Compact floro light?????

[WusSupHoez420]

Will these work for flowering, if so how many should i get? and how well would they work?

Let me know if they wont work as well

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http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753932&lmdn=Fish

 

[WusSupHoez420]

???????????????/ lol im baked

 

[dgk4life]

cfl's will work but hps is whats up for flowering.. save your money and do it right

 

[jumboSWISHER]

yea cfls will work for flowering. there must b more 2700k bulbs then 6500k bulbs. and how many u should use depends on your plants and setup.. would need a pic or something to help there.. but cfls (compact flouro lamp) will work pretty good for flowering. not as good as a hps or something like that, but with the money saved on power and not worrying as much bout heat really makes them a good light to use. deffinatly will get you a respectable yeild

 

[sanyard]

You guys apparently didn't look at the link he gave.

50/50 is perfect for freshwater and saltwater aquariums: 50% 10,000K Daylight and 50% Actinic 03 Blue

That's some shit I've never seen before, 10,000K of blue spectrum? Sounds pretty kickass, however, I know nothing about these particular bulbs and at 20watts, you'd need a lot of them. These bulbs would be vegging only I would assume.

[EDIT]: You might want to check out the CFL threads located here: https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/

 

[dr.skunkfunk]

i always use 1000 hps but last yearwhen we moved we budded everything we had going on so we tried a t5 8 tube to flower plants and they worked BUT they were have the size of the 1000s or less and not even close to the density .

..........t5s work great for clones and little ones but then i use a 600 on a mover for veg a 1000 on mover for my mothers....spectrume corrected . and 1000s on movers for flowering ....

 

[dgk4life]

You guys apparently didn't look at the link he gave.

50/50 is perfect for freshwater and saltwater aquariums: 50% 10,000K Daylight and 50% Actinic 03 Blue

That's some shit I've never seen before, 10,000K of blue spectrum? Sounds pretty kickass, however, I know nothing about these particular bulbs and at 20watts, you'd need a lot of them. These bulbs would be vegging only I would assume.

dont have to look at the link to know that hps will outgrow cfl's any day especially wit a dual spectrum bulb... so no in did not check the link and my advice remains the same bro.. take the time to save the cash and get yourself a digital ballast quantum sells a 1000 watt dimmable ballast ( can b run at 500 watts 750 watts or 1000 ) for 350 bucks.. invest the money and you will not regret it

 

[smokebros]

get a hps light

 

[jawbrodt]

The baseline, is to make sure you use at least 3500 lumens per square foot. And remember, if you're not using a reflector, you're not getting 3500 lumens out of a 3500 lumen bulb.(more like 50%, if mounted directly above the plant)


And as always, keep it close to 3000K for bloom, and 6500K for veg.

 

[sanyard]

dont have to look at the link to know that hps will outgrow cfl's any day especially wit a dual spectrum bulb... so no in did not check the link and my advice remains the same bro.. take the time to save the cash and get yourself a digital ballast quantum sells a 1000 watt dimmable ballast ( can b run at 500 watts 750 watts or 1000 ) for 350 bucks.. invest the money and you will not regret it

Yeah you're right about HPS>CFL, no doubt about it. However, I will say that for people who don't have the funds for the HID system itself, let alone the ventilation requirements (dryer hoses/inline fan/etc.), CFL's are a great alternative. It's possible to grow some really dank buds with CFL's.

 

[WusSupHoez420]

dont have to look at the link to know that hps will outgrow cfl's any day especially wit a dual spectrum bulb... so no in did not check the link and my advice remains the same bro.. take the time to save the cash and get yourself a digital ballast quantum sells a 1000 watt dimmable ballast ( can b run at 500 watts 750 watts or 1000 ) for 350 bucks.. invest the money and you will not regret it

Understand where your coming from.....but not need for 1000 hps im not growing a farm. Just a couple plants lol....so ill prolly just go with the 250 hps for $130.

 

[dgk4life]

right but by getting the dimmable bro u get three lights in one.. otherwise u will kick yourself down the road when u upgrade.. and 1000 watts on a couple plants is ok no need for a farm.. shit i had 2000 watts on 45 plants last time and pulled 3.5 lbs

 

[Supgee3]

CFLs can grow some dank buds... check out my thread its on pg 2 or 3.....