Hi guys annie has a question for the CFL experts. Please be nice as she is a newbie.
I'm on my first grow and have managed to get a couple of nice plants from feminized seeds (pineapple chunk, LSD) who are happy in 1 gallon 70% coco 30% perlite tubs under a 6500k 125 CFL with reflector heavily lsted, pruned (i don't believe defoliation has a positive effect on yield but big fan leaves crowd out the light from the other plants i have had in there and with limited space its pretty much essential for me) but not topped. Under the same light sitting on the coco i have some feminized seeds about a week old (white skunk, lemon skunk)
Sorry to ramble i was just hoping to let you down gentlry about me not being annie. I will be flowering in the space that the plants are all currently in soon but i want to build a seperate place for seedlings and cuttings to veg.
I have been reading a few forums quite a bit and i am pretty confident i do not want to use the big 125 bulbs but would rather use a few bulbs of smaller wattage.
I am very confident that i don't want to use those spiral lights that i have seen on many grows (read a lot about them not being very efficient but would much rather use like a bulb that was pretty much exactly the size and shape of like 1/5 of the 125w bulbs?
Could anyone link me to a type of bulb that is like this? I have been looking at various places that sell lights (i am in the UK by the way) and most places that sell CFLs only sell the 2700k colour. I guess i have to buy them online but i have not been able to find any bulbs like how i described them? they are mostly more compact and folded over twice rather than once. Can anyone link me to any 20-60w lights that are like what i want or indeed lights that are considered optimal for what i want to use them for? just seems easier to make little reflectors for and more efficient of they are straight
Anyway i have clearly smoked too much weed while writing this so any replies are much appreciated and i would be happy to clarify anything i have not made clear
I'm on my first grow and have managed to get a couple of nice plants from feminized seeds (pineapple chunk, LSD) who are happy in 1 gallon 70% coco 30% perlite tubs under a 6500k 125 CFL with reflector heavily lsted, pruned (i don't believe defoliation has a positive effect on yield but big fan leaves crowd out the light from the other plants i have had in there and with limited space its pretty much essential for me) but not topped. Under the same light sitting on the coco i have some feminized seeds about a week old (white skunk, lemon skunk)
Sorry to ramble i was just hoping to let you down gentlry about me not being annie. I will be flowering in the space that the plants are all currently in soon but i want to build a seperate place for seedlings and cuttings to veg.
I have been reading a few forums quite a bit and i am pretty confident i do not want to use the big 125 bulbs but would rather use a few bulbs of smaller wattage.
I am very confident that i don't want to use those spiral lights that i have seen on many grows (read a lot about them not being very efficient but would much rather use like a bulb that was pretty much exactly the size and shape of like 1/5 of the 125w bulbs?
Could anyone link me to a type of bulb that is like this? I have been looking at various places that sell lights (i am in the UK by the way) and most places that sell CFLs only sell the 2700k colour. I guess i have to buy them online but i have not been able to find any bulbs like how i described them? they are mostly more compact and folded over twice rather than once. Can anyone link me to any 20-60w lights that are like what i want or indeed lights that are considered optimal for what i want to use them for? just seems easier to make little reflectors for and more efficient of they are straight
Anyway i have clearly smoked too much weed while writing this so any replies are much appreciated and i would be happy to clarify anything i have not made clear