georgeisabamf
Active Member
So here's a brief overview of what I am running now. Currently I have a small indoor box that I recently constructed that is housing 4 plants at the moment (all about 2-3 weeks old), I am running everything in standard soil with an organic nutrient feeding routine. My ventilation is good for my size and the lights I am using, I have two fans, one for intake and one for exhaust.
My current lighting consists of 6 CFL bulbs (not much... yet). Each one producing 34 watts of power at 6500k spectrum. This is what I plan to use for vegging.
However, I do want to add some more lighting. I only want to use Fluoro lights at they suit my needs best at the moment. However, I want something besides CFLs. I really want to look into getting at least 2 tube fluorescent bulbs just to use to line the grow area and add more lighting throughout the space available to me. But, I don't know what exactly I need for this?
I know how to mount a CFL, it's pretty easy. I've mounted fluoro tubes before but they were huge ones that you would use for lighting in a kitchen or something. Now I want tubes that are about 2 feet in length, and will put out decent wattage.
Can anyone help me out with these lights? Do I need a ballast of some sort to run them? Can I get all of this stuff at my local home depot or similar store? Also if I do end up getting some tubes, should I get more 6500k, or go for a "cooler" light to balance the spectrums?
Any help is appreciated. Ultimately I plan on running one box for veg one for budding. I don't really want to use nothing but CFLs because as great as they are, they don't put out light all across the box in the way a tube would.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Basically what I am asking is what exact pieces will I need to run these lights? I'm creative and can think of a simple yet effective to mount them once I figure out what exactly I need to run them.
My current lighting consists of 6 CFL bulbs (not much... yet). Each one producing 34 watts of power at 6500k spectrum. This is what I plan to use for vegging.
However, I do want to add some more lighting. I only want to use Fluoro lights at they suit my needs best at the moment. However, I want something besides CFLs. I really want to look into getting at least 2 tube fluorescent bulbs just to use to line the grow area and add more lighting throughout the space available to me. But, I don't know what exactly I need for this?
I know how to mount a CFL, it's pretty easy. I've mounted fluoro tubes before but they were huge ones that you would use for lighting in a kitchen or something. Now I want tubes that are about 2 feet in length, and will put out decent wattage.
Can anyone help me out with these lights? Do I need a ballast of some sort to run them? Can I get all of this stuff at my local home depot or similar store? Also if I do end up getting some tubes, should I get more 6500k, or go for a "cooler" light to balance the spectrums?
Any help is appreciated. Ultimately I plan on running one box for veg one for budding. I don't really want to use nothing but CFLs because as great as they are, they don't put out light all across the box in the way a tube would.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Basically what I am asking is what exact pieces will I need to run these lights? I'm creative and can think of a simple yet effective to mount them once I figure out what exactly I need to run them.
