I have 4 main plants and one small (i wanted to see how she develops with 12/12 light from seed) i don't know how much until finish but they are 1 month in flower already. They have 4 main colas because i topped them once, tried to clone them but only one survived (the one i mentioned, the litle one) and yes 3-4 budsites.
4 plants X 15g = 60 g ...less than i expected but i think it's pretty good for a newbie isn't it?
I will post a picture with the small one that all her life had 12/12 light to see how she developed.
After this grow i intend to switch to a 250W HPS in a closet with 10 plants at max... and i'm thinking to try 12/12 from seed to save space and time.what do you think?
I didn't quite understand what did you mean by "If you are using these lights etc again, I'd very much top twice and flip when plants are short. Try to keep the canopy even and short for CFLs." what is canopy? how to flip?
thanks very much for your help TheTinker :bow
Not killing your plants for the first round is good for a newbie :)
If you get anything off them worth smoking, its a success, yeild and quality come with experience and only that.
60g for 4 plants the first time, is good, especially with that kind of lighting.
120Watts of CFL lighting is very low tbh. And since the canopy of the plants in the picture is so wildly different,(with the lows being very low, and the tops being very high), its only about 3-4 cola tops that are getting the full power of these lights, the rest of the plant is getting ALOT less. Light dimishes expotentially as distance increases. I think its 4 times less light for every double distance from the light source.
Canopy is the level height of vegetation in your grow. Eg an even canopy is when all the plants are at near the same height and its like a carpet of green bud sites!
An uneven canopy (vegetation) is when the plants are all different sizes etc. Un even canopy is alot less effective, for reasons i stated in the previous paragraph.
To get an even canopy, bend, train, top it all to get it even. Anything needed. This makes sure that you can keep all your lights at an even level and all ur plants are getting the full power of the lights. It comes with practice.
Flip just means when u flip to 12/12 light cycle (or whatever light cycle you use for flowering).
Always aim for a carpet of top colas all at the same level.
If you get 60gs, ur doing VERY well. 60/126 watts is just about 0.5g per watt. This is a VERY good starting point. We all aim for 1g per watt as the great goal.
For CFLS your plants dont need to veg too tall as the lights dont reach far into the canopy since they are low powered. So keep the canopy even and the lights VERY close.
