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Its not the average amount of lumen per sqft its the total and read anywhere about enough light for indoor gardning and there going to tell you 2,000 to 3,000 lumen per sqft. 3,000 is no where near excesive. The amount of lumens the sun produces does very however it can be higher than...

Do the math.. If you are going for 3,000 lumen per sq ft then add up the lumen output of all your bulbs (32w t8 1 bulb = 2600 lumen) and divide it by 3,000 this will tell you how many sqft your lights could cover. As for the number of plants its pretty much your decision, you could have a...

Oh one more thing is that you should have mylar or white paint for the walls not the black stuff you have there. You allready dont have enough light and the black walls will asorb the light, the white or mylar walls will reflect more light back to the plants.

Take a magnifying glass and look at the trich's. They will be clear/white while the plant is blooming. They will turn hazy and get cloudy/darker when it gets closer to harvest time, its time to harvest when the majority have turned. With the lack of light and useing MH for bloom instead of HPS...

23w cfl =1550 lumens 67.4 LPW 26w cfl=1725 lumens, 86.34 LPW 42w cfl=2800 lumens, 66.6 LPW 65w cfl= 4000 lumens, 85w cfl= 5000 lumens, 58.82 LPW 150w cfl = 8200 lumens, 54 LPW 200w cfl = 10,000 lumens, 50 LPW

Whats the reason for keeping the big male are you trying to create seed for future grows? I would also tend to expect that due to the lack of light that it take longer before harvest. You have 16sq ft and you should shoot for having 2,000 lumen per sq ft at the bare min and for best optimal...

As for the lighting for best results you should shooting for 3,000 to 4,000 lumen per sqft. You could go as low as 2,000 lumen per sqft to support plantlife but you wont have as good results. Going above 4,000 lumen per sqft wont hurt the plants provided the room temp stays where it should...

I cant remember, What light cycle did you use on the diesel ryder grow?

for veg you would want to go with the 2100k spectrum cfl's or of you can keep the room cool enough with a HID lamp in it I would veg with a MH bulb and forget about the hps sence your just veging. If they are not feminized seeds I wouldnt pick away the small ones because the biger ones maybe...

If the the temp does not get too hot you would be fine. The sun is more lumens per sq ft than that overkill lamp would be, It wont be detrimintal to have an excess amount of light as long as an excess of heat doesnt come with it. As for ballasts I love the digital ones, they run nice and...

What not accurate in what I said? An auto flowering strain will go just fine on only 12 hours of light from seed even. Yes the yield wouldnt be as good if this plant was under 24/0 light where it would still auto flower but its not like they wont grow at all if they get only 12 to start...

I have just started experminting with a combo of HPS and MH in the bloom room. I have 5 HPS lamps and 1 MH in my bloom room for something new to try. After 3 weeks I could easily tell what plants were getting hit with the MH because they are bigger plant, thicker bud and the more time goes by...

The plant strain he is talking about (lowryder) is an AutoFlowering strain. It does not require light cycle change. For veg it will veg until its a certian age then start to flower no matter what the light cycle is.

Well lighting would be a good place to start with the room design. You have about 7 sq of floor space and your going to grow on shelves doubling your space to 14sq ft. You should plan on having 2,000 to 3,000 lumen per sqft and for optimal results 4,000 lumen per sqft going beyond that wont...

The lamp looks nice and it uses 2 lumitek digital ballasts however i think its nothing more than either a space saver or usefull with a mover or you could do multi spectrum with it easy enough by just replacing one of the hps bulbs with a mh. The only thing is that it seems steep on the price...

Thanks kalikitsune for helping candylime out with the ventilation set up, I am defently unsubscribing from this post now so you all can have a good one. I also think that it violates the Geneva convention to have an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

I would reccomend that you ask this in a new uncluttered post. I dont forsee a big agrument over proper ventilation however after reading some stuff on the forums here who the hell knows lol..

This is looking better. Your going to want to add a piece of pipe to that elbow connector thats leading to your res then cover that res up and put a hole in the lid to fit the drain pipe. I personally am not an expert when it comes to NFT however this system should be alot more useable for you...

I reped you Bricktop and yeah he is just agruing for the sake of it now. I point out his obvious attempt at being a spin doctor about those replacement costs and what does he do in responce? He freeken quotes Shakespeare? WTF??

So your saying that 20,000 lumen of CFL light is better than 40,000 lumen of HID light. YOUR FREEKING CRAZY DUDE. Try giving them some accurate info for crying out loud.