Diesel Ryder - Grow
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kochab
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because 450watts of actual cfl power would be great but some of the packages say like "26watt cfl equivalent to 100watts of incandescent light".
Now what that means is that 1 cfl actually uses 26watts of electricity but it puts out just as much light as a regular 100 watt bulb (which arent good for growing). That could mean the difference of you having enough lights or not. See with 26watt cfls it would take 17 cfls to use that much electricity. but if you were reading the equivalant then it would only take 4.
see why I needed to know for sure to tell you for sure that it would or would not work.
hope this helps you understand it a bit more.
If you wanna use cfls fire away man, they work, just not as well as some other things. You need to make your cuboard the best that you can even if its an experiment. If you half ass(not to say that you are) it then youll get a half as result from the experiment. Do it to the best that you can and Youll have much better results.
I think your not getting much help because you come off kinda rude on here. There are millions of ways to grow plants, we are trying to tech you some of the things we know, just sit back and learn a little bit. It looks like to me that you just want to argue with anything you hear that you dont like. here is an example of what i mean
I can understand that a lil though, lots of people here believe that cfls are useless for growing and they will tell you that all day long, But if that were true we wouldent have a special section here just for cfls.
thejepsonator
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okay i dont want to argue but it seems too much hassle ijust want some bud thats all does a lamp post use hps and do you atch need ballast for it ???
i am sorry for the way i come across to some people
i love you all x
i am sorry for the way i come across to some people
i love you all x
kochab
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Yes you have to have a ballast for the hps, and mh lights.
Dont steal any street lights please, that gives us growers the name of thieves, not only that but thieves to do illegal things with that stolen property.
There are a bunch of places you can get a 400watt hps for about $100.
thejepsonator
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i no i no i aint a thieve !!! there honestly aint many places round here that sell hps or mh the only thing is cfls i take some pics today and show you okay
thanks for all your help
thanks for all your help
kochab
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yeah there are places like this one with 400watt hps for about $60 after shipping.
Venture 400W HPS Ballast Kits - Businesslights.com
but they eat up electricty more than the cfl's too.
hope You got everything taken care of like you needed....
Now what do those lowryder offspring look like again.....
thejepsonator
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thanks buddy true helper can hps or mh be used from seed to harvest ???
i will put pics up soon
i will put pics up soon
thejepsonator
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and does it include the whole sha bang lights socket bla bla or is it just ballast kit ???
kochab
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you can use hps or mh from seed to finish
If you use hps lighting though your plants will strech out a little more than they do with mh or fluro lights but it flowers the best. If you use mh, it will veg great and flowering wont be as good as hps (but still better than fluros)
I used a mh bulb in my hps. Not supposed to do it because there is an extra part in the hps ballast (the ignitor) that makes the mh bulb blow faster but it will still come on and fire up like its supposed to. It never hurt my ballast either.
no, you would also need a mogul based light socket (holds the big hps bulbs not a house bulb socket. costs about $5)
a plug that will plug into the wall, make sure it the voltage you need. there are ones that run on 110 (normal house power) and some that have to have 220 (the big dryer or stove type plug)
and one of those big orange extension cords to make the cord in between the bulb and ballast that makes it a remote location ballast.
they also come with instructions on how to put them together generally.
oh also if you want a reflector you can look on ebay, but i used a vertical room so i didnt need that....
jasonlocsouthkorea
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ya kochab is right
blue spectrum for vegetative state
red spectrum for flowering stage
for optimum results.
blue spectrum for vegetative state
red spectrum for flowering stage
for optimum results.
thejepsonator
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well untill i get hps could i use a cool blue tube ????and maybe that work better but i had my plants outside brought them in with cfls and there doing amazing and with my lowryders they flower automatically i was wondering could i do 12/12 with them as my durban are nearly mature to do that ???/ just a fort
wb
kochab
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cool lights are only good for veg stage, you need some warm tubes to flower or you wont get much @ all. Like barely anything. Thats the reason hps works so well is because it puts out that orangeish colored light and it is stronger than fluros. The reason mh is good for veg is because it makes a bluish/white light and is strong too.
and maybe that work better but i had my plants outside brought them in with cfls and there doing amazing and with my lowryders they flower automatically i was wondering could i do 12/12 with them as my durban are nearly mature to do that ???/ just a fort
wb
but if you get a daylight fluro tube that will work to start the flowering (it could finish it but the buds wont get as large)
thejepsonator
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if i get two daylight tubes when flowering ready then could i take cfls out and use them maybe a red bulb ???
and another thing wht is scrog for buddy ??
and another thing wht is scrog for buddy ??
thejepsonator
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my lowryders they flower automatically i was wondering could i do 12/12 with them as my durban are nearly mature to do that ???/ is it possible ???
kochab
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screen of green, they put screens above the plants right before flower to make like a table of buds kinda....
they will still flower but they are supposed to be raised on a constant 16/8 light scedule for the best results...so they may be a bit less productive, but they will keep growing and live till they finish.
thejepsonator
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ok budddy you help me so much i might just see what i get from cfls then when i start to flower in about two weeks i but two warm tubes in and a red bulb see what happens
thanks for advise buddy
thanks for advise buddy
kochab
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you can get decent results from cfls or fluro tubes but the plants just grow a bit slower.
pitbill
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Hey
You can get decient bud with cfl's- look at the bottom of this page https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/64961-lowryder-dwarf-mix-grow-mini-5.html
Done with 5000k cfls...
PB
You can get decient bud with cfl's- look at the bottom of this page https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/64961-lowryder-dwarf-mix-grow-mini-5.html
Done with 5000k cfls...
PB
thejepsonator
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thanks you guys thes worry now i will be putting pics up soon 2maz maybe gettiing cam fixed
love you
love you
thejepsonator
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altogether i got 3.900 lumens and thats 7.200 k and there doing well
how is that ???
how is that ???