Sideways or Vertical?????????

nice! that almost looks like 2 plants

Gastanker said:

You need to look at the specific CFLs cast pattern. One second and I'll s/s a few - generally haning downwards is better - they are designed to cast to the sides in a forward direction (don't ask me how they do this)

This would be the bulb hanging downwards - with a reflector this is amplified.

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nice!!
also I found
ignoring the led thing...if you want.....



CFL
Light Source Efficacy65lm/W 54% Fixture Efficacy35 lm/W
XLamp XR-E Neutral White
Light Source Efficacy58 lm/W 77% Fixture Efficacy44 lm/W
I believe that CFl's are not strong enough to get 100% out of your plant... but if you put them vertically with a good reflector, then you will be getting at least a decent 'hot spot' (lumen wise).. SO you get less space for more light intensity... if you use enough, it might be worth it to go horizontal... right?


To calculate fixture loss for the CFL example, we assumed 85 percent reflectivity for the fixture reflector cup and that 60 percent of the light will hit the reflector cup. Therefore, the optical efficiency will be:

Optical Efficiency = (100% x 40%) + (85% x 60%)
Optical Efficiency = 91%

from
/www.digikey.com

Sideways all day.you can cover more ground with a trellis . 1 plant can cover the tent / trellis in 2 weeks

chillwills said:

lollipopping is when you grow your plant single cola style w/ just the main cola. Just like his virtual pic above

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Lolypopin is taking of al the lower silly little stalks and leaves so the bottom part of the pla t that gets little light is bare and not wasting energy which is directed to the higher buds but you don' get one cola like that pic you vet fuck off monster plants