Cfl lights
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Hugo Phurst
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Not trying to be a smart ass here.....why CFL's?
DYI or store bought?
DYI or store bought?
lurchin1
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Can you recommend one that doesn't cost a fortune,thank you
Hugo Phurst
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There's always stuff like this.....
https://www.amazon.ca/Barrina-Spectrum-Equivalent-Integrated-Growing/dp/B07ZYTBQ15/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
How big of an area is your grow and what's your budget?
https://www.amazon.ca/Barrina-Spectrum-Equivalent-Integrated-Growing/dp/B07ZYTBQ15/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
How big of an area is your grow and what's your budget?
weedstoner420
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Along the same lines as above ^^^
I've got a few of these that I use for veggies/garden starts. It was the best lumens-per-dollar I could find at a local hardware store.
They're super bright, and I bet if you removed the plastic covers they'd be even brighter. Have not used them for flowering but have been tempted to on several occasions...
I've got a few of these that I use for veggies/garden starts. It was the best lumens-per-dollar I could find at a local hardware store.
They're super bright, and I bet if you removed the plastic covers they'd be even brighter. Have not used them for flowering but have been tempted to on several occasions...
Brettman
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Save yourself a lot of trouble and do not get fluorescent lighting. Maybe for some fresh cut clones or seedling but that’s about all it’s good for.
lurchin1
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3ftx3tx2m,,i have a 400hps but im failing using that.Budget 200/300
Nope_49595933949
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Why do you think cfl's will fix the problem?
coreywebster
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You will need more wattage of cfl to do the same thing the 400w hps does.
It will be nowhere near the same and it will be hotter.
So if its heat that's the issue you need to look at the basics of your set up
It will be nowhere near the same and it will be hotter.
So if its heat that's the issue you need to look at the basics of your set up
Nope_49595933949
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What's the problem trying to be solved?
MickFoster
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I was confused on the first post.
Nope_49595933949
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I thought it was 2008 all over again.
Budget Buds
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Cfl's have come and gone for growing plants, If you have 300 bucks look into viparspectra led lights, on amazon they're a great deal and would do you far better than a cfl ever would....
xtsho
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You can grow great weed with a 400 watt HPS. If you're failing it isn't due to the light.
lurchin1
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Cant figure out height for hps and was given wrong advice and stunted my plant plus shit soil just screwed everything.New coco soil last Tuesday and Thursday gave the a drink of liguid root stimulator and put light at 3ft instead of 18"..Plant is month old and pics are 4days apart and growing much better but not sure when to lower light.
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lurchin1
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It was suggested i go CFLs but i reread the post last night and it was a 315w cmh light.
lurchin1
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Ive got a 6day old seedling under a cfl and led spectrum fish tank light and a blue led grow light all up about 4300lumens.is that safe.Dont know strain but seed is ancient and not sure when to put under hps
