Things to Know About Lighting

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born2killspam

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Actually you should just go to the places those construction ppl buy those lights from, and buy your own hid legit.. It's much worth it in most NA jurisdictions!.. These places are typically in the YP under 'lighting' or 'electrical' (Im loyal to Westburne because of the company's fair dealings with Tesla).. You'll pay 25% of what you'd pay from a hydro store.. Don't get caught up in specialty bulbs if you don't want to.. Any hid is gonna be 10x as proctuctive as any flouro and the specialty bulbs might give you a 3% PAR bonus beyond that..) Basically if you can wire electrical connections well enough, and understand wire demands on inductive loads, and figure out a reflector solution, then you can save alot of money.. (BTW High-bay refectors typically used in commercial lighting can make kick-ass! refectors for a small area..)
 
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Smoking Diva

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sorry guys, using a 550 watt light and growlab 120L just harvested 27 plants and only yeilded 9 oz... what is the problem??? how can i yeild atleast 16? please help!!!! dont wanna waste anymore of my precious time. This is just my second grow and feel like its taking forever to accomplish anything.
 
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Brittanybrutal

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Hi, lol so my boyfreind needs some help and you'd seem like the guy to go to.
Well, he wants to grow some in his closet, but he's not sure what light bulbs to use and how many watts, and where to get them.
Could you help? :)
 
loophole68

loophole68

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thank goodness i didnt buy a some lights, until I took it to the counter didnt know they were oven lamps xD xD...Nice thread....:peace:
 
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thelatenightpoet

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I need some info on if running a red and blue 13 watt incandesent bulb is good or not. running blue right now 24/7 for a lil over a week/ accidently left my red light on w/ the blue overnight. created my own hood. have a lamp that has a option on what lights i want run just by turning the knob.
any help info is good info.

POet
 
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mrshawnw

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Okay Guys, i gotta fairly simple question. I've got a plant, its nearly up to my knee, although its august, and its slowly getting cold. I'm fearful off the plant dying after all that hard work. (i forgot to mention i started a little late this year its my first time) and i bought a growing light for tomatoes(i assume it will work for any plant) but my question is, that if i bring it in from the outdoors (its already in a pot) and start using the plant light, will it affect the plant in a negative way?
 
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watchhowIdoit

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thelatenightpoet said:
I need some info on if running a red and blue 13 watt incandesent bulb is good or not. running blue right now 24/7 for a lil over a week/ accidently left my red light on w/ the blue overnight. created my own hood. have a lamp that has a option on what lights i want run just by turning the knob.
any help info is good info.

POet
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They are useless for growing. CFLs are cheap.......
 
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watchhowIdoit

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mrshawnw said:
Okay Guys, i gotta fairly simple question. I've got a plant, its nearly up to my knee, although its august, and its slowly getting cold. I'm fearful off the plant dying after all that hard work. (i forgot to mention i started a little late this year its my first time) and i bought a growing light for tomatoes(i assume it will work for any plant) but my question is, that if i bring it in from the outdoors (its already in a pot) and start using the plant light, will it affect the plant in a negative way?
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Late start or early start outdoors is like comparing 12/12 or a veg for a few weeks indoors. Your plants are in pots so make the most of both worlds. I would take advantage of all the natural light possible and supplement with the artificial....
 
danwxm

danwxm

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im using 135 watts of cfl and getting good yields, in soil on tomato feed, get some juicy tomatoes lol
 
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gkawall

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Hey, i need some help, this is my first time grow. it been growing good untill i noticed that a few of the bottom leaves started to get brown spots on the tips, very small but then as time went on it dried out the leaf and turned it yellow and crackly. The top portion of the plant seems healthy. is this nute burn? or something else. please lemme no so i can do something to fix it asap. Anything helps. Thanks
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ILoveKaya

ILoveKaya

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BCENVY said:
Yup yup...I'm a general contractor...they are in fact all over large construction sites.

HOWEVER I HIGHLY DISCOURAGE STEALING FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES...IT'S DARK, THERE'S NO ONE AROUND...THEIVES THAT ARE CAUGHT ARE GENERALLY DEALT WITH SEVERLY WHEN CAUGHT IN DARK PLACES WITH NO WITNESSES.

BESIDES IT'S JUST FAWKING WRONG TO STEAL AND ALMOST AS WRONG TO CONDONE OR SUGGEST IT. BAD FORM MY FRIEND, BAD FORM!!!!!!

and on a more personal note...thanks, it's people like you that cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars a year replacing crap I find stolen, you know we can't work when you steal our stuff?!!?!?! Oh and those lights, that's called EGRESS LIGHTING, it's sole purpose is so we don't trip and kill ourselves at 5am when the fawking sun isn't even up yet. And when it's not in place OSHA comes and shuts down our job site because we are then in violation of federally mandated construction safety laws!!! Makes me sick when I have to be woken up by my Foreman because someone stole from our job site!!!!

YOU WANNA GROW POT FINE...DON'T STEAL FROM HARDWORKING PEOPLE TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Word Up BC Envy....
I am a GC in Mass. The d-bags that steal from hardworking guys dont realize they are not stealing from Walmart or Sears. We pay for our own tools and most of them are NECESSARY for us to do our jobs so you f*ckfaces have a place to live, smoke weed and play x-box on MyFace. Your taking food from my kids mouths and if you were caught be me or my fellow contractors, you better have wished the police busted you instead!!
 
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zip

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I had my lights too far away from my plants in flower. Using 400 hps with uncooled reflectors. Will the lowering of the lights fix my semi-stunted plants and get them back on track? they were 3 ft away and are now 18 in away from tops.
 
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cam107

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this is the best light info i have found to date. i am building my set up now to grow 20
Super Critical Haze i am using hps lights and have workt out from your graphs that i will need 3000 luminoms per plant * 20= 60000. so how menny wats is that all togever?
 
GanjaGod420000

GanjaGod420000

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1stymer said:
you need a good light? go to any large construction site and steal a 400w mh wobble light. they are all over large site.
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I'm journeyman union electrician and I would disadvise anyone from doing such a nutsackish act. The things are NOT that expensive and ANY local lighting equipment retailer will have a 400W MH ballast kit for about $85 + the cost of a lamp, about $35. Jeez, get a job and quit stealin' b4 a giant, angry electrician catches you one day. Although, I have to admit, that on service calls and jobs past, when I ordered material, I have added one or two ballast kits and lamps extra. An excellant way to acquire sum bad ass lighting for your gardening needs! Peace.
 
GanjaGod420000

GanjaGod420000

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I absolutely agree guyz. I'm a journeyman union electrician and have beat wholesale ass for catching crackheaded dips**ts taking MY lights! If ANYBODY's gonna end up taking an extra bygod fixture and lamp, then that's gonna be me! I mean, my Lord, a 400W MH ballast kit runs about $85 and corresponding lamp, $20-$35, depending on quality. 400W HPS kit, a c**thair over a hundred bucks, lamps, the same as previously listed for MH. So, WAKE UP out there dips**ts! Don't get beaten so badly that you'll REALLY NEED to get stoned, 'cause after a job-seasoned, oft-times x-military(like myself), hard-ass, fearless construction worker gets his(or her) hands around your neck, you'll be in need of much more than weed, starting with suchures and morphine, probably.....
 
GanjaGod420000

GanjaGod420000

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gkawall said:
Hey, i need some help, this is my first time grow. it been growing good untill i noticed that a few of the bottom leaves started to get brown spots on the tips, very small but then as time went on it dried out the leaf and turned it yellow and crackly. The top portion of the plant seems healthy. is this nute burn? or something else. please lemme no so i can do something to fix it asap. Anything helps. Thanks
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Um, to start with, what kind of lighting are you using? Your internodal spacing looks to me like you have whatever light source WAY too high above your plants. Those are going to be way too tall and not nearly bushy enough. Lower your lights and just make sure your canopy temp isn't above 75 or 80 degrees at the highest. And yes, it looks like a nute burn to me. You need to flush with at least a gallon or two of water, slowly and easily, and STOP giving the young seedlings anything, but attention and POSSIBLY a bit of diluted, very diluted, liquid seaweed. And when a leaf is over 50% blown out, like a few of yours are, snip them off to allow the plant to re-direct it's efforts to other areas that are not f'd up. If you do this, I feel confident you will probably thank me.
 
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