What is the best light to use for my one plant? pics included.

FourZeroTwo

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Ive planted my seed and have been using this 300w incandencent light bulb, i have two other lights but idk which of the three to use...:wall:

i took pictures so you can look at them, to see which one will be most effective for my one plant :) please help!

this is my first grow, i want it to be a good one!!



thanks,

-FourZeroTwo
 

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wickedsmoke427

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Never use incandescent, they are shit,, cfls or fluorescent for cheap, hps if you wanna spend some money,,, IMO,,, the cfls are the swirly ones, and grow light,, but your gonna want atleast 50,100 actual watts per plant at minimum,,,, 6500k for veg and 2700k for flower
 

sworth

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The first two possibly, depending on what colour they are.

But wickedsmoke's right; bin the incandescent imo, man they get hot!
 

FourZeroTwo

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okay cool, perfect! the grow light is 75w :) hopefully that will be good enough. what does 6500k mean? im not familiar with it.. lol
 

Adjorr

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for one plant id either get a bunch of 26w (actual wattage) cfls and hang them all around the plant (4-8 should do) or get 1 high quality 90w LED UFO. when u factor in all the extra power cords and stuff neeeded for CFL it comes out to nearly the same price. deffinatly dont use incadenscants. those are my opinions anyways gl
 

wickedsmoke427

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Look again its only using 13 wats,, k stands for kelvins,, basically the color temp, blue for veg, red for flower,, and theres in between that offer more or less of one another , but just google it and you can see some charts and graphs
 
the best light you got there is that portable grow light 75 watt output but you should go with cfl or flourescent incandescent is a big no no ive set up a little cfl grow for 50 bux before just go to home depot get your self some 100 watt equivelents (wich use about 24 watts of energy) or 100 watt cfl (not all home depots carry 100 watt) daylight 6500 k for veg and daylight 2700 k for flowering i set up about 5 of those 100 watt equivelents for 2 plants in a small closet grow
heres pics Img_121127200217.JPGImg_121219183613.JPG8357451840_cd70a6d5d0_m.jpg8357452122_e484eb9ae8_m.jpg
 

FourZeroTwo

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ohhh okay.. gotcha :/ looks like i have to run back to the store lol *sigh..* thanks for all the help guys! deff appreciate it!
 
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