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igogreen

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i just bought a 65 watt plant light made by GE. it is not a fluorescent bulb.
will this work for my now flowering plant? please help me
 
desertrat

desertrat

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you need a lot more light if you want to get decent bud. ditch the ge light and get 100 actual watts of fluorescent. that's the minimum - get more if you can.
 
JonnyBtreed

JonnyBtreed

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Yeah, your talking about those blue spotlight looking things right? Naw man, their still incandescent and other than supplemental heating their garbage.
 
BigBudBalls

BigBudBalls

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I used that bulb for the first week of a seedling. Ditched it and never looked back. Look at the CFLs. You will be MUCH happier.
(HPS is the king of the hill, if ya can swing it)

(But at least it isn't LEDs :) )
 
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igogreen

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haha yea the blue spotlight but luckily you guys told me its garbage and bought a 100watt cfl. but i noticed in fine print it says it takes 14 watts to power the light or something like that. is that still okay? oh and how much do those sodium lights retail for?
 
BigBudBalls

BigBudBalls

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igogreen said:
haha yea the blue spotlight but luckily you guys told me its garbage and bought a 100watt cfl. but i noticed in fine print it says it takes 14 watts to power the light or something like that. is that still okay? oh and how much do those sodium lights retail for?
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With CFL's go by the *real* watts (what it uses) not the equivalent watts.

If I remember right a 23W CFL = 100W 'regular' bulb.
Now the color of th CFL matters too to a lesser degree) But I'll let the CFL guys set you straight there.
 
BigBudBalls

BigBudBalls

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igogreen said:
damn. where can i buy REAL cfl lights that are 100watt?
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You just gotta read the label a bit closer.

HD and Lowes, depending on locale, may have them.

But a 23W CFL is the equivalent of a 100W incandescent bulb. The 42W CFLs are the Equiv of a 150W.

A few 23W strategically placed are better then a single 100W. The CFLs light intensity falls off fast.
 
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