Hi all

First off can I say that I'm new here and if I have posted this in the wrong forum then please accept my apologies. Everyone makes mistakes.

I have never grown my own before but plan to. As I live in Spain and enjoy long, sunny summers I planned to do it the simple way, not bother with grow rooms etc, and just have 5 or 6 plants in our back room which has windows on one wall from floor to ceiling. This means that this room gets a lot of light. I figured that this would allow me to get reasonable success and a small crop for my own use.

However I have been doing a lot of reading and I now realise the big importance of light, and understand why many people use artificial light. having said that, I don't feel ready yet to invest in a full grow room and I was wondering if I could buy a light from my local grow shop (400 watt) and grow the plants using a mixture of daylight and artificial light (12 hours of daylight and 6 hours of artificial light in the growing stage, then 12 and 12 etc). I wouldn't cover the plants with anything, or construct anything special but just keep them in one side of the room where I can hang the light.

The room is reasonably large, and ventilation is no problem because all the large lower windows open.

I realise that this is no substitute for having a proper grow room with regulated lights but I'd still like to know - can it work? If not, why not?

Any help anyone can give me is much appreciated. thanx.

get flourescent lights. they sell em and home depot i seen 150w ones theyre.

so get 3 of these or get 8 43w ones at home deopt. you wont be sorry it will help alot.

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Important: Everything i do or say on this site is complete fiction and is made up by me and only me. I have never tried pot and never will and i would especially never even consider growing it. Cali's Ebook Collection

thanx cali-high. Not sure if we have Homedepot here in Spain but should be possible to buy flourescents. So are you saying that a mixture of flourescent and daylight WILL work? Should I just hang the flourescents from the ceiling to cover the room with light?

yes. you wont have to worry about keeping your room cool either because the floros are cool.

so as long as you get your house no higher then the mid 80s you will be good.

im glad i could help you.


also if you dont have a home Depot.

then go to...

eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

they got growing lights and supplies for cheap.

florescent lights and fixtures.


you can get a 43w bulb on theyre for $5 american

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only americans need a home depot every 5 miles

keep the floros 1-2 above you plants for optium lightage

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you know what bud smoker....maybe so but then again we got hydroponic shops every 10 miles so i dont got to worry about my supplies either.

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If you get a 400w light, that alone is enough for 5-6 plants (assuming you don't grow too big). Quite a few folks around here use 400w for that many plants. If ventilation is not a concern, then light is the primary investment. Why not just grow under the 400w without the sun and peicemeal the rest of your growroom when you can? Again, if you're not getting fans, ducting, etc., the rest is not too expensive (wait for co2 and other "luxuries" until a later time, if ever).

That being said, having both artificial light and sunlight is difficult in the way that you described. While I don't have any experience trying this, you're liable to confuse them with light schedules and turn them into hermies.

Keep it simple, choose one or the other.

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Our vibrations were getting nasty. But why? Was there no communication in this car? Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts?

dude he said in his post he dosnt want to spend alot of money on lights ect.

so he wants to use floros.

and the light sceduale wont be messed up because the artifical lights are only theyre to suppliment the suns rays

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Important: Everything i do or say on this site is complete fiction and is made up by me and only me. I have never tried pot and never will and i would especially never even consider growing it. Cali's Ebook Collection

I went swimming in Barcelona in March. Man that water was cold. My friend and I were the only ones that went in that day. What part of Spain are you from. VV