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mnk007

mnk007

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I am currently using
2 - 65 Watt (6500K) for veg
2 - 45 Watt (2700K) for flowering
in a small box area.

will this work?
 
mnk007

mnk007

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How many CFLs do I need then for a decent grow? I'm not looking for a MASSIVE grow... just give me some advice to point me in the right direction.

Edit: Also not to mention I am only doing 1 plant...
 
greenleaftoker

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Dude, thats is just fine, but you'll need more lights for flowering... Veg is okay.
But keep these ones close to your plant... otherwise they'll stretch.

Check my grow, I started off with less than you did.

Goodluck.
 
Lipples

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you'll be fine man, look at the grow journal in my sig. 2 23w CFL's for 1 plant, vegging and flowering, 5.5 weeks into flowering ATM and looking awesome.
 
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Thivi11

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I only have 2 26watt CFL's on my plants right now for veg and in a couple days I'm putting them in flower, and only adding 2 more 26watts.
 
mnk007

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Okay so I might invest in another 2700K light along with the 2 - 2700K lights for flowering. And another 6500K light along with the 2 6500K lights for vegging.

Obviously they will be alternated or I will have another flowering room...
Does this sound like it would work? Thanks for all the help guys!
 
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Thivi11

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Yeah it'd work. Check out the link in my sig. I'm doing an ULTRA cheap grow. Sounds really ghetto but I've really only bought light bulbs from a store, everything else is the dollar store. And I'm only growing with 4 bulbs, from seedling to harvest.
 
mnk007

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So here is what I think I decided to do... this I think should work rather well. Here is a diagram. I will have 2 of these hanging over the plants, so thats a total of 6 lights, 2 - 2700K 42 Watt bulbs and 4 - 6500K 27 Watt bulbs.

This should definitely be a total around 12,000 lumens.

What do you guys think?

Edit: The picture says 27 Watt, but it's whatever you get the point.
 

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greenleaftoker

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Looks good, try to get an old table lamp from around the house, and stick a bulb in and let it sit on the side... Side lighting is very important for efficient growth, otherwise you'll end up having them stretch.

Goodluck.
 
mnk007

mnk007

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What kind of bulb should I plug into the side lamp?

Thanks for all the help by the way. This should end up being a lot bigger scale than I was hoping for... I will probably do 3 plants now that I have the right equipment for it.

I will start a journal once I get them germinated.
 
greenleaftoker

greenleaftoker

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Umm, you could go for a 13- 27 watt CFL.. I don't know where you live, but if there's a Walmart close by... invest $20 and get 8 - 27 Watt CFL's, you'll be more than good to go. Or even just get 4 more.. cuz the more the better. Try getting atleast 2 lights on the sides.

This is a pic of my setup... There are a 2 more lamps that I had to move out of the way.

But you should be fine with 2 on top and 2 on the sides.
 

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mnk007

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Well the nice thing about my setup is I can put the lights on top of the plant of next to the plant. So... 3 lights will be giving light to the left side and 3 to the right side. And then I can take a electric strip and put 4 bulbs in there for a top light, but then the ratio of 6500K/2700K will be 6 6500K to 2 2700K would actually make about a 1:1 ratio in lumens. Thats a total of 8 lights with a ~1:1 ratio...is that really a good idea? Someone told me to do a 3:1 so I just want to make sure.
 
greenleaftoker

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lol... The ratio of the spectrum does matter... during vegetation and flowering... but having extra light never hurt a plant.

How many lights do you have right now?
 
mnk007

mnk007

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6 with a total of ~12,000 lumens in a 5 cubic foot space. So thats like... 2000 lumens/sqrft

Or I could do 8 lights = 16,000/5 = 3000 lumens/sqrft...

Edit: I am high, I should of just said: 6 lights, total of 200 Watts.
 
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Thivi11

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If you're going to use 6, might as well do 8. One socket can hold 4 lights, if you just use 3 Y sockets, so do that with 2 sockets. It's easier then too cause if you have 3 lights in one socket with only 2 Y sockets, it sits weird because of more weight on one side.
 
mnk007

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So you're saying I should do this?

The black and white is the "top view". If you get what I mean...

If I do this I probably will have to keep the lights at the top of the box, meaning the plants might stretch during the seedling stages.
I guess the best answer would be for me to do 2 plants with 4 lights on top of each?
 

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