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Re: first cfl grow using 30watt cfls
ill take some more pics tomorrow away from the lights and ill take them in a darker room and use the flash on my fone cuz i need to get better pics than that, or ill try a video and show you all the growth im talking about, i think i might pull the plug on the auto, it has not changed in a week, its still at soil level, it has got 1 seed leaf on it and you can see a tiny new leaf growing at the stem but its been like that for a week now and nothing has changed, all my newly planted seeds have sprouted and are a couple of inches big and growing their proper leaves so not sure what to make of it, ive ordered another auto fem seed which if i pull the plug on this one ill soak and plant, i just want to get a plant flowered soon so ive got something to keep me going till i get the rest of the plants in flower,
GLR method.
at first say for the first 3 days i thought the glr method was not working, i did not see a change in growth or the rapid growth i was expecting, but after another couple of days i soon noticed loads of change, its as if the plant started to force itself to grow, possibly the plant done this thinking it need to flower and re-produce so packed on the growth but the extra hour of light prevented it from going into flower properly, so i would say the glr method works well for plants of a certain age.
how ever for seeds i see no difference at all, i had 2 seeds planted at the same time, and they was placed under glr and 24-0, i kept checking the growth and found no difference what so ever, the seeds are a week old now and their is no difference in size or rate of growth, the only slight difference i can see is that the new plant under 24-0 has got the edge of its leaves turning up slightly, this indicates high temps but my temps are the same in both veg rooms so not sure if its to much light causing it or not, i have lowered it away from the light a further half an inch to rule out it been to close, so the glr method for newly sprouted seeds is no difference, after ive got through with this grow im planning on side by side of 24-0 and glr, well i say i want to, ive got loads of things i want to try but i want to get this grow out the way before i try anything else, in the veg room i think i have got enough room for 4 x 3 gallon pots so ive got 2 veg rooms that are 3ft by 3ft and floor to ceiling high, so i could fit 4 good size plants in, but im using cfl so cant go mad on the upwards growth,
ive been offered a 600wat hps dual spectrum light, he says the bulb has got a extra element in it that produces a more blue light so the light can be used for both stages of growth, my concerns are, do these lights actually work well for both stages, and been 600watt my energy costs will rise so i need to see if the extra electric bill gives me a bigger yield, this grow i will see through with cfls as i want to see the results for myself, but i can get this light just not sure if its worth it, he says its got a ballast that allows you to turn the power down or something, unless i heard him wrong,
ill take some more pics tomorrow away from the lights and ill take them in a darker room and use the flash on my fone cuz i need to get better pics than that, or ill try a video and show you all the growth im talking about, i think i might pull the plug on the auto, it has not changed in a week, its still at soil level, it has got 1 seed leaf on it and you can see a tiny new leaf growing at the stem but its been like that for a week now and nothing has changed, all my newly planted seeds have sprouted and are a couple of inches big and growing their proper leaves so not sure what to make of it, ive ordered another auto fem seed which if i pull the plug on this one ill soak and plant, i just want to get a plant flowered soon so ive got something to keep me going till i get the rest of the plants in flower,
GLR method.
at first say for the first 3 days i thought the glr method was not working, i did not see a change in growth or the rapid growth i was expecting, but after another couple of days i soon noticed loads of change, its as if the plant started to force itself to grow, possibly the plant done this thinking it need to flower and re-produce so packed on the growth but the extra hour of light prevented it from going into flower properly, so i would say the glr method works well for plants of a certain age.
how ever for seeds i see no difference at all, i had 2 seeds planted at the same time, and they was placed under glr and 24-0, i kept checking the growth and found no difference what so ever, the seeds are a week old now and their is no difference in size or rate of growth, the only slight difference i can see is that the new plant under 24-0 has got the edge of its leaves turning up slightly, this indicates high temps but my temps are the same in both veg rooms so not sure if its to much light causing it or not, i have lowered it away from the light a further half an inch to rule out it been to close, so the glr method for newly sprouted seeds is no difference, after ive got through with this grow im planning on side by side of 24-0 and glr, well i say i want to, ive got loads of things i want to try but i want to get this grow out the way before i try anything else, in the veg room i think i have got enough room for 4 x 3 gallon pots so ive got 2 veg rooms that are 3ft by 3ft and floor to ceiling high, so i could fit 4 good size plants in, but im using cfl so cant go mad on the upwards growth,
ive been offered a 600wat hps dual spectrum light, he says the bulb has got a extra element in it that produces a more blue light so the light can be used for both stages of growth, my concerns are, do these lights actually work well for both stages, and been 600watt my energy costs will rise so i need to see if the extra electric bill gives me a bigger yield, this grow i will see through with cfls as i want to see the results for myself, but i can get this light just not sure if its worth it, he says its got a ballast that allows you to turn the power down or something, unless i heard him wrong,
and yes he has a dimmable ballast like mine you can turn it down to different wattage. I would get it but that's up to you. How many watts are you running now? Rememeber watts are watts no matter where they come from.
