400W CFL Home Made Twin Reflector Grow !!!

brettsog said:

yeah but that was just one link, there are more that dont include the bulbs which are about £60-70.

trust me i tried on a budget and learned the hard way, i made reflectors bought near on 400w of cfls and got 44g from 4 plants on my first try. then i thought fuck it, bought a 250w hps and got 70.9g from one plant lights make all the difference and so does your equipment. the foil turkey trays make pretty good cfl reflectors especially when using the larger watt ones.

also with cfls i dont know if you looked into it properly but the best lumen to watt ratio is on the 23w/26w - 45w bulbs. its better to have 20 small bulbs placed all around the plant rather than just 2 big cfls above it

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brettsog said:

yeah but that was just one link, there are more that dont include the bulbs which are about £60-70.

trust me i tried on a budget and learned the hard way, i made reflectors bought near on 400w of cfls and got 44g from 4 plants on my first try. then i thought fuck it, bought a 250w hps and got 70.9g from one plant lights make all the difference and so does your equipment. the foil turkey trays make pretty good cfl reflectors especially when using the larger watt ones.

also with cfls i dont know if you looked into it properly but the best lumen to watt ratio is on the 23w/26w - 45w bulbs. its better to have 20 small bulbs placed all around the plant rather than just 2 big cfls above it

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hsfkush said:

£60-£70 is still a lot of money for someone who is using the benefit system. Job Seekers Allowance or Employment Support Allowance, they don't pay that much every 2 weeks. When I was on ESA I was only getting £126.49 every two weeks.

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