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2Hearts
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Easiest cheapest setup is a couple t8 2foot flourescent and a desk fan, just make sure the bulb is a plant grow bulb like a grolux or somthing and this will get you started.
Dr.Pecker
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You don't have to use a grow bulb.
Budzbuddha
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Those "grow bulbs " by sylvania / Phillips and others are low wattage and won't get much started. They produce a blue spectrum but at far less usable power. CFL ECOSMART bulbs @5000k ( daylight ) type will give good results. Feint Electric has bulbs in the 6400k spectrum and are reasonable in price. I use a mixed spectrum of these to initiate VEG stage for a few weeks BEFORE moving them to an LED setup.
You CAN grow with CFL , but recommend using for auto plants that can be finished quickly. For Photo strains I START veg with these and then let the LED to take those plants into its longer run.
This is the find of the week.
You can find cheap CFL to get you going. These were 59 ¢ each at 99¢ store.
I bought like 25 of these fuckers for my hood.
46w 150w equiv. ( 2650 lumen each )
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2Hearts
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Nope but they are so cheap i dont know why new growers wouldnt and then when they have some good experience they can start experimenting with all the different phosphorus mixes and spectrums. You dont have to buy cannabis specific ferts either but most of us do because its best practice. Try not to confuse peeps, theres the easy way and theres everything else.
2Hearts
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Yer i use a 4 bulb t5 2foot lightwave similar to the quantums and ive yielded 100grams of 98watts many times and theres plenty flourescent journals where youll find similar results.
The reason i say plant specific bulbs is because the company took a bit extra time to source phosphorus coatings that are better than your average office flouro.
When you say 46w cfl is equivelant to 150w then im afraid you have been duped by some clever marketing and some impossible physics although there is some increase just not in the plant spectrum more the green (white) light.
Every one on a tight budget here (maybe ask yo moma to up that pocket money
) because my lights look sleek and sexy with out the hassle of connecting a million puny cfls to electrical sockets, just plug in, hang up and grow (kiss).
With flouros for veg and hps for flower id really need a good reason to mess with cfl or led. You asked about yield and the answer is " A good grower will get close to 1gram a watt with flourescents or hps".
That hype about 46w cfls being equivelant to 150w is what good growers call a myth, pure snake oil and there are many that will back this up.
The reason i say plant specific bulbs is because the company took a bit extra time to source phosphorus coatings that are better than your average office flouro.
When you say 46w cfl is equivelant to 150w then im afraid you have been duped by some clever marketing and some impossible physics although there is some increase just not in the plant spectrum more the green (white) light.
Every one on a tight budget here (maybe ask yo moma to up that pocket money
) because my lights look sleek and sexy with out the hassle of connecting a million puny cfls to electrical sockets, just plug in, hang up and grow (kiss).With flouros for veg and hps for flower id really need a good reason to mess with cfl or led. You asked about yield and the answer is " A good grower will get close to 1gram a watt with flourescents or hps".
That hype about 46w cfls being equivelant to 150w is what good growers call a myth, pure snake oil and there are many that will back this up.
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