Tuxy's grow log.

[canniwhatsis]

LOL! that's just my dirty easy way of thinking about it.

I'm lazy and don't want to futz too much with wiring, but yeah tack some sockets to a board would work just fine too.


Something else to think about is mixing spectrums of the lights,... get some soft, and some bright white bulbs,.... Don't remember which is which, you want more blue for veging.

[WhiteTux]

Looking around at those lights, they are all in the 2700k-3500k range. that's mainly for flowering, would they actually be functional during veg stage?

[canniwhatsis]

The "Daylight" ones are 5000k. I'll be honest, I haven't messed with lighting much since I've invested in my LED for veg.

6500k is ideal I believe. At least that's what my T-5 is :wtf:

[WhiteTux]

yeah, that's what i read. But i don't see any 6500k cfl.. so, i guess i'll use the 5000k. in conjunction with the other. Maybe that will do it . I think i'm going to buy a 12 pack of the 2700k bulbs, and then 5 sockets, with 5 splitters, that way i can have 10 bulbs on them here pretty soon. I need to get as much light as possible, as quickly as possible so that they can survive. I'm worried about them. Do you think it would be a better idea to put the bulbs on the side, facing horizontally? or hanging from directly above facing vertically?

Are the led lights pretty expensive, or would i be able to find them around here for cheap?

[canniwhatsis]

The panel I'm running was $325 IIRC 120w actual 600w equivalent. I'm still flowering under HPS tho. I'm going to try my first LED flowering experiment next week,.... so, sometime in January I'll know which is better, LED or HID. Well better for me anyway.

As for positioning you lights,... I'd say right over the top until they get big, then you'll need to start thinking about side lighting.


Here's a pic of a rig I slapped together today to add some side/bottom lighting for my flowering room

[WhiteTux]

That's pretty similar to what i'm going to be doing, just probably with a total of like 20 bulbs.. I figured i'll mount 5 outlets, then put a splitter in them, and do the same thing for 3 or 4 boards, and just position them in a semi-circle around the plants Of course, to start with, i'll just be using one board, with 5 outlets(10 lights), with 3/4 being the 2700k, and 1/4 being the 5000k, unless i can come up with some 6500k, in which case i'll make it 1/2 and 1/2. . Where did you get your fixture there? Not the splitter, but the actual receptacle it screws into?

[canniwhatsis]

It was in my garage as overhead lighting,... previous home owner installed floro tube shop lights and hacked the wiring off of the fixture, then just left it hanging there, so I pulled it down, slapped some wire in and a whipped up a plug.

[WhiteTux]

i think i have one similar to that in my shop as well. It'll only really work for 2-4 lights, but, it's free,