Lighting choices please help... :)

Dr.J20

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I was thinking about attaching them to the sides of the T5 lamp and useing the 2700k bulbs..due to the fact im gonna be planting the auto lowryders ak47s to start off with..
good thinking man, and i'd definitely agree with PSUAGRO on the florasuns. be patient and make sure you figure out your ventilation.
be easy,
:leaf:
 

Vitamin MMJ

New Member
smaller than I thought, you already have 50w of T5(HO??)^^^ so a 10w cree WW bulb in each corner should be plenty until you figure out the heat output(100watts) in that cab.

Can also switch out one of the 2ft t5 with a zoomed florasun once in flower for better production.
the size works out perfect for what im growing for..plus ill be using mostly lowryders and short auto flowers..as for the T5s its the 50w HOs 6500K bulbs ..are the florasuns different? i just looked them up and they match up with the bulbs I already have in the fixture.... also do you think cree bulbs will be enough?...

BTW thank you all for the help
 

Vitamin MMJ

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good thinking man, and i'd definitely agree with PSUAGRO on the florasuns. be patient and make sure you figure out your ventilation.
be easy,
:leaf:

I am useing 120mm PC fans for intake and out take.. plus im gonna add a 4inch or 6inch fan inside the box.. Im just waiting for the seeds to arrive so i can start my grow :) I cant wait!..
 

Vitamin MMJ

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So I went and bought 4 cree light bulb...2 are 2700k and 2 are 5000K. I was wondering if i mount these on the top of the grow box and mount my T5HO on the back side on the grow box would that work ok? cause if i mount the crees on the top, i wont be able to lower them they will be stationary... I tried hooking the Crees to the T5 and that is a no go...BTW those Crees are BRIGHT! blinded me :)

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Vitamin MMJ

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Question...when counting your watts do you count the wattage for each bulb? or do you count the watts it uses?? I know its prob a silly question..
 

hyroot

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Question...when counting your watts do you count the wattage for each bulb? or do you count the watts it uses?? I know its prob a silly question..
i personally go by total amps so I know what I'm able to run on each circuit / breaker.. total actual watts if you are trying to figure cost or gpw
 

Vitamin MMJ

New Member
Ok the box is done :) beans are finally here!... so here's the deal. As you can see im running the T5s and I have 2x 9.5w=65w each 2700k cree bulbs and 2x 9.5w=65w 5000k bulbs... my question is.... do you think this is enough lights to grow 2 plants? or should i add 2 more bulbs? if i dont have to i would rather not..but if I do then I will...

thanks everyone

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Vitamin MMJ

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I actually already bought happy frog and gonna add perlite to the mix for the first 3weeks then start adding my nutes..I havent really decided what nutes I wanna use as of yet... Gonna germ a few seeds and get these babies going... I will deff be posting pictures and start a grow journal as it goes..I just havent decided what seeds wanna go with for the first run
 

Vitamin MMJ

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Well i decided to hold off on my box..due to the fact that they finally decided to open medical Dispensaries in my area THANK GOD!
 

Vitamin MMJ

New Member
Well go figure...still gotta wait for the dispensaries to open..till who knows when..So i started my Legal medical grow...Im only growing two plants..Afghan Kush and Easyryder..They are in week 2...I got rid of the cree bulbs and went with the Bloomboss 90w Led...And i gotta say..I am very happy with the Ufo esp with the space Im useing..Im gonna post some photos either tonight or tomorrow...from the start..I was wondering do you guys think I should just start a grow Journal??
 
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