Hey budreaper! I'm posting to de-bunk something I read on the other forum I just jumped from. You know which one I mean. I have a BS in hort (1974), worked in commercial greenhouses forever, grown & bred weed for over 40 yrs & kinda resented the info I read over 'there' that said fluorescents were for beginners. NOT TRUE! Hurricane Sandy f'ed my house roof, I'm living in a camper for now, sm disability check, running EVERYTHING on two extention cords, & I'm growing & BUDDING with fluorescents! Yeah, they're T5's, 2' gro lights on each end, 4' 2 tube grolight down the center pointed up for under lighting. Throw in a few red LED party lights for the last two wks of flowering for a little red spectrum. Not a hefty harvest, but good buds, fast turnover, enough for personal to tide me over between outdoor grows. If you can get your lumens & spectrum where you need them to be, the actual light source is not important. I LOVE fluorescents, they cheaply suit my purpose. Doesn't make me an amateur, just makes me cheap & that's fine with me. My space is 2 1/2' x 4 1/2' up to about 4 1/2' if I need it for stretch in bud. So don't think you have to spend a lot of money to make things work. As long as its a small personal grow, small plants, this is all you need. I would recomend up grading to the T5's when ever you can afford it, less heat & higher light output. So don't let anybody kick you in the teeth & feel like you need to spend a lot of money to be a 'real grower'. That's BS. Growing conservatively GREATLY reduces the risk of getting busted too. (Just don't show everybody. Pissed off 'friends' can turn rat really quick).
-- So feel confident in your grow & the way you're doing it. ~~~PEACE!~~~

P.S. I know this is an older thread, but when I read your post & saw the link from the 'other' forum, I just felt the need to de-bunk some bullshit. So hopefully some beginners (or someone just wanting to get started) will see this & not be discouraged or intimidated. Not just beginners, but anyone on a low fixed income. Just tired of bullys.
catbuds Reviewed by catbuds on . My Ghetto CFL grow box. WITH PICS! Hi everyone. This is my very frist grow!:clap: So that being said. I am looking for advise. I have been reading around the forum for a while. And decided, I want to grow weed too! This is not a serious commercial grow or what ever. Just a guy with a couple bucks to spend and a deep passion for all that is cannabis. On to the good stuff Here are my mats. 2x 42 watt CFL 15.00 4x 26 watt CFL 10.00 2x Y Rating: 5