Compact Fluorescent Light Discussion

[cmorbud]

buy lighting.com has cfls up to 85w.= to 350wts

[latewood]

not much I can add...I am enjoying this. ON the retail tip:
lowe's sells 7pak of 14/42w cfls for 10 bucks...now that is a small lamps, but equal to almost 300 watts...

the point is; I buy these for my whole house.

thanks Bob. Looks like alot of info. lw

[BobBong]

Great pictures guys!
Glad to see others have good results with these CFL's.

I'd like to point out that this lighting is ideal for "Noob" grows.. If you have the knowledge,money and space to get HPS or MH , then by all means.. do. your results will be tenfold.

But.. for those who can't do the 1000watt MH in every room of your house... CFL's are handy.

I'm going on about 3 weeks to harvest
...here are a couple pics.

[latewood]

I wanted to say that I have used them a few times for veg and they grow extremely nice under 4 of these 45w cfl's

I have so many experiments going that I use them as mobile utility/fill lights.

Here is an idea I had awhile back and I was thinking of blackjack when I saw this...utility light string...it is one of those multi receptacle light-strings for parties and construction sites...they are not that expensive, and you could string them all over a room.

I will find out which distributor has them, but I think it might be Zandor's favorite...Harbor freight...Great supplier for the small closet grower.

And finally, I agree with BB! These lights are great for newb grower's because they will not burn up your plants or your pocket book.

[harmonicminor]

dont forget the 4 foot shoplights are also cheap and can be overdriven by 4x.

[cactusman23]

www.1000bulbs.com has some pretty good stuff

[chronicuk]

nice grow lets see that yeild

[mobay]

hello bob bong , i have been keeping up with your thread and i wanted to wait til i got my 4 in 1 cfl hood reflector. iam using 4/ 125w cfl cool bulbs now on my plants, i will veg for 1 week and throw the reds in. this hook has light hitting every part of the plants. my grow box is 3x4 and the reflector has 6 inches around the box for movement , perfect fit.

[hotdogzuk]

cheap too run good crop of them have a look www.envirolite.com

[BobBong]

Great info folks, much appreciation for taking part in this open discussion.

On another note, i'm getting close to my first harvest and will be flushing within a few weeks. :thumbsup:
Enjoy
Bob.:stoned: