Vggir said:

Hello there, I'm vggirl:) I started growing about a year and half ago. I started with cfls too. The most important part to remember when using cfls, exactly like @Basic Buds said, is lollipopping, and training. The more even your canopy is, the better the buds will be, and cleaning the bottom of the plant, where light won't reach, is also very important :).
I went from cfls, to T5ho, and was happy with the density of my buds, but the trichomes definitely suffered! That's when I used both the T5 and CFL bulbs together, and got the best of both worlds! I'm currently only using a Mars II 700 and T5HO for both veg and flower, with great results.

Your doing awesome brother! Keep on keeping on! :)

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Vggir said:

Hello there, I'm vggirl:) I started growing about a year and half ago. I started with cfls too. The most important part to remember when using cfls, exactly like @Basic Buds said, is lollipopping, and training. The more even your canopy is, the better the buds will be, and cleaning the bottom of the plant, where light won't reach, is also very important :).
I went from cfls, to T5ho, and was happy with the density of my buds, but the trichomes definitely suffered! That's when I used both the T5 and CFL bulbs together, and got the best of both worlds! I'm currently only using a Mars II 700 and T5HO for both veg and flower, with great results.

Your doing awesome brother! Keep on keeping on! :)

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CharmCity915 said:

Thanks dude and nice to meet you. Yea CFL's were awesome to start with for me but you gotta use a ton of bulbs. So I'm gonna be switching to t5's or something like that for my next one. I wish I would've trimmed her sooner though, But hey I learned.

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CharmCity915 said:

I also wanted to thank my buddy @Basic Buds for helping me out.

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CharmCity915 said:

What's up everyone. Quick question. My girl started flowering about a day ago. I have 7 2700k 23w output CFL's on her. Is it ok to put like 2 5000k 23w CFL's also to give her more light spectrum or no?? Thank you

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CharmCity915 said:

Ok cool thank you dude. I wasn't sure if it would throw it off balance in some crazy way

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CharmCity915 said:

Here is a few pictures of my ChemDog.. She started her flower process yesterday I believe. Definitely has a different smell then before. Her hairs are standing up and its awesome..

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CharmCity915 said:

my wife says I pay way to much attention to my plants lol

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Basic Buds said:

Nice work man, those buds look nice! Looks like your treating her well

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CharmCity915 said:

Thanks mate.. Yea after really clipping all that extra stuff I had at the bottom and in the middle she took off. Even the top of her stretched another 6 inches.. And to me that a lot lmao..

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Basic Buds said:

Yeah its amazing how fast they bounce back hey! Let me know how much in weight you get off her, I am really interested in studying more with real grows, not just what's written on paper or the Internet... I'm curious to compare our overall results to see what we could do better in the next grow. I have to ask, what would did you use?

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CharmCity915 said:

I'd definitely like to see what we could do better and what not to do again.. What did you mean on the question? I think auto correct changed a word

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Basic Buds said:

Sorry man, damn cheap ass phone!! The question was meant to be, what soil did you use?

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