kronica420
Active Member
Im a 1st time grower, and my plant is no where near time to flower but im just curious.
What type of light should i use when im flowering?
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budsmoker706
Active Member
You want to use HPS lights for flowering. Here is a site that provides pretty good equipment. Got it from a user on here helping me with my grow.
http://www.hydroponics.net/
kronica420
Active Member
is there a cheaper type of light that i can use for flowering?
Herbal Healing 420
Active Member
you can use 2700k CFLs for flowering
wyteberrywidow
Global
Yeah u can use cfls 2700k for flowering or a 150 hps.The amount of cfls needed to get some decent buds u r better off going with the 150 imho.
littlewing
Active Member
definatley HPS, u can use cfls but you would compromise on yield.
if your planning more grows then get the HPS now maybe a little more money but it will pay for itself in the longrun.
if your planning more grows then get the HPS now maybe a little more money but it will pay for itself in the longrun.
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Illegal Smile
Guest
Your plant doesn't care if it gets lumens from cfls or hps. CFLs are cheaper and cooler. But don't use just 2700k, you want a mix of 2700 and 6500 for flower.
Smokey95033
Active Member
Not true, I have personally done grows with equal wattages of cfl's and hps's. There is no comparison. I think in Weed World #62 or so, there is an extremely detailed side by side grow. Everything was equal, except one side was cfl's and the other was hid's. Hid lights penetrate much farther into the foliage than cfl's. There are many more reasons why hid lights are the best light source for growing these days.
tommytoker
Member
HPS is the best light for flowering. I went to the electrical supply and bought a ballast, capacitor, ignighter and bulb and built my own for half the cost of a factory made one. I have 10 plants flowering 7 under HPS and 3 undercfls 2700k 100w and the difference is like black and white.
grow space
Well-Known Member
yuo can use whatever light you wan, even mh-s, but it is better to use hps lights when flowering cas it imitates the late summer sun the best.but you can use cfl-s as well.it up to you man....
