6500k daylight CFL . pics of my setup. look
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FlynLow
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yes it will "work" but sooner you get higher wattage and more coverage the sooner you will see the growth quicken. i recommend you use that bulb in addition to the 100W you plan on getting. it WILL help
okay bro thanks! so your saying i should have both? 100 w , and 60w cfl? hmm. for one seedling? wat if i just go with a 100W CFL.
?? and what can i do to get like three cfl's above my seedling? without wiring? is there something i can do , like buy something that three cfl go into . or two?
?? and what can i do to get like three cfl's above my seedling? without wiring? is there something i can do , like buy something that three cfl go into . or two?
The have Y splitters at Home depot for like 2 bucks a piecem the you can but the adapters that allows you to screw the bulbs into it then plug it right into an eletric socket. ttach the Y splitter to the socket adapter and you have a 2 light 1 socket set up that you can put on a power strip and hang upside down in your grow area. make sure you zip tie the bulbs onto the power strip or else your light will drop off when you flip it upside down.
Yea you can pretty much put them anywhere. I have mine in the closet. I have a 6 outlet power strip (i thnk its 6, dont remmber right now exactly, 6 or 5) that has 6 lights coming off of it. I have 3 screw-to socket adapters, 3 Y spliters screwed into those, and then 6 lights coming from the set up. They are all zip tied on so they wont fall off when you hang them upside down. I have them haning from the habger bar in the closet with some yarn/twine, just tied some to both ends of the power strip and the other end of the strinf to the bar in the closet. Works out pretty good its adjustable and I have well over 6 or 7 feet of vertical space to let the plants grow and adjust the lights up and down.
nevermind just saw it . lol thanks bro
No Problem. Once you get that put together you may actually want to look into wiring your own CFL set up to make better use of your grow area and also better use of the lights themselves by putting them in a cluster and getting more light to the plants. Im looking into it myself and turns out simple wiring is not htat difficult to do, especially with a simple set up just for some CFLs. I got all the material to wire 5 sockets w. Y adapters to a 3 foot piece of wood that im planning on wiring up. Ill have the sockets all wired up togehter to the plug or male end of an extension cord so I can have the 5 sockets all runing off of the one plug. Once i get it put together it will allow me to position more lights in better positions to the plants and hopefully save me some room as well.
Go to the electrical section of either HD or lowes and look to see where all the light sockets and all the shit like that is. You should be able to see them and I think thats what they are actually called, Y spliters. The screw-to-socket adapters are also right there. Each adapter costs about 2 or 3 bucks so depending on how many lights you want to set up you might spend 15+ dollars. Pretty cheap and really simple to do. Dont forget the zip ties, broken cfls over your plants is a really shitty deal haha
timmythetooth
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thanks bro , well im off to lowes!seee ya laterrrrr . ill hit ya up if i need any help lol . thanks bro , good luck with your grow too!
Why not just purchase some 150 -200w CFL from a hydro shop? they work great. I have a 65k 200w CFL over 6 plants to veg until i can clone and stuff. These CFLS (they are from sunblaster lighting) have a stronger light penetration than T5 HO which is nice and they are only 60$. I have had my plants under them for 3 days and from the shoplight i was using the growth has been huge.
just an idea..
DO you have a pic of our set up? Im tyrying to see what light to buy next i gotta add some more bulbs.