Loststrain
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Okay so I'm headed off to home depot tomorrow to try and get a balast and hps bulb for budding. Any advice? I need all the help I can get. What EXACTLY should I get?
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Loststrain
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My grow area is about 5'x5' and I only plan on supporting about 3-4 plants MOST. And I can vegetate them. I have NO issue with that. But when it comes to budding I need help. I need a hps and ballast and yea home depot carries flood light hps lamps and that works just as good I juat need to know what bulb to get. I can get up to a 500w but I would like to keep it around 150 I just need to know what lumens?
NLXSK1
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Lumens are a measure of brightness... That would be determined by the bulb..
Loststrain
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What SHOULD I use though? I KNOW it's the color. But what should it be?
NLXSK1
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Lumens are not the color.
Are you sure you are talking about HPS bulbs or are you talking flourescents? Cause flourescent bulbs have different light frequencies 3000K - 6500K or something like that. Is that what you are looking for?
Loststrain
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What is the cheapest, yet good enough for dense nice buds, lights I could use?
NLXSK1
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There are no cheapest yet great dense bud lights...
Because of your bizzare question I looked up the temperature of HPS lights and they seem to be in the 2000 - 2100K range. HPS bulbs are a type of bulb so their temperature does not change significantly. To change the temperature range people use HID lighting for vegging which has a different temperature range.
If you want to go cheap you can buy T-5 flourescent fixtures or use CFL bulbs but you are not going to get dense nuggets.
If you want quality buds you are going to have to look at a 600 - 1000W HPS light system which will run you somewhere between 150 & 250 dollars.
Loststrain
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I'm like dirt poor and I have a 4' double tube fixture. Is there no lights I can buy to use for budding? Are there none strong enough?
NLXSK1
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Growing bud costs money dude... I dont know what you want from me.
john pickle
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Loststrain
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10' and I mean this sucks because I've seen them use cfl's on youtube?
john pickle
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yeah cfls can be used but you have a fair amount of height, can you really afford a HPS ballast,bulb and hood and ventilation?
NLXSK1
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I am just hitting the new post button. Didnt realize this was in the CFL forum asking about HPS lights. I might be high...