Well I finally went and got me my larger floro fixtures. Shit those are cheap. A unit that holds two 48" bulbs was only $8 at Lowes. But anyhow. I bought two bulbs 40w each called "Growing" bulbs for indoor growing and fish tanks. They were about $5 each. I also bought some cool floro's to mix in one in each unit, those were only $1 or so each. So that said? Did I spend good or throw money away? Should I have just got regular cheap floro's? Or do the grow bulbs work pretty good? I did notice though they are rated a higher watt, they are more of a redish glow and not as bright as a 25w cool floro. Anyone use these?
40w fluros..way to go your getting there.. that should work good...maybe get another one to get a bit more out of it.
the grow tubes r a waste of time and money, a mix of cool and warm $1 tubes wud of bin a lot better. now u have them tho, get cool white fluros and use 3 cool to 1 red "grow" tube. the cools r all u need to veg, a mix of cool and warm is best to flower but if u dint have any warm tubes the "grow" will do at a push.
I was just looking at watts and seen the 40w grow tubes, vs the 25w regular warm or cools. Figured they should be good. Ive got them a good 6-8" from the plants, but on nearly all sides.
well....heres my little bit on floros. I began my first grow under 300 watts of floros, which is a fairly good amount of wattage. But, recently, i got myself 200 watts wortha HPS...now i do know that they are fairly expensive, but personally, from the results ive seen so far, as compared to the floros, i would save up for a little bit, and dish out for the HPS. ITS THAT NOTICEABLE. Im not saying floros are a total waste of money, im just saying that if you really are expecting that much more from this trade, i would spend that much more to achieve it! just my $2.07 (i got tired of that 10 cents, and two cents...so i tossed in a little more in) _B_ Ps-if you search around the forum, you will notice some people who have achieved fairly good results from floros, i mean it is possible. so you can listen to me or not.....your choice!
Oh man I hear ya and know what you are saying. Thing is im not out to have a huge grow. From now until next May I would like to produce 1-2 ounces of bud, plus have a mum or two ready by May for clones. I think what I have should get me there. Only thing that worries me is my floro's are not super close to the plants. They are a good 8" from the leaves right now since the plants are small. I hope they still work.
if they have any root structure, i'd move them dowm to within 2 or 3 inches or the tops, unless heat says otherwise. just my $4.20
Yea, I would like to get them as close as I can, but the lights are 48" long. My room does not have those lengths. That is why I have them hanging on the walls. I do have the HPS shining straight down though.
4 fluros to work well they must b close to the plants, there isnt really a way round that. the way u have ur room set up is ok 4 cloning as ambent light will keep them alive and the hps shud limit the streach. if u only want to veg to a short hight then then aslong as the hps is near the tops of the plants u shud b ok. if u want to flower then flip to 12/12 as soon as the clones have enough root, u stand a better chance of growing 8 plants with just over a 8th each than 1 plant of 1.5oz u have white and red "grow" tubes in the dubble fittings. bin the red tubes, u have all the red u need in the hps, the white will give u more lumes. ur room will do gr8 to keep a mother or 2 in. £free of charge£
Thanks for the advice guys. All and all its seems im on the right path. I might see if I can rig up some way to hang my floro's a few inches closer to my plants. The place they hang right now is good, but only once the plants get bigger and they start to reach. I do plan to top them. Well four plants, if I can get a 1/4 ounce each by say Jan? Is that possible? Prob veg the plants up to 12 inches or so?
Two of the clones have already grown about 2" since ive put them in their new larger homes (3 gallon bucket). About two inches in 9 days....ill take that I just pinched the top on them today.