I have a very important question. I bought some 45 watt (equivalent to 150 watt) CFL's, each 2900 Lumens for $8. But, at Home Depot they have a pack of 2) 23 watt (equivalent to 100 watt) 1600 lumens each for only $1.88. I figured if i can buy the 2) 1600 lumens (3200 lumens total) for $1.88. it would save me a shitload of money. Would it be better or as well to have a bunch of 23 watt bulbs then a few 45 watt (2900 lumens). If the 23 watt bulbs are enough to penetrate the plants, I could afford to buy alot of them rather then a few 45 watt bulbs. I bought 2 boxes today total of 6400 lumens for only $4. Would buying these 23 watt bulbs be more efficent then the 45 watt bulbs?

2) 45 Watt = 5,800 lumens = $16
4) 23 Watt = 6,400 lumens = $4

ok well i have a plant growth flouresent bulb u think that will work fine in a dresser???????????

i cant get my temp do i realy need to cut holes in the walls

(First Time Grower) Man, Where Can I Find These Purple CFL Lights. And Another ? Can These Lights Fit In Regular House Hold Fixtures? RIght Now Im Using A Basic Phillips 150 Watt Grow Clamp Light And Its Doing Really Well. I Have Compinsated The Distance From The Plants Due To The Heat Put Off. By The Way I Have 5 Small Plant THat Are About A Week and Half Old Now...

Welcome to RIU
IMO I would save up for a few weeks !
Don't spend 30-60...... on bulbs.
And don't spend 30-60...... on fixtures.
Now your 60-120......into lights and you have a nest of wires.

Just save up and buy a nice t5 4 foot 4 bulb set up with bulbs included mixed spectrum fro @ $179.00

This is just MHO, Good luck with your grow !

Grow on !

Why spend $180 on crappy flouros when you can get a HPS 400 watter for $109.00 from

htgsupply.com

Wud a single 27w 'cool white' CFL do to grow a single plant??? just threw the vega/grow stage

I was just giving my opinion,
It sounds like the new grower did not want to spend much and would like to have the light as close to the plant as they can.

The crappy flouros can do this with low $$$ you don't need as meany cooling fans or a larger area to keep things away from dangerous heat from HPS & MH

You can save $$$ with crappy flouros with less power consumption.

Keep looking at grows with flouros, HPS & MH and make a decison as to what you need and want out of a grow

P. S

My courant CRAPPY growis a home built 24 sight areo grow & 4 mothers with a 4 foot 4 mixed bulb flouro and a 4 foot 8 mixed flouro units @ 1.5 inch's from the plants.

My CRAPPY setup pulls an average of 1 to 1.75 oz per. plant Not to crappy !
Grow on !

I Actually Had Gone With A 400 Watt HPS Bulb I Had Gotten From Lowes Little Did I know That I Needed A Freaking $180 Fixture Ballast Not Including Having To Wire The Thing...

whats the specs on led lights they any good there suposed to do the same thing as a 400watt hps they say they use them in space for a lot of years now to grow veg does anybody have any feedback on them