300w Giant CFL Grow

[Wu Wei]

Is it anything special you wonder about?
Outherwise its just to put them in a new pot and fill up with new soil

Yoooou can do it Nicky..

Bless up brother

I was asking because from what I have read it is a very delicate prosses and many things can go wrong? I have re potted them now but I think they are dying, all the leaves are drooping down they really don't look well, many roots broke!!!

Blessings, peace

 

[Wu Wei]

How the yield with the set up?

I ask myself the same question, I don't have a clue? This is my first grow... Peace

 

[Wu Wei]

Thanks bro, I've really enjoyed Vert grows myself.
PITA Stands for : Pain In The Ass.

I use Turface, which is clay, in the pools and it takes
30-40 gallons of medium to fill.
Looking to go living soil at some point but I have some
more learning to do 1st. Lol

The floods are done with 2 x 300 gph pumps ...

Really is a simple,cheap,effective system. .lol
Yields great to boot. .Solid!

Just got to find what works for you and dial, dial, dial is the name of the game.

No problem, yea the vert growing looks great I will have to try it when I adapt more! Haha I see!

Cool, wow that sounds like loads 30 to 40 gallons is it hard work to fill? It would be insain with all soil, expensive to fill though! Me too I have a lot of learning to do thought!

Wow them pumps sound awesome, your set up is cool fair play

That is exactly what you want simple, cheap and effective, happy days brother! How much do you yield then? How much watts are you running?

I am still looking for my find to see what works best for me, I am sure it will take a while before I get the feel of this.

Peace

 

[Wu Wei]

I purchased this 4x4 tent this morning

Peace

 

[cravin morehead]

Great move getting a tent. Now you can really dial in your environment.
I'm sure your girls will bounce back from transplant shock. Maybe try giving them a little kelp/seaweed supplement. As long as not too many roots broke, they should snap out of it soon.
Otherwise, looking good bro.

Cm

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

No problem, yea the vert growing looks great I will have to try it when I adapt more! Haha I see!

Cool, wow that sounds like loads 30 to 40 gallons is it hard work to fill? It would be insain with all soil, expensive to fill though! Me too I have a lot of learning to do thought!

Wow them pumps sound awesome, your set up is cool fair play

That is exactly what you want simple, cheap and effective, happy days brother! How much do you yield then? How much watts are you running?

I am still looking for my find to see what works best for me, I am sure it will take a while before I get the feel of this.

Peace

These pools have done me good yield wise the past couple years.
Even without yields being a focus...

That's a goods system in my book...lol

I just finished running 1800W in a 4' x 8' tent with 2 pools and around 16 plants... Fun run....

I purchased this 4x4 tent this morning

Peace

This is great...
Looks like lot's of possibilities... Tents are IMO a great way to learn about environment control,not to mention how to deal with heat from the bulbs... Have a great time with the new thunder dome of sticky green goodness,WW...Score! lol

 

[bluhazy]

I am building a vertical cab 20'' x 20'' base area with a 250 watt cfl ,looking forward for your updates!!

Peace BH

 

[inthefire]

DamnUglyDogE, What straindid you run?How was yield if you had to compare with hps?

 

[Wu Wei]

Great move getting a tent. Now you can really dial in your environment.
I'm sure your girls will bounce back from transplant shock. Maybe try giving them a little kelp/seaweed supplement. As long as not too many roots broke, they should snap out of it soon.
Otherwise, looking good bro.

Cm

Thanks budd, I had to get them out of that other room and in a nice area. Yea true I will be able to dial into my environment and I am going to get a 600w hps to flower these girls, hopefully all goes well! You are right they look better already still a bit droopy but they are progressing I have heard of the kelp seaweed I will have to get some... I just gave them a good watering with some molasses. Not many roots broke thankfully but I was a bit weary yesterday. Thank you brother, peace

 

[Wu Wei]

These pools have done me good yield wise the past couple years.
Even without yields being a focus...

That's a goods system in my book...lol

I just finished running 1800W in a 4' x 8' tent with 2 pools and around 16 plants... Fun run....





This is great...
Looks like lot's of possibilities... Tents are IMO a great way to learn about environment control,not to mention how to deal with heat from the bulbs... Have a great time with the new thunder dome of sticky green goodness,WW...Score! lol

Yeas I would imagine a good yield with pools like that, really good idea! It looks like a very interesting set up I have never heard or seen any photos of something like that. Wow 1800w of cfl, crazy! Have you ever thought of going hps I hear they have a much higher lummens output. Sounds like a awesome grow, how much did you yield?

Thanks budd yea it is great I am really happy with the tent and I am sure the girls are too yeas this will be a great way for me to learn about my environment and I am happy to be learning. Yea should solve any heat problems too. Thank you brother, peace

 

[Wu Wei]

I am building a vertical cab 20'' x 20'' base area with a 250 watt cfl ,looking forward for your updates!!

Peace BH

Sounds cool and a similar cfl to what I am using then, thanks and enjoy the watch... I will look forward to seeing your cab too, sounds cool! Peace

 

[Granger2]

For future reference, don't transplant till the pots are fully rooted. The roots will hold the medium together, allowing little or no root damage. Untill the pots are full of roots, they don't need transplanting anyway. Good luck. -granger

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Doh... Sorry guy's.. I didnt mean to imply that this season was
flowered with cfl's... I ran 1800w+ of hps lighting...
I vegged and have always vegged with cfl's...




But my 1st every grow-2 years ago-Started as a pure CFL grow that got way out of hand... lol I tend to push extremes and my plants tend to pay the price...Doh....


(946 CFL True Watt)-25 Plant--Grape Krush,SSH,SourD+SCROG+Seed grow

If I remember... I think it was 10,500 equivalent-watts...lol




Cfls IMO will grow whatever you want them too,however the quality of what you will end up with drops the bigger/taller you go...

The heat issue's become just as apparent as with HPS once you go beyond a few bulbs as well... Granted my 1st plants were big but the yield was small due to everything being fluff... Even the tiny buds were fluff...

So I would suggest keeping them small and dense...
I have Soooo many cfl bulbs now..lol

 

[Wu Wei]

For future reference, don't transplant till the pots are fully rooted. The roots will hold the medium together, allowing little or no root damage. Untill the pots are full of roots, they don't need transplanting anyway. Good luck. -granger

Hey Granger, the roots had filled the pots well and held the soil completely, I think they had grown too much they were really compact together. The roots got broke from me rolling it in my hands to loosen them because I read that when they go like that and re-potted they don't grow as well in the new pot, is this true or a myth?

Thanks for the advice, peace

 

[Wu Wei]

Doh... Sorry guy's.. I didnt mean to imply that this was
flowered with cfl's... I ran 1800w+ of hps lighting...
I vegged and have always vegged with cfl's...

But my 1st every grow-2 years ago-Started as a pure CFL grow that got way out of hand... lol I tend to push extremes and my plants tend to pay the price...Doh....

(946 CFL True Watt)-25 Plant--Grape Krush,SSH,SourD+SCROG+Seed grow

If I remember... I think it was 10,500 equivalent-watts...lol

Cfls IMO will grow whatever you want them too,however the quality of what you will end up with drops the bigger/taller you go...


The heat issue's become just as apparent as with HPS once you go beyond a few bulbs as well... Granted my 1st plants were big but the yield was small due to everything being fluff... Even the tiny buds were fluff...

So I would suggest keeping them small and dense...
I have Soooo many cfl bulbs now..lol

Ah right no problem and don't apologise brother its all good! Wow 1800w of hps that sounds crazy! I hear a lot of people vege with cfl.

Ah right you have flowered with cfl before, haha I can see you like to push your plants they are really tall!!

Wow 946 of pure cfl watts that is crazy too, must have been loads of bulbs!! The strains sound amazing!

Yeas I here they will grow anything through vege but then the plants require much more intensity for bloom. I have heard that too because the light dose not penetrate well.

Ah right so it works out the same then heat wise with lots of bulbs... Many people have said that cfl produces fluffy buds, there is one guy on here called hummus monk (or something like that) and his nuggz are impressive for cfl, really compact fair play to him!

Yeas I will have to keep them small and dence if I flower with this cfl! Haha yeas I bet you have loads of cfl bulbs after that 900w grow!

Lovely plants you have there, really big and lovely budds too thanks for sharing the pics. Peace

 

[Wu Wei]

Here are the cheese and kalashnikova at day 21, the growth on the top of the cheese looks strange because I topped it then realised fuck I missed when it grew back. I had to cut off two of the bottom sets of leaves on the kalashnikova they were full of rust spots from cal deficiency, she also got stunned for a few days after many roots broke on transplant that is why the growth is a lot less than the cheese. Peace

 

[Wu Wei]

Here is the blue diesel auto and cream caramel. The cream caramel suffered from heat bless her... One side of my light collapsed basically right on top of her!
Peace

 

[cravin morehead]

hey buddy- girls are looking pretty happy in their new home. cream caramel is a new one to me. got some fat leaves. looking good bro!

cm

 

[Wu Wei]

hey buddy- girls are looking pretty happy in their new home. cream caramel is a new one to me. got some fat leaves. looking good bro!

cm

Hey Cravin thank you buddy, they seem happier and are loving the new inline I just put in. I had never heard of the cream caramel either it was a freebie when I purchased the auto. Yea the leaves are fat... they looked almost round before they got crippled, it is supposed to be a 90% indica fast flowering, bred with slight automatic genes. I am going to put her outside with the purple marocs I purchased. thanks bud

Peace Brother

 

[Well]

How are things going for ya bro?
Here at my place i just did some monster cropping today from one of my ICE strains,
actually never tried MC before so this will be interesting.

Here´s a week old pic from my grow, they are at least twice as large now, and the one in the small pot is replanted in to 10L (2.6 gallon).
Iv also put in 3 more plants in there, so running 9 of them right now.