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GreenDazed42 · #**244** (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 09:37 AM

So, I made a setup similar to this, that will grow about six plants. I plan on getting a 600 watt HPS for when I flower, but I'm going to veg with CFL in the mean time. I plan on getting these bulbs; they're 105 watts (500 watt incandescent equivalent). Would it be smart to have one bulb for each plant, or could I get away with three down the middle? If I get six bulbs, that comes to $137 not including shipping. I might as well be getting a 600 watt HPS already for that much!

EDIT: I just realized they're over 11 inches long! I intended to have them hanging vertically, but now maybe I'll have to make a hood and hang them horizontally...

#244 (permalink) 01-31-2008, 09:37 AM
GreenDazed42 borken Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 169	So, I made a setup similar to this, that will grow about six plants. I plan on getting a 600 watt HPS for when I flower, but I'm going to veg with CFL in the mean time. I plan on getting these bulbs; they're 105 watts (500 watt incandescent equivalent). Would it be smart to have one bulb for each plant, or could I get away with three down the middle? If I get six bulbs, that comes to $137 not including shipping. I might as well be getting a 600 watt HPS already for that much! EDIT: I just realized they're over 11 inches long! I intended to have them hanging vertically, but now maybe I'll have to make a hood and hang them horizontally... Last edited by GreenDazed42; 02-01-2008 at 01:22 AM.