulbs are massive! I'm going to go and start my own thread in the hope that people will come and give me tips as I go along - bit of a scary development on my current houseplants that I'm worried might make growing impossible. :?
 
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ucanduit

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my buddy gave me a 1000 W mh, so I plugged it in and then ran to the back of the house to watch my meter spin. WOW. fuk dat. bought some 105 W cfl's online and gave it a whirl. they worked very good, w/ not much of a diff. in elec. bill. did some res. online and bought 120 W led. supposedly this model is good for all growth phases, and plants responded nicely. I must say tho the plants did well w/ the cfl lites, i'm just to dam lazy to keep switching bulbs.
 
Spinelli

Spinelli

Member
Hi there! Is it really that much of a difference? I have a 400 watt mh and will be switching to 1000 watt HPS, don't wanna pay an arm and a leg though........
 
PoodleBud

PoodleBud

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Hi,
I am so happy to find this site; what a wealth of info!

We began out first attempt at growing for personal use with some unidentified seeds we'd saved from some very high quality weed. We started them in an aerogarden, got a great root system going and transplanted them into FoxFarm soil in a small grow tent. So far, so good. They've been fed all along the way with Coco Bloom yellow bottle nutes, first the veg and now the flower. They are currently packed with buds, about 4' high and 5 weeks into flowering. They are definitely sativas or possibly sativa/indica blend. We started 3 plants in there, 2 ended up female, and 1 male which we took out.

The question is, we were told the Coco Bloom is an organic nute; should we still plan on flushing the plants near the end of flowering?

thanks to you all for the great resource you provide.
 
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InfiniteThought

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Hey hey! my first post! Never grown before and don't smoke too much but getting into it for medical reasons. Seems like a great site that that this seems to be the thread to start on so jumping right in. Already learned a ton lurking around for a couple days, tons of good grows.
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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Nook said:
Hello fellow newbie!

Thanks for your help, Am I Norml !

OMG, the numbers do tot up don't they! That space coming to 19 x 2000 means I wouldn't even have enough with my two lights, and the bulbs are massive! I'm going to go and start my own thread in the hope that people will come and give me tips as I go along - bit of a scary development on my current houseplants that I'm worried might make growing impossible. :?
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please don't say spider mites.please don't say spider mites.please don't say spider mites.please don't say spider please don't say spider mites. please don't say spider mites. please don't say spider mites.:wall:
 
Am I Norml

Am I Norml

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ucanduit said:
my buddy gave me a 1000 W mh, so I plugged it in and then ran to the back of the house to watch my meter spin. WOW. fuk dat. bought some 105 W cfl's online and gave it a whirl. they worked very good, w/ not much of a diff. in elec. bill. did some res. online and bought 120 W led. supposedly this model is good for all growth phases, and plants responded nicely. I must say tho the plants did well w/ the cfl lites, i'm just to dam lazy to keep switching bulbs.
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I have CFL's in every fixture in my house .. so i was hip to the amount they can save you on your bill even before i was using them to grow with but my main reason is their low heat signature because we get ALOT of flyovers here and last thing i need is them coupling a super high electric bill with a red hot room in my house .. now if i was gonna grow for distribution i might chance them just to get a monster crop to sell but truthfully just for myself ...the safer the better :):weed:
 
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