Im going out tomorrow to purchase the light hood for my growroom. Im putting kinda a lot of money into this and I dont want to fuck it up so i need some input please. I have a budget of $80 for the lights to keep in mind. Im prolly gunna buy a flouro hood, with a bulb that can produce at least 2400 lumens. I know that you need a lot more light than that durring the flowering stage, so im gunna change the hood. So i guess my question is, Will that be a good setup for the first part of the growing stage?Also what should i use for the flowering stage so i can price check when i got shopping tomarrow.
Hey why dont you check ebay it has some really good deals on lots of CFL bulbs. You could get a whole bunch of 23w cfls, and a fixture for that kind of money. Hoods are generally expensive and unnecessary for CFL's IMO. All you really need is lots of CFL bulbs close to your plants and mylar.
well im only in the vegging stage so i dont need 400w hps right now....will the floro tubes work untill its ready for the flowering stage?
i wud recommend buying an envirolite from either ebay or an online store, great for the money. theres a video of a guy who grew i think close to 10 plants with just a 200 watter (£39.95 [SIZE=-1]18000 Lumens) [/SIZE]