Don't have CREE household lights, would these Phillips screw in bulbs be good supplementals?

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #1

Hi RIU'ers

I'm in mid flower with 3 plants with the following lighting
400W HPS (Son T Agro) 8" above canopy.
+ 186W of cool daylight CFL side lighting.

Plants are only 16"/40cm tall

Would hanging these Phillips household light bulbs be a useful and efficient addition, or a waste of time? I've got 4x14W they are 6500K, I don't know what diodes are in these or what the reflector setup is like. Do I want to remove the globe cover?

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #2

or should i just wait till I can afford some UV bulbs, or wait longer and go 600W top light?

 

bicit

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #3

Any particular reason you want too add them? I'd just use them around the house and run with what you have. 4 wouldn't really make a noticeable impact.

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #4

bicit said:

Any particular reason you want too add them?

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I'm bored

Thats one vote for don't bother. What about other e27 bulbs, UVB may be?

 

vitamin_green_inc

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #5

Wrong spectrum for flower

 

bicit

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #6

Chester da Horse said:

I'm bored

Thats one vote for don't bother. What about other e27 bulbs, UVB may be?

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Save your money for the 600w HPS.

 

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churchhaze

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #7

Use that money on a good glass supplement.

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #8

yep. i'll just smoke some weed and look at aquaponics now instead

thanks peeps.

@churchhaze: I already got one, seriously volcanic rock dust is the shit people.

If had some spare dosh, I'd rather spend it on this glass unicorn one hitter...

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #9

vitamin_green_inc said:

Wrong spectrum for flower

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I'm trying to cover full spectral range - the HPS is poor in blue, and I think a flowering plant will still utilise blue light.

 

vitamin_green_inc

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #10

Yeah but you need to effectively balance it, not just have random amounts. I doubt you have the capability to do so, and anyway, that spectrum is way better for early flower. Late flower you don't want to grow leaves?

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #11

vitamin_green_inc said:

Yeah but you need to effectively balance it, not just have random amounts. I doubt you have the capability to do so, and anyway, that spectrum is way better for early flower. Late flower you don't want to grow leaves?

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I have some warm white bulbs I could swap in for the 4x24w CFLs. Mebe I should do.

The biggest benefit is the colour balance on my photos is heaps better since I put the cool daylights in, makes it easier to inspect the plants too.

Meh.

 

bicit

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #12

Or just switch to a 600w metal halide

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #13

I vegged for 5 weeks under 400W MH, whats the best colour spectrum to use? Mine was a venture 4k lamp

 

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churchhaze

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #14

White.

 

Chester da Horse

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #15

white power