what kind of lighting

[KGod86]

would i need if i were going to grow 10 plants? i want to use floresant, but how many? and what wattage?

little cubby hole in the house..

[Skiing Arab]

Go with HPS lamps (High preasure sodium), although they are more expencive it will be worth it.
I could be wrong but id of thought 3 of them at 600watt possibly 400watt would do the trick.
http://www.pfolighting.com/Horticulture-Grow-Info.aspx check that out anyway it should help you.

[OmegaVermelho]

u can go fluoro or hid lights...its really up to u, the main dif will be the results...fluoros are chepper and suck less power then hid´s but metal halide and high pressure sodium will give u a better yield....remember that 4 u to have 10 plants u will need lots of light and a nice grow area (unless u´re doing sog)...10 plants at least a 600w hid bulb imo

[KGod86]

well what if im using floros? how many watts? whats the wattage to plant ratio? like 100w floro bulb per plant?

[KGod86]

so basically simplified, how many watts would it take for 1 plant?

[KGod86]

what bulb from this page would be efficient?

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search.php?form_keyword=48%20fluorescent%20bulbs&mode=ink_kwfeed_9&skd=1

[invision]

yup those work (6500k) (2100) but what they are trying to say is while yes the floros will work but you would need like 20 of those tubes for it to be worth it while a single HID bulb will do much more.

if it was me id just invest into a 400watt hps and grow 4 plants you will get more out of those 4 plants vs. what the tubes would do with 10

[Tupamaro]

what if you got cool white flouros and HPS for flowering? just wondering.

[Tupamaro]

also, with HID lighting does it have to be close to the plant? like will it stretch if it's higher up?

[checkmark9]

kGod just go to walmart or fred meyers, walmart has better prices. Go to the light bulbs and find the highest wat compact floro light (CFL) you can. buy 5-10 of them and that will be plenty. then once u kill the males u will have even more light per female.

[UMrocksmysocks]

yup those work (6500k) (2100) but what they are trying to say is while yes the floros will work but you would need like 20 of those tubes for it to be worth it while a single HID bulb will do much more.

if it was me id just invest into a 400watt hps and grow 4 plants you will get more out of those 4 plants vs. what the tubes would do with 10

do that, maybe even get a 600w hps with a 600w mh conversion bulb.. not like you're going to get 10 fems, so that should be a good amount of light :stoned:

[UMrocksmysocks]

also, with HID lighting does it have to be close to the plant? like will it stretch if it's higher up?

floros have to be really close to the plants. hid's get too hot to get them anywhere near your tops(around a foot for 400w and under--18" for bigger 600,and 1000w bulbs)

[checkmark9]

kgod these ppl are more experienced growers then me but listen to me cuz ur the same way i am(cheap) and i get what answer you are looking for and my plants are coming along great with 2 compact floros per plants

[OmegaVermelho]

Dude u really need to do some reading....

Here try this for lights........ http://www.greenstream.co.uk/aboutlighting.htm

And this as a general guide - http://greenmanspage.com/guides/indoorv1.html

Read all of that ask ur questions later, that will save u and us lots of time, otherwise to give u a simple explanation on something we´ll need to cover a huge area of other issues that u also dont know...

[OmegaVermelho]

Oh and heres a free vid....very basic but will get u sorted for the momment

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-259262713655286519&q=cannabis+grow

[Inkfected]

http://gallery.cannabis.com/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/2/ppuser/53750

[dereck1174]

the more wattage u have the more bud you will get plain and simple
i use Envirolites !
http://www.theonlineelectricalwholesaler.com/catalog/products.php?cpath=88_254_256

[OmegaVermelho]

the more wattage u have the more bud you will get plain and simple
i use Envirolites !
http://www.theonlineelectricalwholesaler.com/catalog/products.php?cpath=88_254_256

Correction not more wattage, MORE LUMMENS, cause u can have 400w of fluoros vegging and they wont put out as many lummens as a MH or a HPS...:stoned: