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GreenPassion.org - Dedicated to Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Education - Growing With Fluorescent/CFL http://www.greenpassion.org/ Grow using a low-energy alternative - fluorescents! en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:19:27 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.greenpassion.org/images/family/misc/rss.jpg GreenPassion.org - Dedicated to Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Education - Growing With Fluorescent/CFL http://www.greenpassion.org/ My First Grow Cabinet http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/my-first-grow-cabinet-17158/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:53 GMT Hi guys Ok its taken me some time to get this up, but this site has inspired me to do this :) Here are some pics of my hard work. Hi guys
Ok its taken me some time to get this up, but this site has inspired me to do this :)

Here are some pics of my hard work.

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]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL gore1876 http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/my-first-grow-cabinet-17158/ anyone grow out headband or casey jones http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/anyone-grow-out-headband-casey-jones-16986/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:16:20 GMT was wondering on aproximate finish times was wondering on aproximate finish times ]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL ganathan http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/anyone-grow-out-headband-casey-jones-16986/ First try at a total cfl grow http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/first-try-total-cfl-grow-16947/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:59:05 GMT hey guys,

im pretty new to growing with cfl's so if im doing something wrong or if theres a better way to do it please let me know. with that being said in 3 months time i hope to be smoking some homegrown kush (if i get a female).
im using a 36Hx26Wx18D inch rubbermaid storage box i picked up for 40 bucks at walmart. i have 2 42W 6500k bulbs hung 2 inches above the plant. i plan to add 4 more bulbs (1 6500k and 3 2700K) there is one intake fan and i plan on installing one exhaust fan with a carbon filter. im growing in happy frog soil. at the moment i am growing an unkown kush seed i found in some bud i got. the box needs to be painted on the outside and im going to line the inside with mylar. im growing the kush plant as a test if its female cool if not no big deal. i just recieved a 5 pack of feminised BIG BANG from green house seed co. (they also sent me a feminized lemon skunk from DNA genetics, cant wait to try it.) i plan on growing 4 plants in a SCROG to maximize the yield per plant. ive aslo placed a webcam in my box that allows me to moniter the temp and humidity without having to open the closet, good when i have friends and family over. so as of right now thats were i stand im going shopping for the rest of the materials Saturday and i should have everything set up by sunday.
any info would be greatly appreciated and im going to be updating as much as possible. also what nutrients would u guys recommend im on a budget but i can stretch a bit.
thanks guys.
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]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL ProxyPirate http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/first-try-total-cfl-grow-16947/ What costs more? CFL vs HID. http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/what-costs-more-cfl-vs-hid-16909/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:50:04 GMT Sorry if this is a typical noob question. My friend and I were discussing what will cost more to run, we are using the same setups except for the lighting, I am using 600W of CFL's, (actual, not incandescent equivalent) he is using a 400W HPS/MH. Say theoretically we were to run the exact same schedule, what would cost more? ]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL serial_killer http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/what-costs-more-cfl-vs-hid-16909/ <![CDATA[Will 3' 21watt 2 bulb T5s work????]]> http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/will-3-21watt-2-bulb-t5s-work-16902/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:11:58 GMT I saw at Home Depot a 3' fixture that has two 21w T5s bulbs. Im woundering if I have two of these(4 bulbs) if that will be sufficient for a small grow or is that just not enough wattage???

Sensi ]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL Sensisaint http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/will-3-21watt-2-bulb-t5s-work-16902/ T-5 Questions http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/t-5-questions-16877/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:58:17 GMT Whats up everyone. I got some input ans question myself. Ok I can get a 3' two bulb fixture at Home Depot for $30. It is a 21w T-5. I was thinking of buying two of these for my little personal porch grow. Does this seem like it will work well or not? Also if I do end up buying these fixtures does it mean I can only use 21w lights in those fixtures? Also will I be able to use HO bulbs in the fixtures?? Im trying to get this up and rolling so any info would be great. ps. *********************************.

Sensi ]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL Sensisaint http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/t-5-questions-16877/ got some pics for ya http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/got-some-pics-ya-16620/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:23:10 GMT Hi so i said a long time ago id get some pics of my plant and its set up so i did ........my set up is 4 floro tubes 2 cfls and 1 t5 sunblaster .so let me kno if u like and if u have tips im up for them im feeding her sensi grow vegi part a and bshakehands.gifdrums.gifwall.gif Hi so i said a long time ago id get some pics of my plant and its set up so i did ........my set up is 4 floro tubes 2 cfls and 1 t5 sunblaster .so let me kno if u like and if u have tips im up for them im feeding her sensi grow vegi part a and bshakehands.gifdrums.gifwall.gif

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]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL baimbooze http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/got-some-pics-ya-16620/ cfl flood lights? http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/cfl-flood-lights-16373/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:00 GMT while shopping for cfls today i saw a large cfl flood light, like a flood light with a coiled cfl inside of it...forget the wattage but it looked like it would be a great way to concentrate the cfls light...would these work for growing? while shopping for cfls today i saw a large cfl flood light, like a flood light with a coiled cfl inside of it...forget the wattage but it looked like it would be a great way to concentrate the cfls light...would these work for growing?

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]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL werexallxdead http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/cfl-flood-lights-16373/ 1st grow; CFLs, box in closet, 4 clones and a problem http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/1st-grow-cfls-box-closet-4-clones-problem-16350/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:30:14 GMT Hey, first post here just wanna thank you all in advance for helping me out...

In a closet I have a MM grow operation goin' down. I got a 3x2x3 foot tall grow box made out of plywood and painted the inside white.. There's 8 26 watt CFLs that are the 6500k, and 2 42 watt CFLs that are in the 2700k range to balance them out. I'm using Black Gold organic soil, no nutrients as of yet, and watered them last 4 days ago, and switched them to 18/6 lighting 2 days ago.

Here's one problem; on one of our plants (the darkest green and probably healthiest, so-cal master) is curling up. The sides of the leaves are all going up, and some of the tips seem to be twisting sideways.. We figured this could be from heat as we had poor ventilation, but we rearranged it to have the fan blowing down directly where the top of the box was, and we seem to still have the problem, might need even more ventilation but they're CFLs??.. (check first couple pic.s)

Next is the '91 chem dawg.. It has been stretching quite a bit, but the worst part is how the leaves are yellowing, the leaf stems and the stem to the plant are green, but the main stem in some spots are purple but that could be genetics?. I'm thinking Fe deficiency or some other sort of deficiency but am not sure.. The new growth and largest leaves are hit hardest, but the whole plant is affected by it. ALL the leaves are skinny and awkward shaped, one leaf even has one part waayy longer than the other parts... There also seems to be dead spots near the base of the leaves I think all the plants are having this problem at least very slightly but this one has the worst case of it...

Been watering them all with tap water that we pH tested to realize it was at 7, so we lowered it for the last watering to ~6.5. They are all the same age, about 3 weeks (almost) and were grown from clones. Sorry for the poor quality pictures, camera phone. And the small plant on the left of the 2nd to last picture got hit by a fallen light :( and we had to chop the stem, it's still growing but might not be very big.. Same thing sorta happened to our pre-98 bubba but it's growing leaves like it's no big deal (last pic.)...

any comments/suggestions greatly appreciated, happy toking :animbong:

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]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL sinsemilla http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/1st-grow-cfls-box-closet-4-clones-problem-16350/ <![CDATA[Best strain for growing with CFL's anyone??]]> http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/best-strain-growing-cfls-anyone-16238/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:46:12 GMT Hi all, my bagseed has blessed me with a sativa that I really like. Yeild is not great YET but I see potential! Gotta do your best with what you have, right? They come up to the lights but haven't been having too many problems yet as they seem to have stopped stretching JUST in time! Keeping them in 16oz beer cups I think is helping too lol I am looking to buy my first seeds now. I have read Indicas are best for my setup but i REALLY like Sativa highs, very energetic high. My question is, if you have an Indica, if you pick it when trichs are like 10%amber, won't you get a sativa like high?? I just need to find the best possible strain for my setup which is in my sig. 10 seeds would supply me for a lifetime!! Not much room here and no major plans of making another cab at the moment. Thanks in advance for the help here!!! :banghead: ]]> Growing With Fluorescent/CFL sabasi http://www.greenpassion.org/f22/best-strain-growing-cfls-anyone-16238/