Is my set up good enuf
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GreedAndVanity
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Well if I have that added up correctly thats like a little over 400 watts of CFL light to 32 square feet of room sadly that is way under what you would need to have any real good growth. From what I have seen and experienced I don't think it would really be logical to put enough cfls in that big of a space, really you would be saving big money by going HID. You want atleast 3000 lumens psqf for minimal growth 5k psqf is good and 7k is optimal. That room is simply too big for CFLs sorry mate.
panhead
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Agreed,way under light,the least you could get by with would be with 3 400 watt hid systems to use the entire room,leaving you enough room to work with.
Even though what you have seems bright right now wait till you get that room filled with plants & you'll see,your lights will create very stretchy plants,loose slow growth buds with very low yeild & bud growth will be non exesistent below the canopy.
Even though what you have seems bright right now wait till you get that room filled with plants & you'll see,your lights will create very stretchy plants,loose slow growth buds with very low yeild & bud growth will be non exesistent below the canopy.
panhead
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That will help but you'll also need to install panda plastic or some other reflective material very close to your plants in order to capture & reflect any stray light,even then i still think your going to have problems.
If there is any way you can afford to buy lighting you can get a 400 watt metal halide system shipped direct to your door for $125,thats a complete system too,bulb,ballast,reflector,just plug it in & grow.
I see alot of guys trying to get by with what light they have & it never works out,after they start the grow they find out its not enough light,then they start ading bulbs a few at a time,before they know it they have as much or more invested into random lighting then they wouyld have if they'd invested in a proper grow light to start.
Even though metal halide is for veg your best bet is to get a hps system & use it the entire grow,even then a 400 watt system will only be enough to light a 3x3 area properly.
VictorVIcious
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If a bullfrog had wings he wouldn't bust his bottom when he hops. He doesn't have wings and you are to lazy to read. You are simple not going to get anyone to agree that those 6-4' floros will produce any bud, I don,t care if you hung them verticle surrounding one plant, especially in soft white. And starting a new thread to tell us about a fan or two is not going to change that. We try to help as many folks as we can, multiple thread about the same thing just make that harder.
You can utilize those light for clones, maybe a little vegging with the addition of the cfl's, not a four foot length of vegging plants and not any flowering plants. In order to do this with any success you will have to get new bulbs, 6500k Menards has them for $5.00 a bulb. Then if you attempt flowering with them you will need to get the 2700k bulbs, Menards has them for $5.00. Like I said the first time you asked, NO YOUR SETUP IS NOT GOOD. Can you use them, doc they are just right for your op. VV
