The Phunny Pharm: 1st Grow, CFL only

[MonkeyBone]

hey phunny,
welcome and all that
my question is how many seedlings are you planning on starting?? cause 8 of those babies are gonna pull 840 true watts and approx 134,400 lumens.. thats a little overkill for seedlings. maybe flower? i would personally order 4 of them and use 2 for the first week or so then turn on the other 2 at that point you would be pushing 67,200 lumens aprox and i would imagine that should be enough..
just my thinking bro
-J

wow..stoned like a brick..have you read correctly? 8 23w...that's like equal to 800w and thats like 12 800 lumens...Had more than that one one seedling and it thrived!!!

I should say, take a look at my current grow, and see by yourself!!!

[Phunnyman]

The packaging reads (and I'm high as a muthafucka right now)
Bright Effects, Daylight
100 watt replacement using only 23 watts
1600 lumens
6500 K

I have four of these until I finish the 4 outlet fixture and mount it on a piece of wood to be placed in my cabinet.

Then I will have 8 of these in y adapters for the vegging process, I plan to switch them to 2700 k for the flowering process.

I'm so fucking stoned from the local pizza guy I hang out at...He likes northern lights ALOT! and he wants an A in my macro eco class....

Thanks to all, Happy Christmas and merry new year! Pics in the next day or so...You know your stoned when you spellcheck....several times

[redtails]

8 of those 23w ones should be great, and definitely check out both MB & BD's grows, they both are doing great & mainegrown's getting it dialed in too. I'll have my log posted in a few weeks after I've run the first plant through. I'm using a 200w 6500K cfl, 12,000 lumens, for mine, ordered a 200w 2700K on the 1st but it's stuck in NJ still

[Phunnyman]

Yep... I'm watching several grows at the moment so I can learn from everyone else's experience, trial and error, and setup. I've always enjoyed the herb but find that it means more than ever.

What kind of socket/fixture are you putting the 200watt 6500 cfl into? Any special needs for something like that?

Wish you the best and look forward to meeting up one day.

G

[redtails]

CFL's that large take a mogul base, same as the HPS/MH lights so I have it in a brightwing reflector about 2" from the top of my plants with a comp fan blowing between to keep heat away and the plant moving to thicken it's stems.

It's a good setup for my box, but with only one bulb it's not as adjustable as the others that were suggested. I got the 2700K bulb at my door about an hour after I posted this morning, might put both in so there's 400w and 2 bulbs/reflectors, but right now I have to use various things to raise/lower my plants and LST to keep the canopy even. Works for me, but some like to raise and lower the various lights instead of the plants (I move both). Good luck with your setup, can't wait to see it running whatever you decide to do!

Note: the plants in the pic are autoflowering plants under 24hrs light, otherwise you wouldn't have the flowering one in front at the same time as veggies and seedlings obviously.

[mainegrown]

does the CFL need a balast or is it included?
cause i can get a 200w CFL for $50 at the hardware store.. ya know for cash.
but i dont wanna have to get a ton of shit to make it work.
i think they look great for a vegg setup like yours.
what are you cooling it with?
thanks
-J

[mainegrown]

how bout an update... ??
-MG

[monny10]

does the CFL need a balast or is it included?
cause i can get a 200w CFL for $50 at the hardware store.. ya know for cash.
but i dont wanna have to get a ton of shit to make it work.
i think they look great for a vegg setup like yours.
what are you cooling it with?
thanks
-J

My veg box is VERY similar to Redtails Maine! I'll get some pics up for for ya

The CFL's come with an internal ballast / ignitor... the bulb plugs into an E40 socket and straight into any mains socket...

Phunnyman

Hope your grow goes well phunnyman! Best of luck to ya! :thumbsup: