Kamel's CFL Guide

[hitmanbob]

i believe mogul base screws into a large socket than a normal socket. btw, you're links arent working so i have no idea what lamp or adapter you are talking about. the light you are talking about is a CFL thats set up in a circular pattern, right? the tubes are U shaped an theres a lot of them, right?

[FEAR]

is it practical to use a setup like this for 15-20 plants? or would it just be better to go with an mh and hps setup?

[SmknVTEC]

friendwithfungi, one can never have too much light unless the lights make the room too hot. I suppose 1 26 watt will grow bud just not very much of it. Get as many as you can.

FEAR, for 15-20 plants you are better off with at least 1000 watt HID. Any less than that and you can cut the plant amounts in half and basically get the same yield.

[fartsalot]

What would be a good sized container to flower a plant grown from seed under 100 watts cfl be? Thanks! Awesome thread.

[SmknVTEC]

You can flower in a one-five gallon pot. It is really your choice.

[sk8rgetz89]

Im growing 4 plants right now how many lights, watts should i get?

[SmknVTEC]

Originally Posted by sk8rgetz89

Im growing 4 plants right now how many lights, watts should i get?

As many watts as you can. The plant will flower with a bare minimum of 30 watts per square foot.

[jmanja420]

hey dudes check out my first grow, im using cfl's

http://forum.grasscity.com/general-i...-grow-pic.html

cheers

[Clapton Is God]

Should I use only daylight bulbs when the plant is growing and soft white when flowering or is it ok to use both?

[Starvin]

Originally Posted by FEAR

is it practical to use a setup like this for 15-20 plants? or would it just be better to go with an mh and hps setup?

I am trying to figure out lighting for a grow room in the attic 5' x 8' but the ceiling height is aproximately 6' and angled downward from the roof slope. I fear that a MH or HPS system will have too much heat and will take up too much space from the 6' height of the room.

Therefore I was looking at t-5 Flourescent lighting, 4ft x 4 tubes.

How well will this work?

Thanks in advance

[SmknVTEC]

Originally Posted by Starvin

I am trying to figure out lighting for a grow room in the attic 5' x 8' but the ceiling height is aproximately 6' and angled downward from the roof slope. I fear that a MH or HPS system will have too much heat and will take up too much space from the 6' height of the room.

Therefore I was looking at t-5 Flourescent lighting, 4ft x 4 tubes.

How well will this work?

Thanks in advance

If you plan to light the whole 5' x 8' space you will need at least 600 watts. If you just plan for 3-4 nice plants, the T-5 will be great.

[joekidd7]

I'm a noob and got some questions. I went to walmart today and bought a bunch of these CFLs. I bought four GE 42watters and six GE 26watters but I can't find anywhere on the bulb or the package that tells me if their daylight or softwhite.The only numbers on the package are on the 42w bulbs-2700 lumens and on the 26w bulbs-1750 lumens.

Does anybody know what the hell I got just from this info? I shined them on the wall and they all look yellowish to me. did I buy the wrong ones or what? I planned on two plants with two 42w bulbs on top and a split with two 42w bulbs down the middle and then placing the smaller ones in and around where needed, but I want a full set of the right spectrum for each stage. Any help would be appreciated.

[joekidd7]

Okay I found the info I was looking for at their website. All of these bulbs are the 2700k spectrum. Well I guess I'm set for flowering but now I'm off to go find some 6500ks.

[SmknVTEC]

They are called "daylight"

[straittotheface]

okay so i have a question.
i dont really have a whole lot of money to get started
actually pretty much no money, but people are willing to loan me money u kno
and the thing is ive got a shit tone of those long Florecent lights cuz ive been messing
with animals my whole life and i was woundering if its prolly just a good idea to get like
idk 10 or 15 of those flouros workin so i can just LST and use a bunch of flouros to get srated, with a few plants make some money off them and then buy a nice HPS light.
cuz i would like to try and get around a half pound atleast for my first time.
im gunna be growing afghani and i wondering if u think if i did everything right id be able to get about a half off 3 plants. cuz im gunna be growing in an attic, im building a 5'-4' growing boxand i could get hella lights going with those flouros, oh and can u use too many of those, and electric bill is no problem, i live in a bug house, and its about to be winter anyways, electrics goin up anywas