Sideways or Vertical?????????

chillwills

chillwills

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Why do most of you hang your CFLs vertically and not sideways? Wouldn't sideways bulbs give off more light because of more surface area?

Are there any studies or comparisons that have been done?

Its not like an hps that is pumping out tons of lumens.

I guess i want to hear from those who have tried both.
 
chillwills

chillwills

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sheesh. why didnt this post make it to "new posts?"

I am very interested in getting to the bottom of this
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Yes, sideways is better, but out of laziness or just ease of setup, many of us put them diagonal or vertical, oh well! But you are correct, more surface area=more lumens
 
Gastanker

Gastanker

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Metasynth said:
Yes, sideways is better, but out of laziness or just ease of setup, many of us put them diagonal or vertical, oh well! But you are correct, more surface area=more lumens
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You need to look at the specific CFLs cast pattern. One second and I'll s/s a few - generally haning downwards is better - they are designed to cast to the sides in a forward direction (don't ask me how they do this)



This would be the bulb hanging downwards - with a reflector this is amplified.
 
WvMade

WvMade

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Yea i can tell with my 65 watt cfls hanging up and down all the lights down down and above it you can tell theres not much going up, so i think if your gonna put them sideways to deff need some type of reflecter
 
chillwills

chillwills

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sweet ,thank you sir.

I always figured if you can only get the plant 2 or 3 inches away from the light, you would want as much coverage as possible.

but Ive seen people say vertical is better....i assume it is because they have a vertical setup lol.

it does seem alot easier to hook up a bunch of splitters and just let your plants hang like most people do.

I guess maybe if you dont LST and your plant stretches it might be better to go vertical
 
chillwills

chillwills

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Gastanker said:
You need to look at the specific CFLs cast pattern. One second and I'll s/s a few - generally haning downwards is better - they are designed to cast to the sides in a forward direction (don't ask me how they do this)

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where did you find this at?
 
WvMade

WvMade

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Yea i hang mine and i get pretty close 1-2 inches 2 while there young then later on i can get about an inch. i've put them so close that overnight they grow and touch the bulbs so i gotta raise them in the morning
 
Gastanker

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chillwills said:
sweet ,thank you sir.

I always figured if you can only get the plant 2 or 3 inches away from the light, you would want as much coverage as possible.

but Ive seen people say vertical is better....i assume it is because they have a vertical setup lol.

it does seem alot easier to hook up a bunch of splitters and just let your plants hang like most people do.

I guess maybe if you dont LST and your plant stretches it might be better to go vertical
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I would say to SCROG or to hang the bulbs within the canopy. If you submerse a bulb almost all of its light is directly hitting vegetative matter in every direction - this is by far the most advantageous. I think there was another plant infront of those removed for the picture. Small bulbs up top and bigger bulbs below works to produce great lollipops.



 
Gastanker

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Current tent uses fluoros on the sides and HID up top but my next project is going to be all Fluoros. CFLs up top and 4' T5s placed throughout.





Still calculating what would work best for 4x4 space and lollipops.
 
WvMade

WvMade

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What are lollipops i keep seeing ppl say this but never notice what there really talking about
 
Gastanker

Gastanker

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Lollipop is a plant that is mostly cola with a very narrow profile.

Three of those in the bathtub would be considered lollipops if I cut off the very lowest braches. Lolliopops allow for large numbers of plants in small areas with small veg times to maximize bud and minimize the rest of the plant matter.
 
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