irishFella
New Member
Hey hemp heads. Its my first time to attempt a grow and i just have a few questions. At the moment im in college so i dont have a lot of money to spend so im going for a very low budget setup. But i know the less you spend on the grow the less you get in return. to a point anyway.
Anyway i came here to get a direct answer from experienced people rather than come to my own conclusion from the research ive done.
My plan is to have 3 plants grow in quite a small area. Eyeballing it now it looks to be about 1.5 foot by 4 foot. and about 5 foot high. (I would like some input on that too please to let me know if its possible)
My question is about the lighting. As i have said im on a very small budget. I was planning on using 4 cfl's. 45w 2700k(x2) and 45w 6400k(x2) Total cost of lighting would be 60ish euro
Would that be enough light for a small space grow?
Also what about LED's? They are quite expensive up front and i dont have that kind of money, but what about loads of cheaper leds? I can get 15 of these for 45 euro. http://goo.gl/RiWnYe (link to ebay)
They are 60 led 2.8w red/blue lights
One last question is lighting for the sides of the plants. Ive seen a few growing setups online and many people have lights to the side of the plants. How important is that? And again what would be a cheap option? I had the idea earlier of using a strip of red and a strip of blue led's to put around the sides of the plants
http://goo.gl/il8Mlj (another ebay link)
Cheers lads, and if you have any advice to just throw out there feel free. Im still doing research for the next week or 2 before I begin to buy what i need.
Anyway i came here to get a direct answer from experienced people rather than come to my own conclusion from the research ive done.
My plan is to have 3 plants grow in quite a small area. Eyeballing it now it looks to be about 1.5 foot by 4 foot. and about 5 foot high. (I would like some input on that too please to let me know if its possible)
My question is about the lighting. As i have said im on a very small budget. I was planning on using 4 cfl's. 45w 2700k(x2) and 45w 6400k(x2) Total cost of lighting would be 60ish euro
Would that be enough light for a small space grow?
Also what about LED's? They are quite expensive up front and i dont have that kind of money, but what about loads of cheaper leds? I can get 15 of these for 45 euro. http://goo.gl/RiWnYe (link to ebay)
They are 60 led 2.8w red/blue lights
One last question is lighting for the sides of the plants. Ive seen a few growing setups online and many people have lights to the side of the plants. How important is that? And again what would be a cheap option? I had the idea earlier of using a strip of red and a strip of blue led's to put around the sides of the plants
http://goo.gl/il8Mlj (another ebay link)
Cheers lads, and if you have any advice to just throw out there feel free. Im still doing research for the next week or 2 before I begin to buy what i need.