I've got some extra lights (6x 6500k 26 watt, 4x 2700k 23 watt cfls plugged into four Y-fixtured clamp lights) accompanying a 250 watt MH/HPS bulbs/Lumatek digital ballast between two timers. I have 6.75 sq ft space potentially giving my "to be" garden 5000+ lumens per sq foot. I plan on raising at the most 8 square pots in a 1.5'd x 4.5'w x 6'h closet.

With all this extra lumens per sq available for the plants, I have an idea or out of curiosity to imitate a natural phased light intensity or whatever you want to name it like for an example: for the morning sunrise during the plant's vegetative cycle, fire up only the 2-2700k and 2-6500k lights on one end of the grow space by an "AM" timer for maybe 1.5 hours into "morning" and by high noon the other PM timer would fire up the remaining lights for 92% into the day -surrounding the grow. By one hour before "sunset" the PM timer(HID + 4-6500k CFL lights) would shut off while the AM timer remains on for an hour before complete sunset. For the flowering cycle I could replace 2 daylight CFLs for 2 more 2700ks for the PM timer along with changing out the MH for an HPS lamp. What do ya'll think? Should this noob shut up and just start the f@8k'n grow?
elduece Reviewed by elduece on . MH/HPS + CFL lighting sequence I've got some extra lights (6x 6500k 26 watt, 4x 2700k 23 watt cfls plugged into four Y-fixtured clamp lights) accompanying a 250 watt MH/HPS bulbs/Lumatek digital ballast between two timers. I have 6.75 sq ft space potentially giving my "to be" garden 5000+ lumens per sq foot. I plan on raising at the most 8 square pots in a 1.5'd x 4.5'w x 6'h closet. With all this extra lumens per sq available for the plants, I have an idea or out of curiosity to imitate a natural phased light Rating: 5