burnseedless
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How should lights be setup?
Any Tips On CFL's ? Please don't talk about Hps/HID/MH
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pghdave420
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Close as you can.1-3 inches.and when in flower close to bud sites
burnseedless
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Ok So what about the lumens i see the some ppl have the bulbs setup differently? I'll give some examples, which setup is the right way?
pghdave420
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I didnt train my plant first grow .went 30 day veg and just hung all my cfls with extension cords and y light spliters all around the plant.the way they have them cfls setup in them pics would be good if you lst and top to keep plant low
SpaaaceCowboy
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just curious....is this fact ? No one has ever grown dense nuggs with cfls ?
sookmahdook
Member
I don't understand why this guy would come into the CFL forum, to someone's thread who is asking a question, just to put down CFLs and say LEDs are better.
scottdapot
New Member
duhhh,,cfl,s grow tight solid buds every time I harvest..so,,,very not true.
B166ER420
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Cfls are about $10 for 4/pk,those cree led bulbs are $10ea.For those of us that are a little more frugal with our money the cfls are a better choice.Four 23w cfls would definitely yield more than one 9.5w led bulb.A 6/pk of the led bulbs would be $65 or a 12/pk of the cfls would be $30
.How dense buds are has nothing to do with potency,or quality of smoke.
When the 14.5w/100w equivalent cree led bulbs are a reasonable price,i will be switching my cfls for leds... for the better light penetration? and power savings.
BACK to cfls....keep your cfls as close as possible without burning,with good airflow you can get them real close ,almost touching.
Make sure the bulbs are at an angle or that their sides are facing the plant.Dudes scrog in your example pic could have been better..just sayin',not knockin'
My cfls
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.How dense buds are has nothing to do with potency,or quality of smoke.When the 14.5w/100w equivalent cree led bulbs are a reasonable price,i will be switching my cfls for leds... for the better light penetration? and power savings.
BACK to cfls....keep your cfls as close as possible without burning,with good airflow you can get them real close ,almost touching.
Make sure the bulbs are at an angle or that their sides are facing the plant.Dudes scrog in your example pic could have been better..just sayin',not knockin'
My cfls
.peace
B166ER420
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Pics or it didn't happen!
Don Geno
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Hey brother hows it growing?Cfls are about $10 for 4/pk,those cree led bulbs are $10ea.For those of us that are a little more frugal with our money the cfls are a better choice.Four 23w cfls would definitely yield more than one 9.5w led bulb.A 6/pk of the led bulbs would be $65 or a 12/pk of the cfls would be $30
When the 14.5w/100w equivalent cree led bulbs are a reasonable price,i will be switching my cfls for leds... for the better light penetration? and power savings.
BACK to cfls....keep your cfls as close as possible without burning,with good airflow you can get them real close ,almost touching.
Make sure the bulbs are at an angle or that their sides are facing the plant.Dudes scrog in your example pic could have been better..just sayin',not knockin'
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My cfls
just curious on how you made your hood i'm trying to find a way to make a small good size hood for 7- 23 watts my only idea i have to go off of is a turkey pan thing 
help would be greatly appreciated and killer set up by the way!!
B166ER420
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Growing good bro,can't complain..........thanks!Hey brother hows it growing?
Don't use a foil turkey pan,if your a good do it yourself'er.Spend a little time making one you'll keep forever.Not knocking the pan cuz that's gonna be the cheapest and easiest route to go
Mine are made with ss roof flashing and 1/2" plywood ,mainly, with some aluminum tape,screws,wiring and know how....if you want me to tell you exactly how or knock some ideas around, pm me.
Sp33dymonk3y
Active Member
Don't flame me for my crappy set up
I'll be adding more CFLS later on. I got the amound of lumens I need for 2 plants but I'm doing 1 plant at a time so ;P ANYWYS put the back of ur hand underneath the cfl and if it's to hot for u then it's to hot for then plant. Cfls are cheap and I love em. Plus save electricity and doesn't make my fans work as hard to keep it cool
I'll be adding more CFLS later on. I got the amound of lumens I need for 2 plants but I'm doing 1 plant at a time so ;P ANYWYS put the back of ur hand underneath the cfl and if it's to hot for u then it's to hot for then plant. Cfls are cheap and I love em. Plus save electricity and doesn't make my fans work as hard to keep it coolAttachments
bernett stoner
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What will happen if you use both sun and cfl? Like me its my first grow I'm in flower
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Sp33dymonk3y
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I do not know from experience because I heard not to do it.. Changing the lumens and the light schedule will stress the plant.
dluck
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Horizontal with a hood is best..Y splitters hanging vertical will work decently and it's been proven that with time and effort you can produce just as good nuggs with CFL's as with HPS !
Sp33dymonk3y
Active Member
Yup coo
yup correct, the only diffeence is u just need a lot of cfls to catch up to hps. But if ur using same ways and same lumens as the hps and cfls results will more than likely be the same IMHO
dluck
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I have never used HPS but try to have 15000+ lumens per sq. foot of space with CFL's during flowering.
bernett stoner
Member
I've been doing it for the past two week no sings of strees