Adding cfl's

mightystoned

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #1

Quick question peoples, Im gonna go to home depot and get some cfl's to supplement my 4oowatt hps.... i know i want 2700kelvin but my question is whats better more 23watt cfls or a couple 65watters? Maybe another combo Im enclosing the home depot page maybe some can help me figure this out...REP for any one who figures the best combo for $30 thanks stoners i owe yous one
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...d=cfl&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society

• Mar 3, 2009

• #2

mightystoned said:

Quick question peoples, Im gonna go to home depot and get some cfl's to supplement my 4oowatt hps.... i know i want 2700kelvin but my question is whats better more 23watt cfls or a couple 65watters? Maybe another combo Im enclosing the home depot page maybe some can help me figure this out...REP for any one who figures the best combo for $30 thanks stoners i owe yous one
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...d=cfl&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

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I use and like the 65s for $16.95 in the $11 clamp Reflector on my sides, from Lowes or Home Depot.. They have a cheaper clamp reflector, but I like the better one best.

 

mightystoned

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #3

i have clamp reflectors laying around my house... I dont need the ballast or whatever for 65watters

 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society

• Mar 3, 2009

• #4

Lowes and Home Depot now have 65 watt CFLS with regular sized sockets, about $16.95 each bulb. 2700 K for Flowering.

 

mightystoned

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #5

Thank you rep+1

 

Sadistic Incubus

Active Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #6

I use 2 of those 65watt bulbs to supplement my t5 lamps, worked fine on my last grow, just got the supplies to build a proper grow area in my garage, so i think i'm going to use a HPS to flower in there, i dont mind the results of full flourescent lighting, i just want to see what i can do with an HID light.

 

mightystoned

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #7

i think you get more lumens with hps I got 400 watts but the canopy of my garden is so thick the under foliage is struggling,so im gonna add those to help. I think youll be very pleased with an hid light. ONE REP FOR AVITAR.. i just watched pan this morning absolutley love that flick

 

bballdude692006

Active Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #8

yeah im replacing my t5 with some cfl's and a 400w. only growing for personal use so dont need a real huge operation. just like a good 2 oz's a month

 

mightystoned

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #9

exactly thats whats up i hate buying weed for rediculous prices and not having the freedom of choosing what strain i want to smoke

 

Gmaccin6

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #10

for 30 bucks u can get a bunch of 27 watts and put them all around the plant wen it gets bigger.

 

Lil Czr

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #11

I use 600 watt HPS with 4 100 watt equivelant cfls hanging around the outside edges of my plants. Great light intensity, dispersion and color spectrum.

 

mightystoned

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #12

Wow you must get killa yields

 

fat sam

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #13

get fewer of the big ones, plants respond better to a point of bright light than they do to more dim bulbs, just remember not to let the cfl reflectors shade the light from the hps

 

Lil Czr

Well-Known Member

• Mar 3, 2009

• #14

So, you are saying that less lumens are better?

When I first added cfl's, I put in 65 watt bulbs.

It was a bump up, but not what I expected

My next grow I added the 100 watters.

My yield increased again and my buds were even harder.

Thanks, but I think I'll stick with what works.