Advantage V. disadvantage CFL's

yo lastfrontier. i was wondering the kelvin output on those bulbs. looks like the 6500k for small cfl's but what about the large ones. i have one large (42wat?) that looks just like yours. i have always herd that the more cfl's the better but the kelvins get me paranoid. what do vegetating plants need? i thought i read they like lower kelvins in the red/orange lights and blue for flowering.

anyway nice setup.

how meny cfl are you useing i would like to know for my set up thank you can you inbox me thanks

im amazed by these cfl grows.
lol its almost as if is a greener way to grow green..
i love new ideas.

When I saw this thread I thought you were talking about these - http://www.rightpricehydroponics4u.co.uk/eco-light-compact-flourecent-lamps-200w-purple-25000k-8u-132-p.asp
I don't think I'd bother with normal CFL's for anything but veg. Even warm coloured ones. But just started a new grow. First crop will be with just a 600w hps, then I shall be adding 4 of these purple eco lights. Will let you know how it goes.

Hmmm... I may have to reconsider my position on this... Just found a store that has a clearance on 15w warm white (2700k) spiral CFL's - £0.18 each! And with basic fittings at only £0.34 I can get 60 (roughly 100,000 lumens by my reconing) for only £35 with delivery! (not including wiring)
Seriously considering it....
Will post pics and results if i do it.

Donglai said:

Anyone knows the light penetration for CFl's? and any other techinical facts that surpasess LEDs or HPS? (like PAR, spectrum,Lumen per watt?) im just too lazy to go over all the comments XD

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_efficacy

go fucking die under a rock where the smell of your decaying body wont bother me ha ha ha haand stick a period in that whore.......

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Strange way to end an apology...

kak smackin ass pirates

are you some sort of grammar natzi that was the whiniest bitchiest crap ive ever read

lastfrontier said:

wow i have forgotten i had that lamp as my avatar i have come so far since then and it's all do to the help of this site and this sticky thanks. you know i dont know if i have said this about HID versus CFL but with HID alot of people tend to over light plants just like you can over water them you can over light them and what ever the plants dont need/use they will kick out in the form of heat and in that alone for the small grower CFLS are great. not that HIDs dont have there place. i use pretty much all know sources of light CFL,HID,LED,plasma,and afew others.

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wow your a legend dude all known sources of light,hahahahaha, f*ck you and your piss ass setup, 42 ozs my ass, after reading this sticky, now dumber for it, the only thing i do know is that you seem to know a helluva lot. 42 ozs hahahahahah. Check Heath Robinsons flooded vertical or a few others befors runnin ya mouth. Just sayin.

Why is this a sticky?

I'm on my first grow and think i made it to my final set up for this cycle. What do you think of my light set up? I'm running 9 23watt 67k, 11 23 watt 27k, 1 20 watt 27k, 2 40 watt 27k and 4 65 watt 27View attachment 1388286View attachment 1388287k.

Seriously LastFrontier, I'm on my first cfl grow and its goin great but after all this time and you can't show some pics to prove what you say then you don't have the right to keep posting. I'm not calling you a lire but 1 pic would have ended this discussion a long time ago! And if your next post is still lacking some sort of visual then I suggest you log off and never log back on because you're not making any friends here, And thats what this is about, helping each other and getting along. If you're just looking to ruffle some feathers than I suggest put down the bong and go join a crack forum. Please heed my advice and grow in peace!

derkone said:

Why is this a sticky?

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I have no earthly idea, the worst part is it seems that he's done it multiple times! hahaha

yolas said:

wow your a legend dude all known sources of light,hahahahaha, f*ck you and your piss ass setup, 42 ozs my ass, after reading this sticky, now dumber for it, the only thing i do know is that you seem to know a helluva lot. 42 ozs hahahahahah. Check Heath Robinsons flooded vertical or a few others befors runnin ya mouth. Just sayin.

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I agree..I just lost 10 IQ points for looking at this thread...another 10 for reading it....lol. Proof is in the pudding lastfrontier...either put up or shut up. I have enjoyed some of the funny as shit comments though..lol.

Archminister said:

I agree..I just lost 10 IQ points for looking at this thread...another 10 for reading it....lol. Proof is in the pudding lastfrontier...either put up or shut up. I have enjoyed some of the funny as shit comments though..lol.

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Yep I really regret not having any weed before making it to the end...lmao, I kept thinking to myself....o.k. theres 70 pages he's bound to have some kind of proof or admit defeat by now but nope nothing, Its sort of like watching Napoleon Dynamite the whole time thinking the next scene will be funny, actually funny but nope nothing!

so are we saying hid are better then.........

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so are we saying hid are better then.........

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Depends, for a small grow my money is on CFL, on large grow I would probably vote hid! I'm still getting blown away each day with what a few cfls will do.

Future Farmer of America said:

Depends, for a small grow my money is on CFL, on large grow I would probably vote hid! I'm still getting blown away each day with what a few cfls will do.

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used envirolites cfls for a couple of years before hid and i agree you can do a pretty good job, what would you call a small or large grow?