Things to Know About Lighting

Idk why but I doesn't say anywhere on the package if it is is there any othere way to find out. The only thing it says an idk if it helps [ General Purpose ]

SeaMonkey Smokes said:

Ok so I've been doing 12 on then 12 off an its growing but ur sayin I should give it more light ? ? O an PLEASE reply to the post in the { things you should know about lighting } I'm pretty sure that's what its called please look at the setup in the pic

P.s. So I just put it in dark cycle 10 min. Ago should I turn the light back on ?

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If you're serious about growing a nice plant(s), you need:

a timer so your lights go on and off at the exact same time each day. You can get one at walmart for like $5 or as much as $50 depending on what you get. I just have a cheapo one for $5

And you need "daylight" bulbs. They are the ones that give off a cool blue tone of light. The warm white bulbs are for the flowering stage. During the plants first 2-3 months of life, it needs the blueish daylight bulbs.

This is the type of bulb you need for vegatation stage: Product Information Error Page

Later, when it's time for budding, you will need to switch to either a warm white, a MH, or a MPS type light. Or put them outside, but by that time there will be more light than just 12hours so that wont work.

I'd go to the hydro store and get some fox farm soil and some grow big fertilizer too. Everyone here uses the shit including me.

And the baby plants should get 18 or more hours of light per day while in veg stage.

And get a small fan to to keep the plants cool, one of those rotating ones is best but w/e.

And keep the light as close as you can to the plant to keep it from streatching. Since CFL's dont get hot, you can keep them like 2" to 4" away from the plants. Closer the better.

Hi there ya all. Has anyone considered LED lighting? They're starting to be used for street lighting amongst other applications. The cover of High Times Dec-Jan 08 shows a suacer type arrangement that draws 90 watts equiv to 400 watt HPS setup. Must be worth some study!!

We've just got to win this war!!
More is better, much more is much better, most is best. I know, 'çause Í paid for it.

Is this what you are talking about, just discovered it yesterday. i have 4 -225 led panels with both red and blue mixed on the walls of my grow room, the plants that are directly in front of them seem to love them and have fan leaves that have turned sideways to catch the extra light.

I plant to take one of the panels and see if i can use it on the clones or maybe in my aerogarden which i now use to start seeds. just to see if it makes a difference if i went to an all led grow.

whoops, heres the link....90 Watt Super Grow UFO LED Light - eBay (item 320219397505 end time Feb-21-08 00:39:41 PST)

there is also a 300 watt one.

Hi there Crysis, good to see that someone is up and running with the ball. The price of the item on ebay seems to be a little steep for my likeing. And anyway, I'm sorta retired, the law bought a sudden and abrupt halt to my investigations and freebooting ways. (NZ policemen are super straight and super efficient.) (Bugger, as we say here.) Anyway, a little bit of research and tinkering should get these things out on the street for a much more acceptable price. The LEDs are not that expenceive and the control circiutry is not that complicated considering that you only want a constant light source as versus something that goes from dim to bright and back again. Do you have a pic of your panel? Did you build it yourself or was it bought?
Keep up the good work . . .
More is better, much more much better, and most is best. (Particularly when it comes to light.)
Rgds
Jo

ok i have been wondering this for a long time. when you go to a large concert, you will see the stage washed with different colored lights, not the lights that move around. the non moving lights are just regular bulbs with a colored gel over them generating all the different colors on the stage. these gels are available at theatrical supply stores, from companies like rosco, gamcolor, lee filters, etc. they may be available thought pro photography shops to correct the flash's color. there are a ton of colors & intensities (how much % of light makes it from the light bulb through the filter). they make swatch samples that are free at suppliers with transmission % on a graph of the kelvin scale. i believe it is lee filters that makes a color called straw available in full cto 1/2cto and 1/4 cto that would be good at changing the spectrum of a MH light into one that resembles a hps. has anyone used a gel to change a mh spectrum to a hps spectrum?

If the oil from a fingerprint can make one of these bulbs explode, I think putting gel on it can only guarantee that you will be calling either the fire department or an ambulance soon afterwards.
I wouldnt do that if i were you, maybe a glass filter or filtered lens but nothing directly touching the bulb.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't doing that simply cut out the other light rather than boost the color of the gel, to begin with?

Ok Look I Have A Aquarium Light N A Florescent
Stand Up Light Like For A Desk Or Sumtin But
My Plants Recently Started To Act Weird
Like The Bottom Leaves R Drying Out N Sumtimes
Da Leafs Start To Droop Down Wuts Goin On Please Anybody Help
Its Like In A File Cabenet Box

CHICAGOSKUNK said:

Ok Look I Have A Aquarium Light N A Florescent
Stand Up Light Like For A Desk Or Sumtin But
My Plants Recently Started To Act Weird
Like The Bottom Leaves R Drying Out N Sumtimes
Da Leafs Start To Droop Down Wuts Goin On Please Anybody Help
Its Like In A File Cabenet Box

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How dry do you let the soil get between waterings?

How many CFLs/what wattage should i use for 7.5cubic feet of space. approx 4 plants

ive heard you can bend the stem of your plant so that it will only grow as tall as you want it. Is this true? and will both male and female produce smokeable buds? also i need to know if it is good to wet the whole plant down when watering?

chimpswin said:

ok i have been wondering this for a long time. when you go to a large concert, you will see the stage washed with different colored lights, not the lights that move around. the non moving lights are just regular bulbs with a colored gel over them generating all the different colors on the stage. these gels are available at theatrical supply stores, from companies like rosco, gamcolor, lee filters, etc. they may be available thought pro photography shops to correct the flash's color. there are a ton of colors & intensities (how much % of light makes it from the light bulb through the filter). they make swatch samples that are free at suppliers with transmission % on a graph of the kelvin scale. i believe it is lee filters that makes a color called straw available in full cto 1/2cto and 1/4 cto that would be good at changing the spectrum of a MH light into one that resembles a hps. has anyone used a gel to change a mh spectrum to a hps spectrum?

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Nah , They are just filters, and reduce lumens considerably. the most light comes from an ungelled lighting instrument.I worked in the theatre as a lighting tech and have a lot of experience with gels. Photographic gels may be a different story I don't know.

chrysis said:

If the oil from a fingerprint can make one of these bulbs explode, I think putting gel on it can only guarantee that you will be calling either the fire department or an ambulance soon afterwards.
I wouldnt do that if i were you, maybe a glass filter or filtered lens but nothing directly touching the bulb.

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In the theater the gels are at least 6 inches from the bulbs. Those are the bulbs you can't touch!! They can explode violently from a single spot of oily dust, I have seen it happen.

I'd like to point out.. if it has been missed in here.. that the T5 lamps WILL burn your plants if they come into contact.

Enigma

1stymer said:

you need a good light? go to any large construction site and steal a 400w mh wobble light. they are all over large site.

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Don't assume that because we break cannabis law, this forum is a den of thieves. You don't need a light bad enough to steal one.

thanks 4 all the good light info.

i have a questionn, i live in a really hot and dry placee and my plant is not growing for sh*t, ive had it for like a week and a half and its not even and inch tall.. i leave it outside for like 10 hours of sunlight but the climate is really hot and dry so my plant is drying out i guess because its browning a little bit.. but now im putting it under a 20 watt/1125 lumens bulb like 9 inches away from the plant at night so i can reduce the hours of sunlight exposure during the day... so it wont dry out. is this a wise desicion?
or how do i keep it from drying out?