whiteboin00b
Member
Hey all,
New to the boards, and plan on posting a whole lot here as this site provides a TON of useful information and has many knowledgeable and experienced growers.
Now I am going to begin a grow in my closet, simply 1 or 2 plants just for personal smoke. I just don't have the money any more to keep buying top shit from people.
I have a closet here the grow space is about 3 x 5 x 5. It is one of those make shift metal racks to hang clothes on etc etc. I am going to be using CFL lights because I am worried about heat/power consumption and having it draw attention to me. Here's the lighting question - Should I use many low-watt CFL's or less of higher wattage CFL's.
ie; should I use 6-7 23w cfl's for veg or 4-5 42w cfl's? I assume higher wattage = brighter light = bigger/jucier buds?
Also I plan on having one main CFL light bulb in a ballast a top my plant at all times, and 2 on each side of the plant free floating in some power cords with mogul sockets. Will I get much better results using a ballast or can I just have all my lights hanging there by mogul sockets? The ballast is a little expensive but will definitly get it if it will increase yield/health of plant.
When I gather all the materials I am going to start a grow journal and throw up some pictures, but right now this is all a work in progress. Lights are the first priority and am a little stuck on which ones to go for...I know its 6500k for vegitative and 2700k for flowering (correct?) so its more about wattage/lumens and how many lights I am going to require.
Thanks in advanced guys, happy blazin
New to the boards, and plan on posting a whole lot here as this site provides a TON of useful information and has many knowledgeable and experienced growers.
Now I am going to begin a grow in my closet, simply 1 or 2 plants just for personal smoke. I just don't have the money any more to keep buying top shit from people.
I have a closet here the grow space is about 3 x 5 x 5. It is one of those make shift metal racks to hang clothes on etc etc. I am going to be using CFL lights because I am worried about heat/power consumption and having it draw attention to me. Here's the lighting question - Should I use many low-watt CFL's or less of higher wattage CFL's.
ie; should I use 6-7 23w cfl's for veg or 4-5 42w cfl's? I assume higher wattage = brighter light = bigger/jucier buds?
Also I plan on having one main CFL light bulb in a ballast a top my plant at all times, and 2 on each side of the plant free floating in some power cords with mogul sockets. Will I get much better results using a ballast or can I just have all my lights hanging there by mogul sockets? The ballast is a little expensive but will definitly get it if it will increase yield/health of plant.
When I gather all the materials I am going to start a grow journal and throw up some pictures, but right now this is all a work in progress. Lights are the first priority and am a little stuck on which ones to go for...I know its 6500k for vegitative and 2700k for flowering (correct?) so its more about wattage/lumens and how many lights I am going to require.
Thanks in advanced guys, happy blazin