Okay so I just started my first big indoor grow.
I had an unexpected money crunch and haven't been able to buy my 1000 watt MH bulb as soon as Id hoped.
My 30 little clones are still relatively small so I'm hoping I can get away with what I have until this weekend, and Im just wanting to make the lighting as perfect as I can with my current equipment.
Right now I have 2 shop lights with 2 bulbs in each.
2 cool white 34 watt bulbs on the outside.
2 gro lux 40 watt bulbs on the inside.
(Apparently the gro lux are a blue red balance type of spectrum and since they didnt have any warm whites I grabbed them instead.)
I positioned the 2 shop lights to the right and left and a circular track lighting fixture currently on my roof in the grow room.
My question is more about the fixture but any advice is welcome.
In the fixture I have 2 60 watt incandescents and 1 40 watt CFL.
What I want to know is are the incandescents doing any harm to my little girls as far as the light spectrum they are putting off?
I monitor temperature and humidity very closely so that's not an issue im just wondering if the type of light they are putting off is helpful at all or if I should just unplug the 60 watt incandescents and wait until I can grab 2 more CFLs to fill the sockets?
Currently saving up for my MH and I'm almost there I just don't want to stress or stretch them out too much before then in case I stunt their growth and run into related problems down the line.
Ill try and get some pictures up ASAP.
I had an unexpected money crunch and haven't been able to buy my 1000 watt MH bulb as soon as Id hoped.
My 30 little clones are still relatively small so I'm hoping I can get away with what I have until this weekend, and Im just wanting to make the lighting as perfect as I can with my current equipment.
Right now I have 2 shop lights with 2 bulbs in each.
2 cool white 34 watt bulbs on the outside.
2 gro lux 40 watt bulbs on the inside.
(Apparently the gro lux are a blue red balance type of spectrum and since they didnt have any warm whites I grabbed them instead.)
I positioned the 2 shop lights to the right and left and a circular track lighting fixture currently on my roof in the grow room.
My question is more about the fixture but any advice is welcome.
In the fixture I have 2 60 watt incandescents and 1 40 watt CFL.
What I want to know is are the incandescents doing any harm to my little girls as far as the light spectrum they are putting off?
I monitor temperature and humidity very closely so that's not an issue im just wondering if the type of light they are putting off is helpful at all or if I should just unplug the 60 watt incandescents and wait until I can grab 2 more CFLs to fill the sockets?
Currently saving up for my MH and I'm almost there I just don't want to stress or stretch them out too much before then in case I stunt their growth and run into related problems down the line.
Ill try and get some pictures up ASAP.