bought some more CFLs today

my wife decided to go on an end of the month spending spree and there isnt much i want from walmart so i picked up a couple more 42w bulbs. so now my total watts is at 246w. still seems like i need more.


Bored and stoned so i thought id pass the useless info along.

got reflectors behind them ? if not then yeah you need more

take the CFL's and put them in your bathroom and porch light fixtures, but a real grow light setup.

well I just switched from cfls for vegging to MH. I had about 250W of cfls but the plants are doing much better on a 150W MH.

im growing with CFLs, you need A LOT of them. reflectors + mylar/flat white paint on walls helps.

MH is the shit. i did that last time before i moved and couldnt bring them along =(

nick17gar said:

im growing with CFLs, you need A LOT of them. reflectors + mylar/flat white paint on walls helps.

MH is the shit. i did that last time before i moved and couldnt bring them along =(

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Really. cfls are a handjob. HIDs are real pussy. My plants are just zipping along now that I have the 150W MH and that's about 100w less than the cfls that I was using. Plus I was always burning leaves because you have to have them so close. I've ordered a 250W ballast.

cfls are great for supplementary lighting.

people get sooo touchy when you diss on CFL bulbs. But in all honesty, they suck ass for growing purposes. Even supplemental lighting..you get soo little bang for the buck.

legallyflying said:

people get sooo touchy when you diss on CFL bulbs. But in all honesty, they suck ass for growing purposes. Even supplemental lighting..you get soo little bang for the buck.

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Now the cfl jihadists are going to be on your back. I know this isn't PC but all light bulbs aren't created equal. Some are just naturaly brighter than others!

I got the ballast kit on ebay for $35 and the bulb for $20. Another $20 tops for sundry items such electrical enclosure and mogul socket and it's still less than I spent on my 250W cfl setup. I'll put the 150W MH in the flower cab with the 600W hps. Should be a nice combo

I have A 175 mh an 2 26 Watt cfls on 4 plants, an I bought a 100 Watt hps cause I got it cheap on eBay ..but I was going to flower with it an cfls, an maybe try a150 Watt hps in it instead of 100

You can save a chunk of change on the smaller MH lights by buying a ballast kit and assembling it yourself. Once you get to 400W, the price difference between a kit and a ready made magnetic ballast it's not worth it.