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dura72

dura72

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and bend the wings on your reflector back, youll get better light spread, no point in just concentrating in one small footprint.
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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lmao ya can tell im not a CFL grower. Is there enough light there to flower all thos girls? is that just for veg of you have something else for flower mate
 
dura72

dura72

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im the same, i use cfls for seeds and clones and also as slow holding veg lights but real growing is done with hid lights.
 
Closetgardner

Closetgardner

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Yh 450w of cfl will produce good bud but at 3 plants max!! I veg with them but Its a 600w hps for flower. I should soon have my 250mh for veg soon tho.
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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Im using thos high output tubes atm for veg/clones, 500w with fuck all heat or very little lol i love thos lightwave t5s excellent bits of kit. Ive used thos 250w cfl jobbies for veg but they chuck out more heat than the tubes and they are fucking expensive for the bulbs so if any of you fuckers want a hood and bulb you know where to come hahaha.
 
Closetgardner

Closetgardner

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I've never herd of digi bulbs lmao. I agree those cfls do throw out loads of heat, which is ok at this time o year. Drop me a pm with details band price of your hood/bulb jimmy.
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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Digi bulbs are the best bang for your buck about closet. Forget thos crappy leds. Plasma lighting is still newish and far too expensive so with the right ballast and digi bulbs the spectrum put out is by far the best option about for the indoor gardener. Run about 80 quid a bulb and theres only one place i know that stocks them this side of the water for some reason. Ill post up some specs later as my girls are calling for a drink. Really should ave gone with bigger pots lmao. I think that hood is the power plant one built for the 250 cfl, its in me loft mate so ill check out a grow shop to make sure what i have lol.
 
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IC3M4L3

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i use dual spec hps,the sunmaster ones,, best i think, anyways,, i always thought u couldnt use a MH bulb on a hps ballast,, i now here thats just a maketing ploy to make u spend more SO from now on im gunna use a 600MH for veg and HPS for flower

i use cfls for kjeeping them in mu clone box u need much more cfls than that buddy for that amount of plants,,smaller pots would have been easier to regulate the feeding

JIMMY u use one of those filter damn i bet u get sum hi water bills buddy,, we just got a gps watermeter fitted had no choice, they dont even need to come out to get my meter readings now just satelite shit,, just another example of big brother watching u,,wouldnt suprise me if they put mics in em to be fucking nosey,the cunts

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lumatek-High-Par-Digital-HPS-600W-Bulb-/170928561229?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item27cc22dc4d

digital bulbs?
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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Yes mate my water bill is high lol, couldnt work out why for a long time then figured its the ro machine hahaha its olny cause im hand watering and run to waste is not the best way to go. You use far more nutes and water with this method so when i go back to hydro my water bill will be more acceptable lol and ill save some dosh on the nutes as well. Most magnectic ballsts can use MH/HPS but i have an old one which is over 10years old which doesnt so check, it'll say what it runs on the ballast mate. MH is the way to go for veg and the first week or so with flower then swap to HPS. Now ive gotta go haha cant be arsed but my gals are calling.
 
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IC3M4L3

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jimmygreenfingers said:
Yes mate my water bill is high lol, couldnt work out why for a long time then figured its the ro machine hahaha its olny cause im hand watering and run to waste is not the best way to go. You use far more nutes and water with this method so when i go back to hydro my water bill will be more acceptable lol and ill save some dosh on the nutes as well. Most magnectic ballsts can use MH/HPS but i have an old one which is over 10years old which doesnt so check, it'll say what it runs on the ballast mate. MH is the way to go for veg and the first week or so with flower then swap to HPS. Now ive gotta go haha cant be arsed but my gals are calling.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lumatek-High-Par-Digital-HPS-600W-Bulb-/170928561229?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item27cc22dc4d

thats my ballast :) cheapa dnc hearful,, u use one of the old black ones? lol, i got a 250 hps but the ballast is built in one of those big white boxes,, i think it was a flood light? hmm anyways gunna look for a broken ballast and tear it apart and put the insides of the broken ballast in the bin and get the 250 in ther instead

now im getting thes growing part and not being lazy part down il get the MH bulb,, iv started buying all sorts of ods and ends it fucking adds up but that box u sent me jim is HUGGE so il get most in ther lmao

ANYONE GOT A BROKEN BALLAST?
 
shiftyuk

shiftyuk

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cfl's are for veg,i got 11 plants in total,got a sunmaster dual hps for flower,was gonna use in combo with cfl's if needed during flower,
all in secret jardin 120,i have carbon filter for later/smelly stage.
 
Closetgardner

Closetgardner

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There's a how to, in the diy section. It's for converting the light you've got into one with a remote ballast. You should check it out ice.
 
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IC3M4L3

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shiftyuk said:
cfl's are for veg,i got 11 plants in total,got a sunmaster dual hps for flower,was gonna use in combo with cfl's if needed during flower,
all in secret jardin 120,i have carbon filter for later/smelly stage.
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how many watts in cfls u got mate,, i cant remember but thers a recomended amount u should use per plant. and ther blue spec yes>?
 
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IC3M4L3

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Closetgardner said:
There's a how to, in the diy section. It's for converting the light you've got into one with a remote ballast. You should check it out ice.
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its like a big white box with a refelctor and ballast built in,, ive got another hood, and wires n shit,all i wanna do is get a old broken ballast strip the insides and pu the 250 in ther,, so i got seprate ballast and hood,, was gunna craft one out of wood with pc fan ect to keep it mega cool,, but im unsure if putting it in wood is safe
 
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