Horsetheband14
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Is a 14w CFL even worth trying to grow?
14w CFL?
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GoodFriend
Lumberjack
a seedling
Horsetheband14
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lol thanks, what is a good wattage to grow, then a good wattage for budding?
GoodFriend
Lumberjack
whats availible to you? like what stores? can you buy online? any budget?
Horsetheband14
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Well, I my budget sucks, it's $40 for the whole project. EDIT - I'm looking at buying in store
Here are a few bulbs I was looking at and wondering if they would benefit the plants along with the actual cfl for growing
120 Watt Reflector Flood Gro Bulb
85 Watt Green Outdoor Floodlight
85 Watt Red Outdoor Floodlight
Here are a few bulbs I was looking at and wondering if they would benefit the plants along with the actual cfl for growing
120 Watt Reflector Flood Gro Bulb
85 Watt Green Outdoor Floodlight
85 Watt Red Outdoor Floodlight
GoodFriend
Lumberjack
no... none of those are good... they'll put off too much heat and won't give you enough of the right spectrums of light...
for cfls... if you are buying at like a hardware store or lowes type place, they will usually have 42w cfls for like 8 bucks a piece, i'd use 3 or 4 of those for each plant...
check out the grow faq's lighting section and read up as much as you can!!!
for cfls... if you are buying at like a hardware store or lowes type place, they will usually have 42w cfls for like 8 bucks a piece, i'd use 3 or 4 of those for each plant...
check out the grow faq's lighting section and read up as much as you can!!!
Horsetheband14
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I've been reading, it cleared up much confusion.
I plan on only growing a foot to a foot and a half plant haha, would two cfls per plant be feasible?
I plan on only growing a foot to a foot and a half plant haha, would two cfls per plant be feasible?
GoodFriend
Lumberjack
eh...
i really wouldn't want to go with less that 3 per plant, but you'd still be able to grow with just the two...
just remember, you generally get out what you put in...
i really wouldn't want to go with less that 3 per plant, but you'd still be able to grow with just the two...
just remember, you generally get out what you put in...
Horsetheband14
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i know i know, i'm on a really tight budget though, i'll try to figure it all out, thanks for the help
GoodFriend
Lumberjack
well
what you could do then, is buy a 42 w for the tops of each plant your growing... then, fro like 10 bucks at lowes, you can get a 4-pack of 23w bulbs usually... if you did that you could probably get a fairly decent setup...
what you could do then, is buy a 42 w for the tops of each plant your growing... then, fro like 10 bucks at lowes, you can get a 4-pack of 23w bulbs usually... if you did that you could probably get a fairly decent setup...
Horsetheband14
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yeah, that sounds good, now i have to get a bunch of lamps from friends to hold them
MajoR_TokE
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IMHO for vegging you don't need much light if it's the right spectrum, i use 6500k cfl's for veg. I also only use 1 23w cfl per plant and have had great results with small plants (under 1ft) in veg. For flowering i would recomend HPS though.
Here are a couple pictures of my cfl vegged plants. 6 inch pots then 12 inch 3 gallon pots.
2 weeks/ 20days/ 1 month
Here are a couple pictures of my cfl vegged plants. 6 inch pots then 12 inch 3 gallon pots.
2 weeks/ 20days/ 1 month
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Horsetheband14
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wow! that's impressive, and is gonna help me save some money up to buy new lights when its time to veg
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