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Thread: Devon Maid auto, 2L pop bottles, 24hr cfl

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    Default Devon Maid auto, 2L pop bottles, 24hr cfl

    tiny little setup trying to limit electric to £1/week, 2x125w cfl's in constant use for almost 30,000 hours, cheap organic vegetable fertiliser used rarely
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    Sweet, what is the big one?

    Looks awesome for cfl.

    you running 24/0 then?

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    Thanks, they are all my own strain, the biggest is the oldest at about 7 weeks.
    I've had the same bulbs on 24/0 for about 3 years with no drop in yield, i think they last longer when they are on all the time and the limited reach is plenty for autos

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    Hey Plutopete

    Great pics. That's a fantastic result for a 2 litre pot size. Have you had any probs with the roots?

    Are you using both blue and red light spectrum CFL's or both of the same spectrum?
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    i sit the bottles in clay balls so the roots can still grow, but they mostly stay in the bottles. I use both colours of cfl only because thats what i bought years ago and they're still going, I'll probably replace just with the red when i get more.

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    What a great little budget grow - shows what can be done without shelling out ££££s on equipment

    The only thing I would say is that painting or tapeing the bottom of the bottles may be beneficial for the roots but as you have been doing your growing for so long I assume you have already played with the idea?
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    I was worried about light affecting the roots, and i covered some bottles in black tape, but it made no difference in the end so i abandoned the idea

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    Thumbs up root zone

    was wondering about these new air pots.the ones with lots of funnel holes all over the pots. i know roots need air heat moisture and food but do u think if i put loads of holes in a coke bottle and cover or paint them would they work better than standard pots. nice lokin plants mate. keep up the good work

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    Hi, ime looking into a small grow with auto seeds,when you say thier your own strain ,what are they based on, what would you say they are comparable to commercialy available strains?, that large one is looking great btw, well done youve given me hope for the small space i have available.

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    The strain was a cross between a local non auto with kush heritage and one of the lowrider strains, only the offspring with auto traits were kept and bred and now they are always auto
    I don't know what commercial strains might be similar, but if theres a Hindu kush auto out there I think that would be close

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