can you go over board with your lighting
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sparkage
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yep thanks for your info...
here are some new pics day 25 from seed give
or take a day or two...
also purchessed a exhale 365 co2 bag never used one of these before
wish i would of bought one that was aready activated
had it for 10 days and did nothing with it
should of activated it right away
have you ever used one of these ????
happy 420 to everyone and god bless
this is an auto called trans siberian
here are some new pics day 25 from seed give
or take a day or two...
also purchessed a exhale 365 co2 bag never used one of these before
wish i would of bought one that was aready activated
had it for 10 days and did nothing with it
should of activated it right away
have you ever used one of these ????
happy 420 to everyone and god bless
this is an auto called trans siberian
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You certainly can have to much light, but you are not there, even if you have an actual 1000 watts of CFL. What is the actual wattage of the bulbs, not the "equivalent" watts.sparkage here
how much light is to much ???
I am useing 4 1/2 cfl 250 watt bulbs
the temp is around 78 to 81 dagrees
I am using a 4 x 4 tent
any help would be great
- tanks much sparkage out !!!!!
What are 4 1/2 bulbs?
sparkage
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four that work and one that only lights up half the bulb
glass was cracked when I received it,, but got full refund, just faced the part that works down towards my baby.. ( o ) her name is mary
I buy everything of ebay no grow shops here where I live as far as I know
look at my first post up above,top left pic, the light close's to the camera to the left
you can see only half is lit-up that's how a got the 1/2 in 4 1/2 bulbs
dose these co2 bags really work ???
glass was cracked when I received it,, but got full refund, just faced the part that works down towards my baby.. ( o ) her name is mary
I buy everything of ebay no grow shops here where I live as far as I know
look at my first post up above,top left pic, the light close's to the camera to the left
you can see only half is lit-up that's how a got the 1/2 in 4 1/2 bulbs
dose these co2 bags really work ???
blowincherrypie
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not trying to be a dick but why not just get a real light? Maybe if you hang them vertically in the middle but the way youve got it now you're losing a lot of your usable light
sparkage
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all of my plants that I have growen all turn out perfact I must have a green thumb
but always turns out crappie after drying and cureing
got a new idea on how to do it the right way from a video on youtube
so I hope this dry and cure is much much better this time !!!!!!!!!!! I pray
again sorry for the shitty spelling I hate spelling but love to read
but always turns out crappie after drying and cureing
got a new idea on how to do it the right way from a video on youtube
so I hope this dry and cure is much much better this time !!!!!!!!!!! I pray
again sorry for the shitty spelling I hate spelling but love to read
sparkage
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thought this way is how there ment to be with the light reflectors ???????
if I hung them vertical the light would go out to the side and up ???????? no ?????
more light would go up
I did have them vertical hanging in the corners and half the light went up and not torwards the plant
when I changed them this way, it's much brighter on the plant and darker above the light reflector ???????
if I hung them vertical the light would go out to the side and up ???????? no ?????
more light would go up
I did have them vertical hanging in the corners and half the light went up and not torwards the plant
when I changed them this way, it's much brighter on the plant and darker above the light reflector ???????
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sparkage
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it says 250 watt cfl
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just need to do a better job on drying and curing that's were I need to improve by a million percent !!!!!!!!
it says 250 watt cfl
thought it would be better for the electric bill to go with cfl... watch for my pics I will share with you all on how great my plants turn out with cfl's
just need to do a better job on drying and curing that's were I need to improve by a million percent !!!!!!!!
BudmanTX
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it is better on the electric bill.....i know from personal experience with cfl...
BudmanTX
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your good...no worriesmaybe I should have posted all this in grow forum
ck out the curing area in the site to get better with that, alot of good people in there that can help
blowincherrypie
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You would get more usable light by using the light coming from all sides instead of the reflector..
here's what I mean vertically
photo from @jigfresh
and 1000+ watt of cfl is comparable electric use as 1000+ watt of any other light source.. Just getting A LOT less usable light than with HPS or LED (even the bulbs)
CFLs have a time and place (usually smaller areas) but you would be getting the same (if not better) results with a 600w hps system than you will with all those big cfls (but using half the pull at the plug).. Seems like youve got your setup going so good luck with that
here's what I mean vertically
and 1000+ watt of cfl is comparable electric use as 1000+ watt of any other light source.. Just getting A LOT less usable light than with HPS or LED (even the bulbs)
CFLs have a time and place (usually smaller areas) but you would be getting the same (if not better) results with a 600w hps system than you will with all those big cfls (but using half the pull at the plug).. Seems like youve got your setup going so good luck with that
BudmanTX
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actually not to be arguementative here, you can grow a plant with 5 to 6 small cfls......you would use them like ball lighting in a closet and or a tent by hanging them from the top of the tent. Place them above and in the 4 corners of the plant and it would grow just fine. I used smaller house hold ones my self and been doing it in a 2x3x7ft closet.....never had a problem....
sparkage
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You would get more usable light by using the light coming from all sides instead of the reflector..
here's what I mean vertically
photo from @jigfresh
and 1000+ watt of cfl is comparable electric use as 1000+ watt of any other light source.. Just getting A LOT less usable light than with HPS or LED (even the bulbs)
CFLs have a time and place (usually smaller areas) but you would be getting the same (if not better) results with a 600w hps system than you will with all those big cfls (but using half the pull at the plug).. Seems like youve got your setup going so good luck with that