not enough light

medicineman

New Member

• Nov 8, 2006

• #1

I'm thinkin I don't have enough light for flowering as this is as much as I've got in a month.

 

Sublime757

Well-Known Member

• Nov 8, 2006

• #2

what type and size bulb are you using? also what method of growing are you using?

 

medicineman

New Member

• Nov 8, 2006

• #3

Sublime757 said:

what type and size bulb are you using? also what method of growing are you using?

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Soil indoor, 1-250w.MH, + 2-40 watt compact flouresents, the spiral kind, Im getting a 150w high intensity compact flouresent to add to the mix! I read that the 150w high intensity flouresent was as bright as a 400 w hps, although salesman at the light source said that was bull and it was 150w. period. Anyone heard of this?

 

ferncakes

Well-Known Member

• Nov 8, 2006

• #4

medicineman said:

Soil indoor, 1-250w.MH, + 2-40 watt compact flouresents, the spiral kind, Im getting a 150w high intensity compact flouresent to add to the mix! I read that the 150w high intensity flouresent was as bright as a 400 w hps, although salesman at the light source said that was bull and it was 150w. period. Anyone heard of this?

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I have 8 of them, they're pretty bright, but nowhere near the brightness of an HPS bulb. But they do work great and they're cheap on the power bill.

 

crickitmd

Well-Known Member

• Nov 8, 2006

• #5

yea i was having the same problems. i was using some floros. and after a month their not real big. so i just take those lame ass floros out of there and hooked up a 400 watt mh. hopefully now my bitches are happy.

 

ferncakes

Well-Known Member

• Nov 8, 2006

• #6

florouscent lights are secondary. They work, but you need the big MH/HPS bulbs to get the serious growth/yields.

 

Sublime757

Well-Known Member

• Nov 9, 2006

• #7

the 250w mh alone should be plenty for flowering, but i would definitely use fluoros to make up for the lack in red spectrum.