What's the best CHEAPEST lighting for flowering??

[water]

defo get HID dude it will pay off and remember

you get out wat u put in

well worth the spend mate

[WildFire.ca]

If you just want half ass weed use half ass lights. My goal is to grow better weed then I can buy. Buying gear for the garden will save you money in weed you don't have to buy. Every thing you put into your grow you will get back 10x in personal satisfaction alone, not to mention almost free weed. What Kalvin are your CFL's?

[DarkHairedSativa]

3500 Kelvin and 6500 Kelvin for the CFL's.... then there is one 70w HPS in there too.We're getting a 250w HPS soon and that will go in there as well....if you scroll up through the thread ther are periodic pics shown as well as the lighting system.The last pics I posted are from yesterday.We aren't in this to sell,only for personal use,for medical purposes.But so far it's looking like a very decent harvest with what we have going.I have already put alot of money I really didn't have into this grow,so I think we did ok.... Anyhow,feel free to check out my plants and tell me what ya think...

[WildFire.ca]

the 6500 is perfect for veg, but if you get more cfl's for flower try to get the 2700k ones. The ones you have are a little too white, but you are running a hps that has that 2700k spectrum so you are not missing it. IMHO you should wait and buy a 430w and a air shade of some kind. The reason for this other then light is heat, 1X430W will run cooler then 2 bulbs totaling 320w I was wondering what temps you are running in there at the plant level, they should be ok now, but when you add lights. Go to a grow shop for your grow gear, you can get lots of do it your self ideas just looking at there stuff, the contractor shop is for contractors. Another question I have is the 70W in the middle of the cab.?:hippy:

[psteve]

All good advice except the last part.
You can grow just fine using cheaper Home DePot equipment.
Heat is afactor with multiple bulbs, but with proper venting it can be overcome.
Also (if you are handy with electrical tools), there are ways to separate the socket from the ballast, reducing the heat further.

[DarkHairedSativa]

Hey all... these are the latest photos of the "flowers".... He took out all the CFLs and added a 150w HPS to the 70w that we already had....(thanks Creesab,for the light) 2 weeks to go!!!

[Opie Yutts]

mmm, yummy.

[WildFire.ca]

Its nice to see someones hard work and attation to detail pay off for them. Nice work :thumbsup:

[palerider7777]

nice grow not to say urs is bad or anything cause there not but i have a dwc/aero setup and i was on day 20 of bud and mine were double that size well the flowers are i mean but i also let mine grow 3ft tall b4 switching to 12/12 and i am also using just about every nute u could get alot of stuff like bigbud budblood silca boost calmag+ f1 stuff like that but u have sum nice plants there too + i was using about 1400w worth of light too so..

[blackdomina]

Anything but hid is a waste of time imo.. do what ever u have to do to come up with the $200 or your wasting your time imo