Best Auto Lighting??

Hey If I were to grow just one single auto flower but wanted to get the fattest colas possible off it what would be the cheapest but best light system for this?!?!

throw it in the ditch and forget about it, lol

a 150W or 250W HPS I would say could do the job nicely ..

sumthing like this maybe:




that can even run boath MH and HPS .. 150W .. would be like perfect for one Auto .. MH fist 2 weeks then HPS rest of the time .. maybe do a MH late ?

here is the Link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150w-HPS-MH-Grow-Light-Digital-Ballast-Kit-Hangers-Timer-Complete-150-watt-/290705990088

79.95 $

not trying to sell you anything .. but a nice littel kit .. I like it .. and would choose sumthing like that for one auto .. but do some research ...

thanks slipon, but i could just run hps through entire grow correct?

yea you could .. but why do that if you can get the best of boath .. a week in the end with the MH scohuld also stack tricoms I was toald ?

but yea ther are many ways to do it ... you could also choose T5HO with most 2700K bulbs in it if sumthing like high tempetures is a problems wher you are ? and/or want to safe some power .. but then I would get a 4 foot and grow 2-3 low rider autos insted .. need to be with in 1 foot of the tubes .. and make sure to go HO (high output) if you choose to go "the fluorescent" way and atlest 6 or 8 bulbs to cover all of the plant/s maybe 6x 2700K and 2x 6500K etc.

do some more research and keep asking questions ..

Ok great, and no heat is not to much of a problem. Ive heard The T5HO are pretty good

Autos are the easiest to grow for beginners.

You mentioned wanting quantity cheap. There's another variable for you to decide, time.
Do you want the fattest cheapest buds possible or the fattest cheapest buds in a hurry?
If you are in a hurry like me here's a good way to wring-out your auto.

Decide on a cheap light and let it get good and warmed up. Hold your hand under the light at various distances from the light.
You want to determine how close to your meager light you can put your baby without her getting burned by the light. This is
critically important because the only way to make for low light is to get as close as possible to the sucker. A plant 4 feet from the light
gets 1/4 as much light energy as one 2 feet away.

After figuring out how close to the light you can get you have an idea of how tall your finished plant can be without burning. Now you
need the right pot. General rule is that a 3-gallon pot is fine for keeping a plant 3 months. Your auto will finish somewhere from 8-12 weeks.
That would suggest a 2-gallon pot usually, but you will want to go smaller. I would suggest 6 or 7-quart containers. You want your auto to
have a full rootball and that happens when the roots are long enough to reach the sides of the pot. The sooner the roots hit the sides the
sooner it will start to grow up. So the roots will fill the small pot soon and then grow green. A 2-month plant that has been in a one gallon pot
will be larger than a 2-month plant that has been in a 10-gallon pot. So, fast = small pots.

Leave the light at 20/4 and kick back. That is the light cycle that produces the most and fastest growth in autos. Autos don't veg, you know, they
go straight from seedling to flowering stage. Kinda like my cousin.

Holler if you have any more questions. Better yet throw me a PM and I'll get back to you.
BigSteve.

they are .. I have a 6 tube fixture (27,900 Lumens) I veg under ..




I reccon I would go that way if it was me .. less power .. more safe .. I just like em .. but you realy need to keep em low .. better do realy low Autos then one big auto then ..

I found out 2-4 inch`s away from the tops and the plants seems to do best ..

my sun analyzer/meter give me a nice 1,5K foot candels (+16K Lumens) up ther ..

but a foot away I can even get a reading .. after 10 inch`s I dont reccon they will do much for bud production .. so need to keep the plants low and close ..


p.s.
my 600W HPS give me 3-7K foot candles (32-75K Lumens) 16-25 inch`s away ..

I was toald many Autos have a short 2-3 weeks Veg time ..


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Hey guys check out my other thread its got pics and stuff of my new autos. It will explain alot more of my situation