Stealth CFL grow 1st time - Any advice?

[cal o the p]

i have turned my small cabinet in to a small grow op. i have 2 super hash auto pyramid seedlings one germinated on the 5 of feb the other on the 8th so far they are doing great they are under a 20x cfl and 9w both 2700k witch brings me to my first question, will i need bulbs with 6500k bulbs as that's what ive heard from youtube? i have another 35w 175w equivalent coming monday next week and two splitters the week after totaling in 5 but until then i will be stuck with the 2 i have now. will this be a sufficient amount of light for about 2 weeks? they are both in soil and perlite mix. i don't know what the soil is just given it by a friend who had some left from his grow. i also have some all purpose plant food with npk 6 3 6 will this be okay for 2 or 3 feedings until i get the bloom booster?

this is my first propper grow ( have don few guerilla grows) and would it help if i started a grow journal?

 

[cal o the p]

 

[cal o the p]

 

[Deedoubleusee]

65ook will make a shorter bushier plant. But, if you have a 2700k bulb and it's more watts than the 65ook then usethe 2700k more watts the better. Also concentrate your lights together for higher light penetration.I'll show you what I did. I'll take a pic in a sec

 

[cal o the p]

thanks for the advise mate i will get to work on that tomorrow. when my splitters arrive i will have 6 bulbs altogether. all are 2700k 4 20 w and 2 35w 175 equivalent. would this be enuff to sustain 3 auto flowers i will be keeping them as small as possibal with some techniques i learn froom the inter webbs.

 

[dr.h00k]

You might have enuff light horse power if the cabinet is small enuff...what about environment(air flow...temperature...humidity)...thats a big part of the equation to a successful grow...Welcome to ...cheerz...h00k..

 

[cal o the p]

got in take and out take fans i made from old laptop fans and two old xbox fans for the plants all work realy well and i dont know the humidity or how to measure it but the temperature stay between 25 an 30 degreed c when my the heating in my house comes on but i open the window witch is right near my cabnit and that cools it down a tad as th in takes at the top close to window. and it is winter here in the uk so very cold

 

[cal o the p]

 

[savingson]

Are they staying in this cabinet the entire grow? Are you planning on LST them? I also built a cabinet and space gets limited fast. I started LST at 3 rd node. Your babies and cabinet looks great.

Sent w my Light, Love and Energies

 

[cal o the p]

thanks so dose yours, yh thay will be in here entire grow and im going to lst them maybe super crop i did it last year with a auto super hash in micel gro soil on a window sill the whole time and it worked out great nothing but water too.

oh i think i also topped aswell.

 

[cal o the p]

today all my stuff finally came. so i now has 8 cfls 3x 35w two of witch are 6500k and 5x 20w 2700k

as i had to sort the cabinet out to accommodate the lights i thought i would add in 2 12v fans to pull air out( i also have a in take fan at the bottom but its near pipes so i am thinking of ducting it to the outside , as it is my tv unit and my window in right above it)

any way my plant are doing just great even to temperature keeps getting to 80 degrees f i have also topped my second plant as the first is working great but i do not think it is doing well its real skimpy compared to the other ( the second is on the left) my bloom booster will be arriving next week to and i plan to start using it straight away on plant 1 then few day after on second then a few more for the third as this is how i planted them is this a good i dead or should i wait til the plants actually flowering?

 

[Conviction]

im also growing for the first time and i think you have a good start here, dont feed your plants any nutrients at this stage, wait a few weeks and start feeding them slowly, put your lights closer to your plants (to prevent them from growing straight towards the light, get 6700 k bulbs as soon as you can for veg and use your regular 2700ks for flowering (when you think youre ready to start.