******All mighty (( LIGHT )) thread*****

[Spider]

Does anyone know which colour (color ) of florecents is best to use for growing? and why? very warm white, warm white, white, cool white, i belive there is also a deluxe warm white as these lamps are cheaper i like to start off with these can anyone shed sum light on the question (excuse my awful pun i could not resist)

[TheTsunami]

cool = good for veg
warm = good for flowering

[Diesel86]

Say i decide to use the compact flourescent lightbulbs...what watt should i get for my lamp ill be using? and will i need a different watt for each state( vegetative and flowering)

[NaughtyDread]

no just a different light spectrum for flowering. veg = blue light
flowering = red light


get an hps, its night and day as far as bud production. ive seen some nice floro grows, but not much is returned after flowering

[Diesel86]

when u say blue does that mean like it needs to be a blue tint right

[told]

its blue to the plants, white to your eyes. but spectrums are weird, you cant really tell by looking at the light.

[W.A. grower]

i'm planning on starting a grow and i figure i will have 3-4 plants 4-5 feet high the only problem i have is the lighting i want at least 3, 4-6 foot tubes what should i get, one six-foot three-tube fixture or three one-tube six-foot fixtures also price is an issue under $100. also i was thinking of using a different kind for each tube one cool white one warm white and one "grow" light will this work?
PLEASE HELP!

[Spanishfly]

Interesting that you consider different colour temperatures for veg and flower. I am an outdoor grower, and my plants do fine under just the one light, called the sun.

[drugley]

Ah, but the sun delivers "all" the spectrums. Even the ones you can't see.

[Romain]

Is it possible to use a CFL with a HPS ballest/fitting/reflector? Or do i need a whole new fixture?

[Stank]

I have a question about your listing of the best lights.
You put CFL's as the least wanted and HID as the most wanted, my question is
are CFL's really bad if you have them in 125W or 200W in comparison to fluro and hid?

[Purilite]

Originally Posted by Stank

I have a question about your listing of the best lights.
You put CFL's as the least wanted and HID as the most wanted, my question is
are CFL's really bad if you have them in 125W or 200W in comparison to fluro and hid?

No not really. I have found the others to work better...but for now CFL's are fine.

[Spanishfly]

Originally Posted by drugley

Ah, but the sun delivers "all" the spectrums. Even the ones you can't see.

Not quite sure what you mean there. The sun has a colour temperature of 5600K, and so emits the spectrum associated with that temperature.

[Stank]

Originally Posted by Purilite

No not really. I have found the others to work better...but for now CFL's are fine.

Ok, thanks for the answer and thanks a bunch for this Light Thread!
I am sure a lot of newbs, including myself, will find it to be highly informative.

[toastybiz]

Originally Posted by Romain

Is it possible to use a CFL with a HPS ballest/fitting/reflector? Or do i need a whole new fixture?

CFLs work in a regular household fixture and have a built-on ballast. They are made to be energy-saving replacements for standard household bulbs. So no, don't screw a CFL into that HPS mogul fixture, which it won't fit in anyway.