light question

[bonghit420]

my question is will a lava lamp base light work its 40 watts and gives off a lot of heat? im gunna experiment and try it i never grew before but i germanted a seed and planted it in very good soil (home made compost)

bonghit420 Reviewed by bonghit420 on 01-11-2005. light question my question is will a lava lamp base light work its 40 watts and gives off a lot of heat? im gunna experiment and try it i never grew before but i germanted a seed and planted it in very good soil (home made compost) Rating: 5

[The Student]

Hello,

Sorry, but the light in the base of a lava lamp is an incandesent light. It will not give off enough usable light to grow a healthy seedling. If you were to go purchase a compact fluorescent light and screw it into the base it would work much better.

A fluoro will give off a lot more lumens.

Hope this helps.

Peace

[bonghit420]

how long can i use the lava lamp for cause i have no money right now i spent it all on bud i will soon though thanks in advance

[Garden Knowm]

You can get a flourecent bulb and fixture cheap... $5...
shit you can pan handle that in ten minutes
: )

[bonghit420]

will the light in the picture work? i found it in my house im only growing one plant but it doesent seem to give off heat

[adh endo]

it looks like a hole in a roof of a shed or castle


oh, so it has to be all not incandascent? or will normal lightbulbs help a grow at all?

[SPLIFFBUILDER]

NORMAL BULB'S DON'T HELP AT ALL,THEY ARE THE WRONG SPECTRUM.IF ONLY TRYING TO GROW 1 PLANT ONE THE CHEAP,GET YOURSELF SOME FLORESANT STRIP LIGHT'S,CHEAP TO BUY AN CHEAP TO RUN,HOPE THIS HELP'S,LOVE AN RESPECT SPLIFFBUILDER.

[lordsoth666]

Check out how this guy grew some good looking buds with floro's: Floro Grow. Seems to me this is the way to do it if you don't have HID...



L0rdsOth

[bonghit420]

will something like these work http://search.ebay.com/compact-fluor...fkrZ1QQfromZR8
thanks in advance

[lordsoth666]

I have a great CF growlight, for $135.00 it's 6800 lumens and they are available in spectrum for veg or flowering, the $135.00 is for the bulb and the reflector, new bulbs are $75.00, they last pretty long too like 10,000 hours or so. Here is a link http://www.wormsway.com/detail.asp?sku=CFSD110

As for your question: yes they would work, but your yield will be smaller than it could be, light is not a thing to be cheap on if you can help it. The better lights will get you more bud for your money.


If you don't have the money for HID or the bigger CF lights, the TL (Tube Light) floro's are probrbly your best bet, like that dude did in the article on that I linked to in my last post on this thread.

Big Lights=Big Buds

Best of luck however you decide to do it.

PS. I have used those small twist type CF lights for supplemental light and they do work really good for that, maybe with enough of them you could do it.

L0rdsOth