My Grow Box, Tips On Lighting Plz!

I am using a SubWolfer Box.. its 20in. by 15 1/2
Covered it with An Emergency Blanket.
Installed 2 Fans In It
One Exhaust Fan -90mm
And An Intake Fan 120mm

I just need help on lighting
-How Much wattage will i need for 3 plants
-What Type Of Light Bulb Should I Use

Get a 400w HPS/MH bulb

But.. If you only got that power strip setup for bulbs, get high wattage 6500k cfls

Yeah, But Like They Dont Sell That Much Wattage In Home Depot
Only Like 100 Watt Ones

Would It Be Good If I Use 3 42 Watt CFL's?

alvear1311 said:

Yeah, But Like They Dont Sell That Much Wattage In Home Depot
Only Like 100 Watt Ones

Would It Be Good If I Use 3 42 Watt CFL's?

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No. The top of the bulb emits VERY LITTLE light. If you were only putting those three in, you'd be boned. Use a "Y" splitter (they have cheap ones at walmart) to put 6 bulbs in, with those 3 base sockets. That way, all the bulbs will be tilted. Good luck mayne! Grow some lowryders in that!

So ur suggesting me to buy 6 "42watt" Bulbs?
and the power strip is gonna go on the top left corner, im not gonna put it facing down

Are you talking about the bulbs real output, or it's "output equivalency" ? Also, that still might not be enough.

Output E, and i saw this guy on youtube he was growing 4 plants with a 45 watt CFL
and his harvest was awesome

For that box and the limit in space dude dont go to crazy! get yourself 4 to 6 42 watt cfl's and three Y splitters and go from there but three plants in that space seems to be a lot..

I have this beast in a home depot 40 gallon tote bin and she just about takes up most of it and she is under 5 42 watts cfl's..hope this helps

Day 62 12/12 from sprout..

I had the exact same question on my thread and I didn't get any answers. But I am glad they are being answered somewhere

Dj Tempest said:

I had the exact same question on my thread and I didn't get any answers. But I am glad they are being answered somewhere

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Where is your thread DJ?

Build a couple of these... You could probably even build some kind of reflector to make it more efficient. I'm just lazy. This cost me $25 to make... It's only got 26w in it, but that's still 156w, plus I have 4 more 20w bulbs for side lighting. THis is just for one of my plants

alvear1311 said:

Output E, and i saw this guy on youtube he was growing 4 plants with a 45 watt CFL
and his harvest was awesome

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Output equivalency doesn't mean anything. It's just a term the manufacturers came up with to make it sound extraordinary. In a perfect world, I'd shoot for one or two of these bad boys: http://www.amazon.com/Maxlite-35840-SKQ100EA50-Compact-Fluorescent/dp/B001HXJM94.

Dj Tempest said:

I had the exact same question on my thread and I didn't get any answers. But I am glad they are being answered somewhere

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I'm sorry. I try to answer as many questions as possible, but I must not have seen yours. On a more serious note, I commend you for finding a similar question and reading the answers to that. It's a skill that a lot of new members don't have, and some never get.