hey everyone,
here is some photos. I fucked up. I noticed some bugs on my plants and bought some storebought bug killer. Well i used it and it did some serious damage andi had to harvest early on my hid grow. i do have two plants that i didn't spray and is about 3 weeks behind the plants in the pics i hope will verify my grow with HID however. They are looking awsome. Anyways this what i got. the 25000 and 2700K cfl actually looks real good after week 6 they really started to bulk up and surpass the HID but this was after i f- up. I'm going to do another grow comparing the result of the 25000K and just using 2700k bulbs. The HID ulthough early harvest, i think would have out performed the CFL grow easily. I grew three plants with the HID of only 80 watts!! the 25000K and 2700K combo was 355 watts and is about the same yeild as the 80 watt HID harvested early. In two weeks my other two plants should be ready under HID. I think these HID's really have some serious potential. Remember the key to using them is using them with a proper reflector. Keep in mind this is my very first grow ever!!
bubbas Reviewed by bubbas on . automotive HID lights vs. cfl's Hi, I'm starting this thread to compare a variety of lights for small closet grows. First i'm posting only light outputs of 250 watt 6400K vs. 250 watt 25000K vs. automotive HID lamps. I built three indenticle boxes 24' X 22" x 36". I'm measuring output at the bottom of the box. in the first photo the box on the bottom left is the 6400K 250 watt cfl, bottom right is the car HID and the top is the 250 watt 25000K. Average light output are as follows. 250/6400K 5000lux peak was 5410 lux, Rating: 5