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the stick on led's sound cool.. I'll definately look for them. I didn't set out to go florescent... just happend to have these sitting around, so I probably won't invest in t5's, but will definitely look for the side led's you mentioned and another main LED light so that I can put out more...

Thanks for the input 420burn. I'm leaning toward including the floros in the setup since the LED I currently have is low end. I'm hoping the floros just provide supplemental lighting... I just hope they don't explode, though! I certainly don't want any of the mercury from the floro tubes...

Thanks for "pass your hand in front of the light" advice. Makes sense.. I'll definately do that.

Grow area is 30" x 30" x 58" ... I guess a picture's worth a thousand words so I included an image below. I still have to finish a few things here and there but they germinated so quick they needed to get potted before I could finish. For demo purposes, I've shown just one balast in the...

I was curious to see how much the floros would cost so I used a calculator Did the math for the (2) 40W bulbs. Since I'm growing autoflowers for 8 weeks on 18/6 schedule, that's 1080 hours, which I believe would cost $10.37 total. If I could get an extra grams by adding the floros, I may end...

Buzbuddha, I totally agree that the LED is no where near 600w. I think of that like an equivalency to MH, actual draw is about 100w. Thanks for the tip on switching out the bulbs. I'll look at some 6500k bulbs. The ones I have are 3100k.... I'm wondering.... will that color temp suffice for...

Thanks for the info, Lime... glad to know the leaves touch without damage. I read somewhere that the leaves could get light burn, but I guess that's not gonna happen with weak bulbs like the ones I've got. I was originally thinking of just adding it in for veg and flower since the bulb says...

Thanks for your reply, Lime. I imagine that as they grew they would be inches apart, possibly even touching the lamps. I believe touching the lamps would be bad and therefore would require some trimming. If indeed that's the case, I'm worried that I might stunt their growth since they're...

Oh man, that's a really good point. I wasn't thinking about heat... I'm in a very warm climate, and I'm probably at my limits on where I want to be on temperature. I'm currently running between 78F and 85F degrees in the grow box with the LED and no A/C. I think adding the florescents would...

I'm patiently waiting...

Figured so much, that's why I asked for the citation to articles. Thanks for confirming my suspicions!

Really? I'd like to read up more on this, but didn't find anything when I performed an internet search. Could you point me to articles on the topic?

LOL !!! I kinda wanna DO IT!! going through the pros and cons... tuff decision! :)

I hadn't thought about stressing them from the additional light. I can't afford to stress the Gorilla Glue autoflowers since I heard they can turn hermi if stressed. On that note, and along with the unfavorable cost/benefit that smokinrav pointed out, I think I'll refrain from adding the...

I didn't think of the cost/benefit ratio but you've got a good point. I guess I didn't understand how few lumens the 4 ft tubes put out. Thanks for the input, smokinrav!

Hi, I'm new to growing MJ, but not to growing plants; therefore, I have some 48" long fluorescent plant lights laying around. Would it provide any benefit to add the florescent lights to the corners of my grow box for some side light, or would it mess up the light coming from the LED? The...

Hi... I'm new here and new to growing I have acquired myself some autoflower seeds and a variety of nutrients. The problem is that the nutrients i have are from different manufacturers, and as a result, I'm having a difficult time figuring out which product should be added when. I read on...