CFL Club!

[Croptober]

XXX OG & Super Skunk

XXX OG & Super Skunk

I grew some Super Skunk and XXX OG (Life's good winning cut) and got a little over 120 grams with 6 22 watt cfls. I vegged for 5 weeks. Supercropped and topped many times and the plants were fed House and Garden nutrients.

XXX OG

Super Skunk

Super Skunk

 

[Croptober]

Continued

Continued

XXX OG

Super Skunk

 

[Kozmo]

What's the thought on these? 23 watt Daylight 5000k by Duracell cFL's

 

[Dr.Young]

Lets see some CFL SOGS!!! I'm making a thread called CFL CLUB (SOG STYLE).

 

[noyd666]

I must have bumped my noggin on the globe, was still going with less light,

 

[JAH Porter]

NEWBIE IN CFL CLUB JUST GOT A ELEKTROX 200W DUAL

NEWBIE IN CFL CLUB JUST GOT A ELEKTROX 200W DUAL

Greetings one and all. Thank you for having I join in your CFL Club.
Today I finally purchased the 200w Dual CFL by Elektrox. It is supposed to give out between 10,000 & 12,000 Lumens.
Nice easy set up and good light produced.
I would appreciated any information ones could provide regarding this particular model.
I have 1 OG Kush in Veg stage week 4 that I will put in to flower this week.
Give Thanks for your help and advice.

 

[Claude Hopper]

Its always nice checking in with the innovative CFL crew.

I use CFL -and the new LED lightbulbs- to supplement on the edges where my 400 watt HPS isn't getting. The lighhts all play well together

 

[NoSocSlic]

Bare Basics CFL

Bare Basics CFL



Here is my bare basics CFL run. Just over 102 watts with 2 23w warms, a 23w cool, and a 33w warm in a strip plug. Small garden with 6 flowering plants.

 

[Claude Hopper]

Nosocslic,


They are really beautiful plants. Very nice.

 

[NoSocSlic]

Thanks, its small time, but it sure is sweet whether there's one plant or 1000

 

[Jellyfish]

Beautiful example of the potential of CFL's. Thanks for posting the pics, NoSocSlic!

 

[NoSocSlic]

Thanks. It shows how simple it is to grow some bud for yourself. I never even bought a seed, just been collecting bagseeds and breeding them a bit. That strain is pretty killer, wish I knew its name. Its most likely something with sour D in its lineage. I am running a cross I made also. This was the first time I ran seeds that I made so I am really happy about it.

 

[dociron]

Thanks. It shows how simple it is to grow some bud for yourself. I never even bought a seed, just been collecting bagseeds and breeding them a bit. That strain is pretty killer, wish I knew its name. Its most likely something with sour D in its lineage. I am running a cross I made also. This was the first time I ran seeds that I made so I am really happy about it.

If ya really wanna get serious about this grow method, I'd reccomend this thread,,,, https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=69713

 

[NoSocSlic]

If ya really wanna get serious about this grow method, I'd reccomend this thread,,,, https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=69713

Man you are tellin me! I have read that thread and it blew my mind. That is my goal eventually, to make a perpetual grow system like that. Amazing results. right now with what I have I get 4-8g off a plant. I'd shit if I ever got 21 lol. I am using a lot less light than he is though, and the only thing I add is molasses in flower. I could get more out of it. This was really a test run that I was going to make seeds with but changed my mind because I didn't really like my choice of fathers. The 2 of the girls were fantastic. I need to stabilize the genetics a little bit more but especially the strain in the picture, man it looks and smells great. Anyway, DBG's thread is awesome. That is the goal =P

 

[dociron]

Man you are tellin me! I have read that thread and it blew my mind. That is my goal eventually, to make a perpetual grow system like that. Amazing results. right now with what I have I get 4-8g off a plant. I'd shit if I ever got 21 lol. I am using a lot less light than he is though, and the only thing I add is molasses in flower. I could get more out of it. This was really a test run that I was going to make seeds with but changed my mind because I didn't really like my choice of fathers. The 2 of the girls were fantastic. I need to stabilize the genetics a little bit more but especially the strain in the picture, man it looks and smells great. Anyway, DBG's thread is awesome. That is the goal =P

Yeah, I grew like that for several years,, perpetual, and I went to 1 litre bottles, found a heavier breed than the sativa dom I was running, and started getting 10-15 gram averages, using GO nutrients from GH.

 

[Redrum92]

In use there is a massive 64 watt CFL (equal to 300w?) Hanging from the ceiling. Seriously the thing is almost as big as a 2 liter bottle. Then 3x 42w CFL in little clamp fixtures. All found at home depot for about $85 (super cheap)

42w $10 x 3
Fixtures $11 each x4
64w $15

Basically 190w for $85, fixtures and all. Easily enough for any cloeset grower.

Being used for 2 seedlings 6" tall, and one huge indica bush that is 2.5'x2.5'x3'. More than enough light.

 

[Redrum92]

I love that plants can be touching these all day an have no damage. I love they don't need ventilation. 190w on all day raises the teeny closet only 1° F. And if one breaks? Eh $10 to replace, big deal.

So simple. For professionals or people with more than 20 cubic feet, sure not the best. But for anyone smaller, they are optimal

 

[sandbar]

2x 85 Watt 300watt equiv 4.7k lumen 6,500K + 2x 40 Watt 150watt equiv 2.65k lumen 2,700K.

3x3 tent.

Kill-A-Watt rating everything at 240 Watts. Will make grow thread once seeds arrive (sensei star)

Looking forward to my first try at a CFL grow!

 

[MicroRoy]

2x 85 Watt 300watt equiv 4.7k lumen 6,500K + 2x 40 Watt 150watt equiv 2.65k lumen 2,700K.

3x3 tent.

Kill-A-Watt rating everything at 240 Watts. Will make grow thread once seeds arrive (sensei star)

Looking forward to my first try at a CFL grow!

Good luck to you.

 

[Glyda]

Hi there. I am very new to the site and new to growing as well. I have read thru the CFL thread quite extensively and have found it most interesting.
I am from an area where we have summer temp of 30 to 35 Celsius on a regular basis, so keeping temp down is important. I am just setting up a grow room and am currently trying to figure out which lights to purchase.
I have a totally insulated room 12 feet long x 8 feet wide and 7 feet high. my intention is to grow 12 plants on either side of the room.
I am looking to use a combination of CFL's, my thought are to use 6 x 130 watt 14 000 K lights, 3 on each side with 4 x 100 watt 2700 K light on light rails a little towards the center of the room.
Each plant has an area of 2 foot x 2 foot there will be a tilted trellis above the plants so I can tie the stems down. getting an even spread of light across the canopy.
I cant find any reference to how much area a 130 watt 14 000 K light will cover.
I will be using 18 hours light 6 hour dark for Veg and switching to 12 - 12 for Bud and will remove the 14 000 K - 130 watt globes and replace them with all 2700 k 100 watt globes. I have surplus air ventilation and will be installing a dehumidifier as well. can anyone tell me the light area covered by the CFL light, and if there are any obvious problems with my set up. Thanks in advance, Glyda