How many CFLS for 6 plants???

Mucksticky

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #1

Hey, im new to RIU but have been doing alot of reading and im considering and grow inside in a 8x4x7 foot room. how many CFLS and of what wattage would i need for 6 plants? thanks

 

freddythekruger

Well-Known Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #2

for 6 plants in a room that big you should just go hps. it's more efficient with less heat compared to cfl's in the numbers that you'll need for 6 plants. but to (kind of) answer your question, i have 5 cfl's on my 2 plants, and i think its recommended about 3 per plant.

 

ElBarto

Well-Known Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #3

I agree with Freddy. Six plants is a lot to try to grow under cfls.

I would recommend trying 4 x 42W per plant as a baseline.

 

Mucksticky

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #4

thanks guys, im just a lil tight on cash and dont know if i can afford a hps light at the moment. what would a 600-1000w one run me?

 

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olmec

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #5

ya there is a link to get a 150 watt hps for 20$ if you go back to the indoor growing thread. then just use a few cfl to suplement around the midsection of the plants. I just ordered one, i have 4 42 watt cfls and a couple 26 watt cfls for 8 plants(planning on havin 3-4 females once they show sex...), and realized if i want some thick buds i would have to buy more cfls which are 8-9$ a piece, or i can just get it over with and buy that hps for 20 bucks and place the cfls i already have around the side of the plants to help keep stretching under control

 

323cheezy

Well-Known Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #6

shit...get 5 to start for seedlings.....once they get bigger try to sexx em.... get rid of the mails.... and then get more depending on how manty females you have...

 

Mucksticky

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #7

yea, ive seen that link. its a pretty sweet deal but im paranoid when it comes to ordering shit off line. thats why i was thinking to use cfls because i can buy those anywhere, i may have to do some re thinking and consider going with ordering online...hmm

 

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olmec

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #8

then the females you have would be like 3 wks ahead of the rest if you added more... unless you are talkin about clones which would still take a while to catch on

 

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olmec

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #9

ya i dunno lol, i just feel like if the police or whoever follows up on every person who orders a light they wouldnt have time to eat donuts

 

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olmec

Active Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #10

and plus its not like they would go through the trouble to get a search warrant(even if ordering a light allowed them to, which it doesnt) every time they stumble upon this type of shit

 

ElBarto

Well-Known Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #11

Mucksticky said:

yea, ive seen that link. its a pretty sweet deal but im paranoid when it comes to ordering shit off line. thats why i was thinking to use cfls because i can buy those anywhere, i may have to do some re thinking and consider going with ordering online...hmm

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there is nothing illegal about buying/selling/owning lights. if the cops tried to get a warrant based on that, the judge would laugh them out of court.

 

323cheezy

Well-Known Member

• Sep 30, 2008

• #12

ElBarto said:

there is nothing illegal about buying/selling/owning lights. if the cops tried to get a warrant based on that, the judge would laugh them out of court.

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for real guy....your a paranoid mess.... nobody is ganna do anything.....i bought my seeds, lights, and everything else with my credit card....im not a major distibutor....but if your gonna start a new weed chain...maybe then....