Quote Originally Posted by jarrod
hya again i went to see my local hydro shop to basically pick their brains!i was told whatever ive read growing pot with cfls is a waste of time and money-
i mite get somethinbg smokable but very little and poor potentcy and to invest in a decent 600w hp lamp-he sed i had to decide whether i was playing or serious about gettin a worthwhile result-i was quite taken aback 2 b honest
so now im back 2 square 1(i was kinda hoping the cfls would b ok)
i dont mind saving up for said lamp but is he bullshitting me to get me to buy from him or what?is there anyone in the uk using a 600w lamp set up that could tell me how much its goin to cost me in elec per mnth to run pls?
or should i persevere with the cfls till say after xmas and see what my plant looks like?
thanks again u must all b gettin bored with my continual whining sorry
don't listen to his bullshit man! he just want's to sell you a light.

the real question you need to ask yourself is whether you're growing
for personal use or are you trying to make money.

if you are trying to make money then he is right and you should
break down and buy the HPS.

if you're just feeding your head then CFL's are more than adequite.
(i'm averaging about 2.5 oz's per month in my own little CFL SOG)

scroll back up a bit and take another look at that bud pic i posted,
that was grown with nothing but CFL's.

heres a link to a thread by the micro-grow master, go check out what he
is doing with CFL's, then go talk to your hydro guy, lol.

***DrBud Takes CFL SOG to the Next Level***

btw, did you go through my garden to see what i'm doing with CFL's?

oh yeah, jkeabs is right, you have the spectrums backwards, you want
mostly blue or 'cool' light during veg and mostly red or 'warm' light during
flower.