Cheap Grow Lights

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Originally Posted by Markass

bob seems like he's got a lot under his belt, but good luck with CFLs...I love them for veg, but will never use them again for flower...takes way too many of them to keep lower parts of the plant happy...One HPS bulb is much more to my liking.

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That's why I was gonna try LST'ing my plants. Tying them down so everything flowering on the plant will be exposed to the light so I don't have to worry about lights for the bottom of the plant.

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Originally Posted by Markass

he's talking CFL cheap.

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Silly me. :glugglug:


Good luck with the grow. I would like to see yours.

I was doing a CFL/Fluoro, until I ran upon an HPS.

the reason you choose to grow with cfl is heat, not cost. a 250w hps will be much more efficient than a cfl solution. bob was using 600w's of cfl. in the end you'll end up spending more on electricity. HOWEVER, if HEAT is an issue, that's when you go with cfl, not to reduce costs

I've ordered 2 lights, a 400w HPS, and a High Output T5 fluorescent from

eBay Store - High Tech Garden Supply: Light Bulbs Lamps, Advanced Nutrients, T-5 FLUORESCENT Grow Lights


They both work great, and my plants have done amazingly well. They're the cheapest I've found.