Enough light?

[PRIEST]

HID will need its own ballast and socket, it won't plug into a normal light socket like a CFL.

How many plants are you growing? What size is your grow area? What's your budget?

Like I said before I only want to grow one or two plants, nothing major. The box I built is 2'x2'x4' and I can raise or lower the plant on the inside. My budget for this project is around $200 so I got like another $40.00 bucks I can spend on lights.

I can also add more sockets if you think I should, basically I'm looking for some straight info tell me what I should buy and it'll be done today

[bigtopsfinn]

Sorry I overlooked the part about number of plants earlier :stoned:

With that space and budget, get a few more CFL's. In the El Cheapo Guide link I posted earlier, there are pictures of Y socket splitters a few posts down. You can get those at Home Depot or Lowes, then you won't need more sockets. I saw in another post that you can get 4-packs of 23w CFL's for $12 at Lowe's if I remember correctly. For that area aim for at least 20,000 lumens total. The more the better, but then you will have to look into getting rid of the extra heat.

You may also want to look into LST or Scrog for your cab. 4 ft. is not that much in the end. Of course this will also depend on how long you plan to veg and if the strain is indica or sativa.

Hope this helps And really read down that link earlier, there are some great tips after the first post like connecting 3 socket splitters to attach 4 lights to one socket.

Happy growing :jointsmile:

[jakester]

Thanks for the info yeah that is kinda out of my price range haha alright so I guess I'll head back to home depot and pick up a metal halide and some higher powered CFLs?

Sure, they have a 70 watt HPS or 100 watt halide that would help a lot. Just keep those plants as close to the lights as you can.

[PRIEST]

I can't thank you guys enough for the help you've given me, I'll post some pics when I get this thing built. I'm going to go to home depot right now and get some more lights and a splitter or two.

[sdstoner]

get a 400w HPS. air cooled if in enclosed area. flower is most important part of producing nice buds. grow grow grow. t5 lights are good and produce GREAT lighting for the electricity used and very low heat. t5 veg HPS flower thats how i roll. i got 400 w mag ballast, socket cord, and hood for 90 bucks off craigslist.

[PRIEST]

I picked up a 300 watt equivalent CFL bulb at 4200 lumens, 4 splitters and 8 100 watt equivalent CFLs at 1750 each which works out for a combined total of 18,200 lumens for 35 bucks .

I know its not the best set up but when your out of money your out of money know what I mean? So is this a decent set up?

[jakester]

I know its not the best set up but when your out of money your out of money know what I mean? So is this a decent set up?

Grow it out and let us know.:thumbsup:

[PRIEST]

Will do! Also I found another guy that already did a similar set up and it looks like it worked out pretty well CFL grow. Blue Dream Clone. Tons of info - Marijuana Growing

[BLAYZIN]

You have a nice setup as long as you have the right spectrum cfl's. The 6500k are for veggin. 2500k for flowering and it wont work the other way around.

[PRIEST]

I'm going to start with a clone would it be a good idea to mix the spectrums or should I go for one? If so which one?:wtf: