With this light work?

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wbinwv

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duvalbud904 said:
I was wondering if this light is good enough for veg for 1 plant http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2963434&cp=2568454.2632229.2632283.2632285&fbc=1&f=Brand/1009626/&cp=2568454.2632229.2632283&categoryId=2632285&fbn=Brand|LIGHTS+OF+AMERICA+INC&parentPage=search&searchId=35706453733.
Thank for the help guys.
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Yes, 4500 lumens will certainly veg 1 plant. Make sure you build some type of hood for it for max reflection. Add Mylar or flat white paint to the surrounding walls of your grow space to get max light reflection as well.
 
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duvalbud904

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wbinwv said:
Yes, 4500 lumens will certainly veg 1 plant. Make sure you build some type of hood for it for max reflection. Add Mylar or flat white paint to the surrounding walls of your grow space to get max light reflection as well.
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Would aluminum foil work? Also what light setup should I switch to when I want to flower? Thanks.
 
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Purp...

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I recomend you using flat white paint, or even the white side of wrapping paper. Anything but foil. GL
 
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wbinwv

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duvalbud904 said:
Would aluminum foil work? Also what light setup should I switch to when I want to flower? Thanks.
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I'd avoid Aluminum foil as it can produce 'hot spots' which can burn your plants. Stick to flat white paint if you can't get any Mylar.

When you flower you'll want to get an HPS if you have the money. A 150 watt HPS is fine for micro grows like yours. If you have a limited budget you can flower 1 plant with CFL's. Just make sure the majority of the CFL's you flower with are 2700K and not 6500K. It's ok to keep the daylight(6500K) CFL mixed in with your flowering spectrum CFL's (the 2700K ones) but the majority should be the 2700K CFL's. Actually the best scenario is to have both light spectrums in play during flowering.

Just remember..... more light = more yield. Good luck.
 
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duvalbud904

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wbinwv said:
I'd avoid Aluminum foil as it can produce 'hot spots' which can burn your plants. Stick to flat white paint if you can't get any Mylar.

When you flower you'll want to get an HPS if you have the money. A 150 watt HPS is fine for micro grows like yours. If you have a limited budget you can flower 1 plant with CFL's. Just make sure the majority of the CFL's you flower with are 2700K and not 6500K. It's ok to keep the daylight(6500K) CFL mixed in with your flowering spectrum CFL's (the 2700K ones) but the majority should be the 2700K CFL's. Actually the best scenario is to have both light spectrums in play during flowering.

Just remember..... more light = more yield. Good luck.
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Allright thanks for all the help.
 
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J.Disaster

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Keep in mind that that bulb will need a ballast. Some CFL have ballast built into the bulb but I don't think this one does.
 
GlassFreak

GlassFreak

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^^^just what i was going to say, the ballast for it is spendy... well moreso than just the bulb...lol
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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Actually that bulb won't even work at all. It is a replacement bulb for a fixture that contains it's own seperate ballast. It's not a stand alone cfl, there's no ballast in it.

I don't think this is the best deal anywhere but buy a pack of regular cfl's like this:
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3162056&cp=&sr=1&kw=cfl&searchSort=TRUE&pg=1&s=D-StorePrice-ACE&origkw=cfl&parentPage=search&searchId=35712853683

And you can get a bathroom vanity light strip to plug them all into pretty cheap, or even used.
 
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duvalbud904

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OregonMeds said:
Actually that bulb won't even work at all. It is a replacement bulb for a fixture that contains it's own seperate ballast. It's not a stand alone cfl, there's no ballast in it.

I don't think this is the best deal anywhere but buy a pack of regular cfl's like this:
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3162056&cp=&sr=1&kw=cfl&searchSort=TRUE&pg=1&s=D-StorePrice-ACE&origkw=cfl&parentPage=search&searchId=35712853683

And you can get a bathroom vanity light strip to plug them all into pretty cheap, or even used.
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Yeah just went to the store and realized thats not going to work out so I purchased two of these. http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2903524&cp=2568454.2632229.2632283.2632285&fbc=1&f=Brand/1005403/&cp=2568454.2632229.2632283&pg=4&categoryId=2632285&fbn=Brand|G.E.&parentPage=search&searchId=35717218663. Those should work fine right? They are 6500K and put out 1600 lumens each which should give me 3200 lumens total.
 
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