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First Time Small Scale Cfl Grow

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Hi, as the title suggests I'm planning to grow my first plant, only recently I learnt about cfl lights and methods such as lst to keep a plant small.

I need to keep the plant small and discreet, I'll be buying a small grow tent to put in my wardrobe, I'm wondering what kind of set up do I need? I'm still doing my own research so any information is really appreciated.

I have no idea about cfl lights, I read that they come in different colours which indicate the strength of the bulb, but I don't know when to use what bulb and how many I need to use.

I plan on using an auto flower seed so would I need any specific type of soil or setup? Appreciate any help offered.
 
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Haze2426 said:
Hi, as the title suggests I'm planning to grow my first plant, only recently I learnt about cfl lights and methods such as lst to keep a plant small.

I need to keep the plant small and discreet, I'll be buying a small grow tent to put in my wardrobe, I'm wondering what kind of set up do I need? I'm still doing my own research so any information is really appreciated.

I have no idea about cfl lights, I read that they come in different colours which indicate the strength of the bulb, but I don't know when to use what bulb and how many I need to use.

I plan on using an auto flower seed so would I need any specific type of soil or setup? Appreciate any help offered.
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Focus a great deal of your attention on a excellent ventilation system you are going to need a lot. The selection of lighting will help you with your temperatures. If you are insistent on using CFLs which I do not recommend because they do produce quite a bit of heat. You need to use 6500 k daylight for your vegetate then at flower switch out half of them with 2700 k if you would like any more advice please just ask. Happy growing!
 
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Haze2426 said:
Hi, as the title suggests I'm planning to grow my first plant, only recently I learnt about cfl lights and methods such as lst to keep a plant small.

I need to keep the plant small and discreet, I'll be buying a small grow tent to put in my wardrobe, I'm wondering what kind of set up do I need? I'm still doing my own research so any information is really appreciated.

I have no idea about cfl lights, I read that they come in different colours which indicate the strength of the bulb, but I don't know when to use what bulb and how many I need to use.

I plan on using an auto flower seed so would I need any specific type of soil or setup? Appreciate any help offered.
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Coconut coir media feeding with ph balanced hydroponic solution is the way to go.
 
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Haze2426 said:
Hi, as the title suggests I'm planning to grow my first plant, only recently I learnt about cfl lights and methods such as lst to keep a plant small.

I need to keep the plant small and discreet, I'll be buying a small grow tent to put in my wardrobe, I'm wondering what kind of set up do I need? I'm still doing my own research so any information is really appreciated.

I have no idea about cfl lights, I read that they come in different colours which indicate the strength of the bulb, but I don't know when to use what bulb and how many I need to use.

I plan on using an auto flower seed so would I need any specific type of soil or setup? Appreciate any help offered.
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If you want to control the size of your plant don't use an Autoflower.
 
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You can get a small t5 for less than you'd need to spend for CFL lights and fixtures, unless you already have 8 or 10 light fixtures laying around, because that's how many you'd need to equal a few 2 foot t5s.
 
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Walmart sells t5s
 
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Haze2426 said:
Hi, as the title suggests I'm planning to grow my first plant, only recently I learnt about cfl lights and methods such as lst to keep a plant small.

I need to keep the plant small and discreet, I'll be buying a small grow tent to put in my wardrobe, I'm wondering what kind of set up do I need? I'm still doing my own research so any information is really appreciated.

I have no idea about cfl lights, I read that they come in different colours which indicate the strength of the bulb, but I don't know when to use what bulb and how many I need to use.

I plan on using an auto flower seed so would I need any specific type of soil or setup? Appreciate any help offered.
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id grow reg or fem seeds autos u not really going to get to control them with out hurting them and making them stall out autos have a set amount of days its going to live any topping will stunt them and u cant clone them

when u said different color shows strength that Is not right color is the kelvins

so if u have a blue color light that's high end of the scale 5000s and up the light is trying to act like the summer sun

so yellow is low end here is a pic for u to look at this light color is the end of summer where the sun is going down earlier every day

u are looking for light lumens that is the power of the light so high lumens the better but higher the lvl the more heat u going to get
 

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thought u might like this chart as well
 

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Don't do this cfl thing. I have 4, I did have 8, but I got a amazon led(300).

I have lots of heat issues. I read for months about a proper setup, I was positive I could get away with 2/3 desk fans. Nope.

Get a 150/250 hps light, 2 4" or 1-4" and 1-6" exhaust fans and the speed controllers and proper ducting.

I am in the middle of adding real inline exhaust fans while I have 4, 18-20 inch plants.

Wish I would of started the proper way.

GL
 
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hps is about the hottest u can go with led for the win
 
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Unless your buying real leds, hps, esp on a smaller scale will be cheaper. Even after two harvests.

Real, good leds are 375-2k. I have a pos from az that was 80 for a 300. It's prolly a 150/130 in reality
 
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I have found for small grows CFL can work. I do admit not as effective as HID but the start up cost are a little cheaper. Just a little info the best lumans per watt comes from the 150 watt equivalent at roughly 65 lumans per watt. I use between 7 and 9 bulbs in a 2'x1.5' grow box. I just bent her lover. She is 2'tall as of today after about 5 weeks veg.
 

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