Fluroscent Lighting Question

AngelBuds

Member
Im sure you've had bombardments of these types of questions but ive recently just got the nerve to go and grow some of my own :leaf: more out of hatered for the countless assholes ive had to deal with :finger::lol:.

i am a complete noobie to this no doubt and ive been looking around the internet for some ideas for growing in a quiet populated are :P, preferably one that could contain a bit of the smell as thats what gets most people caught in my opinion or certainly around my area... Anyways ive come accross this idea on some other forum [this is not my idea btw i wana state that clearly, i just find it so inspired :P and cleaver, CLEARLY a stoned epiphany moment lol]







Eventually....

<< my fav lol




Anyways, this is the one im wanting to construct My only problem is atm is lighting i am unsure as to what type of fluorscent lighting will give me which result i know that blue spectrum light is for vegitive growth and that red/orange is for flowering also i know that high presure sodium gives orange/red.. but its hot and id rather go with this idea as its just right for my needs i only want to be growing one plant at a time so if i was ever caught thy could never say i was doing it out of anything other than my own need.

My Questions are these:

. Can you use fluorescent lighting for flowering?
. What type of Bulbs am i looking for, Any general rules are nice ie: Wattage, Lumenum, colours ect
. also if in the process of answering this anyone in the UK could point me in the direction of where i could get these particular fittings and bulbs would be so greatful.




Thanks for any replies you can give me id appretiate it very much ^_^
 

roidrage152

Active Member
Definitely interesting and creative design. Not sure how I feel about ultimate effectiveness of the device. Seems to limit you to an exact size and shape of plant that could be inefficient to maintain to say the least.
 

fall3n

Member
The more watts = more buds.more lumens = more buds.but keep in mind more watts = more heat.you can use incandescenendt lighting but the end will be poor compared to a hps.
 

AngelBuds

Member
The more watts = more buds.more lumens = more buds.but keep in mind more watts = more heat.you can use incandescenendt lighting but the end will be poor compared to a hps.
Will i have to change lighting to something different during flowering and or vegitive phase? or will the same light bulbs do through out the entire grow?

Definitely interesting and creative design. Not sure how I feel about ultimate effectiveness of the device. Seems to limit you to an exact size and shape of plant that could be inefficient to maintain to say the least.



are these not good results?
 

AngelBuds

Member
I still has questions :-(:-(:-(







Will i have to change lighting to something different during flowering and or vegitive phase? or will the same light bulbs do through out the entire grow?
 

roidrage152

Active Member
If you decide to go with this design, then just use a balanced lighting mix. Some 5500k-6500k temp veg type bulbs and some 2700k flower type bulbs. I've never bought on ebay, but I know some stores that you buy from let you pick the exact combination of which bulbs to get when you buy fixtures.

Still not a convinced about the functionality of the design, but yeah its cool looking..
 

AngelBuds

Member
If you decide to go with this design, then just use a balanced lighting mix. Some 5500k-6500k temp veg type bulbs and some 2700k flower type bulbs. I've never bought on ebay, but I know some stores that you buy from let you pick the exact combination of which bulbs to get when you buy fixtures.

Still not a convinced about the functionality of the design, but yeah its cool looking..
Is that 5500 - 6500 kelvins yea?
 
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