Lights

[Richard down]

whats your thoughts on growing 3 plants with 60w daylight cfls

 

[Bareback]

Great for starting seed. But if you want a cheap light use the 19w LEDs from wally world.

 

[Richard down]

I just switched from 40w CFL soft light to 4 60w daylight CFL and they reacted quickly. How many of the led do you use. ? I'm just looking to get them to veg a lot and get big and bushy. Do you usually use more lights to flower?

 

[Olive Drab Green]

You're going to want better light if you hope to yield anything more than a fraction of an ounce.

 

[Richard down]

You're going to want better light if you hope to yield anything more than a fraction of an ounce.

So you think 6 more 60w cfls will do?

 

[Olive Drab Green]

So you think 6 more 60w cfls will do?

I think COBs. Or a 400 to 600w HPS.

 

[Richard down]

I think COBs. Or a 400 to 600w HPS.

Like the led cobs? How many and how many w?

 

[Bareback]

First off I want to say welcome.

So I use mh for veg and hps for flower.

But to answer your original question, I use 3 5000k and 1 3000k CFL to start seed, also add 1 3500k , 1 6500k 19w led.

I have a diy fixture with all of this mounted to it. For details pm me.

 

[Richard down]

First off I want to say welcome.

So I use mh for veg and hps for flower.

But to answer your original question, I use 3 5000k and 1 3000k CFL to start seed, also add 1 3500k , 1 6500k 19w led.

I have a diy fixture with all of this mounted to it. For details pm me.

Thank you sir for your knowledge.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Like the led cobs? How many and how many w?

What size space do you have?

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Here's what 241w gets me in a 4x2 closet. Second week of flowering:

 

[Bareback]

Olive's lights are a thousand times better than what I have referred to. And 500 times more expensive but if you can afford it. That's why I said cheap. How ever my diy fixture is out performing my 600 hps , more Bud site's, with better development. I am running a side by side comparison, and so far the diy is winning. Unbelievable, I know, I think the hps will win but it's not right now.

My experiment is to see the effect of changing spectrum though out flower, by adding or removing 3000k/5000k/6500k .

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Olive's lights are a thousand times better than what I have referred to. And 500 times more expensive but if you can afford it. That's why I said cheap. How ever my diy fixture is out performing my 600 hps , more Bud site's, with better development. I am running a side by side comparison, and so far the diy is winning. Unbelievable, I know, I think the hps will win but it's not right now.

My experiment is to see the effect of changing spectrum though out flower, by adding or removing 3000k/5000k/6500k .

Meh, it was like $500-600 for that setup. I chose to get three hard-driven single-emitter fixtures instead of 1 soft-driven 3-emitter fixture. For filling this kind of space (up to a 4.5x4.5) it costs about $500, and you only use about 270w per kWh (241 for the lights, the rest between three fans and three drivers), so like $9-20 a month for the PPFD of a 600w HPS.

 

[Bareback]

Are those tasty?

 

[Olive Drab Green]

$8.10 a month in flower, $15.39 a month in veg.

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Are those tasty?

That, they are.

 

[Bareback]

Here's what 241w gets me in a 4x2 closet. Second week of flowering:

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Is that pineapple growing

 

[Olive Drab Green]

Is that pineapple growing

Sure is.

 

[Tim Fox]

Home Depot Time!

 

[Bareback]

Sure is. [/QUOT

I hate to do this to the op but I have to ask. How much will you yield from the pineapple lol.