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Lighting T5/CFL only thread (the manual)
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WisdomKarp
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Remember, the wattage of the bulb isn't what you should be looking at, you're looking at the amount of light it creates, which is measured in lumens, usually displayed as lumens/m. It'll be on the box. There's plenty of places you can get bulbs in Europe, or at least, here in the UK you can (or you can order from here, we use 230v and it's a lot closer). But check your local hardware store, they're cheap enough that you'd be better going there rather since when you add on delivery, it's not really worth it.
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stylez
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First off, hats off to ya ripster for the great thread, I'm a cfl users. I have a smal 2 foot grow box I use 4 26 W cfl. What can I do to get denser buds, if anyone has any advice it would be appreciated, if there is anything I can do. One love
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jimjim2609
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Because auto's go straight from seedling to flower, is there any need for the 6500k lights or can you just use 2700k lighting?
herbal.experience
[NOVICE] micro.grower
CFL CLUB! lol.
hello everyone.
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good question jimjim.
im currently starting my own cfl micro grow and ive done a whole lot of research.
some people have used all 6500k with great results
some people have also used all 2700k with great results.
imo.. i would still switch out the bulbs (to get the full spectrum)
option 1:
6500 k -- for veg (2-3 weeks)
2700 k -- flower (when you see the autoflower shows its sex)
option 2:
mix and match the spectrum from veg to flower
ie: 2 6500k / 2 2700k.
just my opinion.
hello everyone.
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good question jimjim.
im currently starting my own cfl micro grow and ive done a whole lot of research.
some people have used all 6500k with great results
some people have also used all 2700k with great results.
imo.. i would still switch out the bulbs (to get the full spectrum)
option 1:
6500 k -- for veg (2-3 weeks)
2700 k -- flower (when you see the autoflower shows its sex)
option 2:
mix and match the spectrum from veg to flower
ie: 2 6500k / 2 2700k.
just my opinion.
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Dead Panda's
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Question
Does Any one know how close you can put a 200 watt ho cfl to the plants? everything I have read says 4 to 5 inches but so far any closer then 8 inchs and I start to have curling at the edges. I beleive I have a slight ph problem could that mimic heat stress and curl the edges or make the plant sensitive to heat? This is my first grow still trying to figure everything out.
Does Any one know how close you can put a 200 watt ho cfl to the plants? everything I have read says 4 to 5 inches but so far any closer then 8 inchs and I start to have curling at the edges. I beleive I have a slight ph problem could that mimic heat stress and curl the edges or make the plant sensitive to heat? This is my first grow still trying to figure everything out.
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Dead Panda's
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Thanx XD
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rlcdank
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high everybody i am in on my 3rd grow the first one was in my closet i had 2 cfl 150 wtt they got to hot couldnt keep the temp below 90. so i had to upgrade to a tent, it is a gl60 and a t5 2ft 4 b light no heat problem at all my first grow in it was blue mammouth auto from barneys farm i left on a wild fire for two weeks and she grew all the way up to the light and flowered she only grew to a foot. i let her go for another month untell she finshed i got 7 grams dry not much but top shelf shit no lie. I ordered some pineapple expreac auto from barneys farm and sweet coffe ryder auto from world of seeds there goin on the first week in soil tthey all ready sprouted andcame out the soil two days ago. i dont fire fight right now cause i got a new job so i can be her for these girls i will sprout two more in a couple of weeks,but im not sure if that is enough light pleas let me no somebody i will load pictures to show my set up and pragress.
wakkytbakky
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Winner Winner chicken dinner!!
along with my nefarious plot to take over the world I've also been thinking thru the design build a small grow area...
big enough so it would accomodate this t5...
http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-HTG-Supply-2-Foot-4-Lamp-PL-55-Tek-Lamp.asp
24 inch x 24 inch with 20k lumens
the grow box will be slightly larger than 2'd x 2'w x 5' tall
what would get best yield out of this set up?? 1 plant atta time?? I'm n00b & clueless in this dept...
tia...wakkyT
along with my nefarious plot to take over the world I've also been thinking thru the design build a small grow area...
big enough so it would accomodate this t5...
http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-HTG-Supply-2-Foot-4-Lamp-PL-55-Tek-Lamp.asp
24 inch x 24 inch with 20k lumens
the grow box will be slightly larger than 2'd x 2'w x 5' tall
what would get best yield out of this set up?? 1 plant atta time?? I'm n00b & clueless in this dept...
tia...wakkyT
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