New Grower Deciding on a strain, need some input!

[elsamurai]

I grew photo's with cfl's and did alright but after being here and seeing all the great journal's using led's I switched over. you can get a 300w (theoretical as it will draw 180 or so) for about $100 and that will give a better yield than a cfl with less heat issue's imho.

 

[BknBits]

I grew photo's with cfl's and did alright but after being here and seeing all the great journal's using led's I switched over. you can get a 300w (theoretical as it will draw 180 or so) for about $100 and that will give a better yield than a cfl with less heat issue's imho.

I'll keep that in mind for my next grow. My budget is kind of tight at the moment and i still have to purchase nutes, soil, perlite, and some equipment before my seeds get here. I will definitely check it out though. I've read about a few people using them. What was your cfl setup like? How much of a better yield did you see with the LEDs?

 

[elsamurai]

mine was a diy with 12 23w and a diy reflector. kinda sketchy now that I think about it,lol.still growing my first auto with the led but so far the bud's are bigger and denser and I still got 20-30 day's to go. good choice on the sweet seed's. check out opi250. he did some with cfl like your's. should help

 

[elsamurai]

here's a link to opi250's grow Sweet Seeds Red Poison & Dutch Passions Think Different

 

[wheredaweedat]

mine was a diy with 12 23w and a diy reflector. kinda sketchy now that I think about it,lol.

you wanna talk about sketchy, this was MY first grow -View attachment 414042

hahahaha, beat THAT! We made a CFL hood from a rubbermaid bin and painted the inside reflective white and had random CFL's hangin out errr-whurr lol.

I cant really say I get the whole "X grams per X square feet" thing. So are you saying that if I have one plant that is X feet tall, i'll get x grams? lol like...i don't get it.

When Muddy replied to my thread, I felt like I was talking to a celebrity lol Cause I'd seen his name all over this site, and had seen him mentioned as "The Knowledgeable Muddy" on another site, so it almost felt like i had jorge cervantes or cheech marin commenting on my shit hahah

 

[elsamurai]

too funny Mz.W. I don't understand all the x gram's/m2 stuff neither. only what I can see. marketing b.s. know's no bound's lol

 

[briman]

m2=3 ft x 3 ft the short of it is, if the strain says 400g. m2 means under optimal conditions(ie, sufficient wattage, grow skills, you should be able to pull off 400 grams in a 3 ft x 3 ft tent with that strain. Now, the best wattage is .5 watts per square foot. so, for a 3 ft. x 3ft. tent(3x3=9) 9square feet.

9 square feet x .5 watts =450watts

So when people say something about growing a gram per watt being a good yield, now you know its optimal!

So, if you have a 3 x 3ft tent with a 450x light and you yield 400 grams, you are doing pretty good.

PS-not a marketing gimmick true facts!:thumbs:

 

[briman]

OR we can just have fun growing, have a group smoke out and not worry about crazy math stuff while being high!"AFN smoke out"

 

[elsamurai]

thank's for clearing that up briman. didn't mean to disparage anyone as my age has jaded me a little.

 

[wheredaweedat]

......I had to google disparage...is that bad? LOL
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BTW- COMPLETELY off subject, but, I just saw this an thought it was HYSTERICAL.
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