Purchasing equiptment (UK)

jaymboii

Active Member
I've done a search and was unable to find any information on purchasing equiptment.

My problem is im looking to buy some cfl's and reflectors, rockwool cubes, hydroton pellets, and nutes, some light fittings would also be useful if it would be cheaper than buying a reflecotor, the basic stuff but there is literally nowhere where i live to buy them, so i've looked on google for some uk website that sell those and I was unable to find any useful ones (possibly cause it's 7:20am and ive been up all night doing an assignment) so would it be possible if anyone who knows any UK sales websites selling any of those things to post some links please?
Also what kind of wattage bulbs am i looking for? would some 23w for flowering and some 30w for veg be suitable, or will i be needing higher wattage?
All help will be appreciated
 

stasis

Member
Where abouts in the u.k. are you?
If you cant find a store, you must be doing something seriously wrong unless youre in the scottish highlands or something :)
 

It's 5 o'clock somewhere

Well-Known Member
Can't help you on finding a store over there but maybe i can help you with your light question. What are you trying to grow? How many plants? CFLs come in different spectrums and you will need a good over all spectrum for your veg, 6,500K. And a warm spectrum for your flower, 3,000-3,500K. The bigger the plant the more wattage you will need. The more wattage you have the more heat you will have. You will need a small desk fan to keep air moving, CFLs although cooler than HID lights can still put out heat. I would need a little info on what your wanting to do to give you a better idea of what you need.....
 

dura72

Well-Known Member
i used greenshorticulture.com for all my grow equipment. tents, lights, extractor fan, carbon filter and nutes. iused attitude seedbank for seeds and b&q for soil, ph meter, pots, propagator and all the little odds and ends. also try esoteric hydroponics, based in south england, blunt.co.uk. loads stuff at those two sites for u.k growers. greens was pretty good price as well mate.
 

lordfister

Active Member
If you are a bigish city you are bound to have a few hydros just google hydroponics an your city an see what comes up thats how i found hydrostores in my town.

Ive also used cheapenergysavingbulbs.co.uk for cfl bulbs but you can get them in homebase or bnq but id recommend the envirolite cfl its designed for growing .normally stuff like microscopes and other misc stuff id get on ebay.

The majority of stuff i get is from local my hydro tho
 

Andreyy

Well-Known Member
hey man, if you live in a smaller town, don`t buy hydroponics from it, the owners i guarantee are hand in hand with the cops. And even if you`re in a bigger city, buy from another neighbourhood. I believe you british say "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" ;)

I myself bought my tools from like 6-7 different stores from different parts of the city and i`m growing in soil, not even hydro
 
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