Side-Lighting?

[dopefiend]

i have a tall cabinet that i would like to make into a grow setup. it is about 2.5 ft wide, 1 ft deep, and 6 ft tall. im planning on using 2 80 watt floros mounted on the sides and 1 50 watt floro mounted to the top. my question is, would this work? i havent seen anywhere someone using side-mounted lighting. would it make the plants grow better? i figured that the plant needs light everywhere, so why not get light to as much of the plant as possible?:jointsmile:

dopefiend Reviewed by dopefiend on 03-02-2010. Side-Lighting? i have a tall cabinet that i would like to make into a grow setup. it is about 2.5 ft wide, 1 ft deep, and 6 ft tall. im planning on using 2 80 watt floros mounted on the sides and 1 50 watt floro mounted to the top. my question is, would this work? i havent seen anywhere someone using side-mounted lighting. would it make the plants grow better? i figured that the plant needs light everywhere, so why not get light to as much of the plant as possible?:jointsmile: Rating: 5

[busybee]

hi dopefeind,yes,of course it will help,lots of people do it,with cfl's its "the more the merrier"!!

[Ocotillo]

i have a tall cabinet that i would like to make into a grow setup. it is about 2.5 ft wide, 1 ft deep, and 6 ft tall. im planning on using 2 80 watt floros mounted on the sides and 1 50 watt floro mounted to the top. my question is, would this work? i havent seen anywhere someone using side-mounted lighting. would it make the plants grow better? i figured that the plant needs light everywhere, so why not get light to as much of the plant as possible?:jointsmile:

I'd put one in each corner and a bunch on the top too. More light is (pretty much) always better. Add up the Lumens, 5,000 per plant is good, 10,000 is great. :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:: dance:

This grasshopper walks into a bar, and the bartender says "Hey! We have a drink named after you!" The grasshopper replies "Really? You have a drink named Steve?!

I don't get it, grass hoppers only live like what, a year if you include the 10 month dormant egg stage? They would never be old enough to drink so the premise of the joke is impossible.:wtf::fish:

[dopefiend]

thanks for the help guys, i'm gonna get started as soon as i have money for the rest of the lights:hippy: