first experience

[onmikesline]

does the plant smell up your house alot?

 

[francorossi189]

very very little smell..
almost imperceptible

 

[francorossi189]

why are you asking that??

 

[bubba902]

No ventilation or anything, probably figured itd stink the house up.

More light is gonna play key.
What size space is that cfl in?

 

[powerplanter]

To get better buds you're going to need about 20 of those cfl's, or a good HPS. Check out buyagrowbox.com and that will give you a good idea of what you need. Stay safe.

 

[francorossi189]

i know that hps lights are better than cfls.. but in my first grow i have used cfls beacuse i have them in my garage.. for my next grow i will buy a good hps..
now in my grow i have 5 cfls total 150 w and 10000 lumens total
my grow is :
59x20x20 in.

 

[OGKushman]

I assume you mean 20x20x59 (LxWxH). Right now your illuminating just over ~2500 lumens per square foot. A 150 watt hps would achieve 50% more light using the same power (15000 lumens). The minimum for making a grow worth the trouble is ~5000 (I run around 10k). So to imagine having a problem, even very minor, and still trying to get a harvest out of it seems slim. You working over thin ice assuming everything will go perfect. I would definitely add more intense light.

 

[francorossi189]

how do you do that?

i'm doing ( in feet) :

width(1.67) x depth(1.67)= 2.78 square feet

total amount of lumes available (9450) :

9450/2.78 = 3399 lumens / sq feet

 

[OGKushman]

I rounded 20 inches to 24 ...regardless your 3,400 is still not adequate. Why grow under the shade of a tree when you can move it into full sun?

I ALWAYS round up.







Unless its money I owe, then I round down :shifty:

 

[francorossi189]

where i live now there are 13/14 hours of light..
i could finish the flowering outside but i don' t know if it is a good idea..
temp is 22 ° celsius day and 13/14 night

 

[Growdude]

Why grow under the shade of a tree when you can move it into full sun?

I believe the point was to get more light not move them outside.

 

[Hushpuppy]

You just need to go buy you a good 250w HPS light, ballast, reflector combination and get it over that plant asap, and then you will see the buds swell more as you still have 4-6 weeks of flowering left to go.

When you get the HPS, take down the CFLs and only use them for vegging plants.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

It is also not just the lack of lumens, it is also the lack of penetration. While penetration is not really the right word, the lumens from a CFL diminish over distance quite rapidly. In essence, the bottom 1/2 of your plant is getting very little light. A 150W HPS will do a lot better. A 250W HPS would be even better.

Check around and be creative if money is a problem. I once found 2 150W HPS security lights at a yard sale for $2 each. I turned them into a dual 150W cooltube setup for around $30.

 

[OGKushman]

No no no :rofl:

I was not directing him to move them outside hahahaa but I can see how you could read that. I was using it as a comparison. Under the shade of a tree in mid summer mid day is 3500 L/sf. Mid day sun direct is over 10k L/sf...just an analogy



And "penetration"... I think you mean intensity? but I like penetration!

 

[Hushpuppy]

I understood your analogy OG. I was more or less following your statement with, What to me, is The obvious solution.