Opie Yutts I need your help friend
Heres the crystal clear light..its 300 watts and 6000+ lumens..I know they are not for foliage..they don't state kelvins..Does that not apply for clear bulbs? Just trying to get the most watts as possible in a small bulb..and they're cheap! Don't really wanna pay 60 dollars for a CFL if i can avoid it..i plan on buying a nice setup in the upcoming months so i wanna pay as little as possible..i've already spent a couple hundred bucks and don't even know if they're sluts yet..
Buy 300 Watt - Light Bulb General Purpose - Crystal Clear 20861 by GE Lighting at Hardware and Tools Corp.
That's not a problem. Right now in my temporary grow I have 6 plants sharing 2 gallons, and they are doing fine.
How the hell you do this Opie? Pics by chance, would love to see your setup..Or is this just for vegging you talking about?? Ve3ry interested..
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
Check this out Opie.. Buy 38 Watt - 2D Fluorescent Replacement Lamp Bulb 4 Pin 25427 by GE Lighting at Hardware and Tools Corp.
If I buy 5 of those its going to cost about the same as the big 100Watt CFL...HOWEVER 5 will be 190 Watts instead of 100..and instead of 6900 lumens with hte big cfl i can get 14250 lumens with 5 of these little guys.. What do you think?? Whats a four pin plug??? Can i make it work in a closet?
THanks man!!!!
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Opie Yutts I need your help friend
Or.......
40 Watt Compact Flourescent Spiral 2700K Warm White CFL
42 Watt Compact Fluorescent 2700K Warm White CFL
42 Watt Compact Fluorescent 2800K Warm White CFL
Not sure what to do but one of these 3 above may be the final decision..I'm going to have a total of 3 - 10" aluminum reflectors w/ 2way splitters in each..I'm going to have a total of 6 bulbs all together..i was thinking maybe 4 - 40 Watt cfl (2700K) and 2 of the bulbs i have now..26 watt cfl (5500k)...What you think bout them apples?
That would put me at 212 watts and around 14000 lumens give or take...i think that might be better for me than buying the big one..it would be hard to position that one i think..anyway let me know what you think..is that enough for decent results? Thanks
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
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Originally Posted by GrowMe
Heres the crystal clear light..its 300 watts and 6000+ lumens..I know they are not for foliage..they don't state kelvins..Does that not apply for clear bulbs? Just trying to get the most watts as possible in a small bulb..and they're cheap! Don't really wanna pay 60 dollars for a CFL if i can avoid it..i plan on buying a nice setup in the upcoming months so i wanna pay as little as possible..i've already spent a couple hundred bucks and don't even know if they're sluts yet..
1. Buy 300 Watt - Light Bulb General Purpose - Crystal Clear 20861 by GE Lighting at Hardware and Tools Corp.
2. That's not a problem. Right now in my temporary grow I have 6 plants sharing 2 gallons, and they are doing fine.
How the hell you do this Opie?
1. That's an incandescent. Bad.
2. Like this: http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...-training.html. It's called an Emily's Garden, and I keep telling people it is one of the easiest ways to produce big fat nugs. Very nice for beginners. Hard to go wrong.
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
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Originally Posted by GrowMe
It looks like that could have a lot of advantages. I've never heard of someone using those before, but I don't see why not. You could spread out your light better and get those bulbs in close to the plants. However, it has a plug for a lamp or something (the kind of lamp that sits on an end table). You could probably buy a cheapo lamp that fits the 4 pin plug in a second hand store or something, and take out the socket, or I'll bet there is sockets to wire those at Home Depot or an electrical supply store. Those are for budding (2700K), but you could mix those with some vegging bulbs and the veggers should do pretty good.
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
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Originally Posted by GrowMe
Or.......
40 Watt Compact Flourescent Spiral 2700K Warm White CFL
42 Watt Compact Fluorescent 2700K Warm White CFL
42 Watt Compact Fluorescent 2800K Warm White CFL
Not sure what to do but one of these 3 above may be the final decision..I'm going to have a total of 3 - 10" aluminum reflectors w/ 2way splitters in each..I'm going to have a total of 6 bulbs all together..i was thinking maybe 4 - 40 Watt cfl (2700K) and 2 of the bulbs i have now..26 watt cfl (5500k)...What you think bout them apples?
That would put me at 212 watts and around 14000 lumens give or take...i think that might be better for me than buying the big one..it would be hard to position that one i think..anyway let me know what you think..is that enough for decent results? Thanks
I think that should do pretty good. Having several as opposed to fewer and bigger, allows you to position them better. Try to get them as close to the plants as possible, and please send pictures.
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
Check these pics out
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/DSC02181.jpg
Temps never get below 78, 79 and thats when the lights are off and good fans going..
That is until we found this little beauty..Anybody ever see/use one of these before..What you do is put ice in the back of it and the fan blows cold air out..lowered the temps 10-12 degrees easily...Don't really need it at night or even in the day yet but prob will when the bright lights go on soon..let me konw what you think..
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/DSC02182.jpg
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
few more pics..this portable a/c unit is badass however the ice melts pretty quickly..prob within an hour and half, two hours..also i forgot it has a resevoir for the melted ice and a mister in front of hte air vent..mists the cold melted water w/ on and off switch..
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/DSC02188.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/DSC02189.jpg
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
Whats optimum temperature? 73???
Opie Yutts I need your help friend
Yeah that's pretty cool, except you have to keep adding water all the time. I've seen those before and thought about using them. Mini swamp coolers, they are. The concept has been around for a long time, but not packaged so nicely. I've thought about getting one of those and rigging a small pump to pump the melted ice to an ice maker, then automatically the ice goes into the swamp cooler again. I gave up on the concept but I think it could be done with a little Mcgyver mentality.
You had to ask about the temp. Well you brought this on yourself, another thing for you to buy. The only true way to know if your temps are correct is to take the temperature of the leafs. The only way I know to do this is with a laser thermometer. The leaf temps should be under 80 degrees at all times, and that is always a little different than the air temps. How different? Anywhere from 3 to 8 degrees or something. Gotta keep the temps in the grow under 82 to be sure the leaf temps are under 80. This is how I figure out how far away I have to keep my lights. I raise them pretty far up, then take the leaf temps, then keep lowering the light, waiting a couple hours, then taking the leaf temp again until the leaves are averaging about 76.
Laser thermometers are anywhere from $25 plus shipping to $60 at a store.
