Suficient lighting for 5 plants?

[dynamitejack]

I'm growing 5 NL plants from seeds in a 20 gallon fish tank. I need to know if my plan for lighting is going to be enough to support up to 5 plants.

I think I'm going to buy 1 24" light fixture to hold 2 flourescent bulbs one is going to be a GE Sunshine bulb which is 5000k and 620 lumens. The other is going to be a GE Daylight bulb which is 6500k and 1020 lumens. I'm going to have an Aerogarden hood with 2 bulbs as well.

The reason I'm not going with a 400 watt HPS is because my apartment pays for the electricity .

I think I should get 2 fixtures and hold 2 warm and 2 cool bulbs, and run the aerogarden lights too. What do you guys think?

 

[dynamitejack]

I think its going to be necessary to run at least 4 lights 2cool and 2 warm. I read that people have used the GE Office and Professional bulb for flowering. Do any of you guys have experience with any of these lights?

 

[prplhze]

I run a 400w HPS throughout my entire grow and never notice a difference in the light bill... even w/my exhaust fans and everything

 

[dynamitejack]

I'm trying to keep this as simple as possible, I'm in an apartment closet and I have 2 roommates that would like to know as little as possible about what I have in my closet. The HPS just seems like alot of hassle and expense for some personal smoke, ya dig?

 

[Acidburn999819]

i personally would never grow with roomates....just asking for problems. THe only reason i grow with my wife in the house is because without me she doesn't have a house....lol

i would say you are going to need more light that what you have for as many plants as you are trying to do. Personally i grow 3/4 3 foot plants with 150w hps, 4 40w CFL, and a 2 foot 4 bulb T5... approx 25,000 lumens and i get some decent bud....barely

 

[dynamitejack]

i personally would never grow with roomates....just asking for problems. THe only reason i grow with my wife in the house is because without me she doesn't have a house....lol

i would say you are going to need more light that what you have for as many plants as you are trying to do. Personally i grow 3/4 3 foot plants with 150w hps, 4 40w CFL, and a 2 foot 4 bulb T5... approx 25,000 lumens and i get some decent bud....barely

I trust my roommates with my life so I'm not worried about them, just the less they see the better. I'm going to try 4 2ft T5 bulbs plus the 2 aerogarden bulbs for my first grow, if it goes well I may go with a 400w HPS.