Lighting question

leonphelpss11

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Hi, I am about to start a grow. I am planning on growing 2-3 auto flowering ak47/blueberry. I want to use CFL's for all of the stages. Can someone tell me which ones I should get? I believe someone said t-5 or something like that, but can I use that for all the stages? I realize I am probably going to have to get better CFL's for the flowering stage, but can someone please tell me which exact CFL's for each stage? How many would I need for these 2-3 plants?

Thanks
 

butter111

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skip the cfls and get some lower watt hps you will be glad u did they sell hps as low as 75 watt that ive seen
 

leonphelpss11

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I would get any type of lights, but the problem is stealth. I am growing inside of a large computer tower and if those hps can fit inside a tower, then I would use it.
 

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
You ll want to order the 125 watt actual wattage lights online ebay has them. About $35 each. You need 1 blue spectrum and 1 red spectrum.The blue for veg and the red for flower.Go to ebay search cfl grow lights there is a guy who sells the 125 watters 2 at a time for like $28 plus shipping he has both ask him if you can get 1 of each he's pretty good about making swaps.
 

leonphelpss11

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I don't use ebay. I never made an acct. Can I get these 125 watt lights from Home Depot or a store like that? Will I only need 1 blue and 1 red and use those both at the same time or what?
 

LoganSmith

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Use Daylight 6500k Cfls For The Vegg, And Warm/soft White 2700k For Flower. What Is The Total Space That You Have In Your Tower? I Have A 2' X 2' Box And Use 6 Daylight 26w 6500k And One Flood System Cfl 65w That Says 6825 Lumens Daylight 6500k.
And To Answer How Many, The More The Better.
Also One Fan On The Bottom Sucking Air Into The Unit, And One On Top Blowing It Out. Os.fan Would Be Nice.
Glg
 

leonphelpss11

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I actually can get better lights now. I am not putting the plants into a tower anymore, I am putting them into a big ass speaker box. So now I can get better lights instead of CFL's b/c I can fit them into the speaker box. So anyone want to suggest some lights that you can buy from like Home Depot or Lowes or something like that? I am on kind of a budget, so I cannot afford 200 dollar lights. Anyone with any advice is <3'd.

Btw, if I can just like buy one 150 dollar light and am able to use it for the entire grow, that would be pretty good.
 

leonphelpss11

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Advice anyone? Should I just go with a 75 watt hps and mh light? I was going to use 2 t5 CFL lights and 1 75 watt mh light to get through the veg, and 1 75 watt hps light to get through the flowering cycle.

I have 2 opening in my speaker box for ventilation. They are approx. 2.5 inch x 2.5 inch each. Do you think that would be enough ventilation if I use one for sucking in air and the other to suck it out? I can possibly mount a larger sized fan up on the corner of my speaker box but it would have no hole to suck fresh air into the box. I can take a pic of my box tonight and post it up on here.

Someone tell me what they think about my setup. If you have a better suggestion for my setup, someone let me know

The plants I am going to use are autoflowering plants.
 
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