Quote Originally Posted by kblovr
BobBong are you still around You are truely my new hero. I have just read every thread going back to april 05. I am new to forum but am amazed by your results. I am sitting here over wealmed by the cost of getting things rolling and you have "brightened" my day. I Do have a few questions though that i could not find in the threads.
1. Is there a difference good or bad in using 2 ft tube fl vs. cfl
2. Would this light source work for hydroponics (electrical risks not included)
3. Where did you get your Weed grower degree!!! Some people are thankfull for people in the military social workers firefighters... To hell with them you truely make our world a better place... at least helping to forget we live in it.
Thanks for the detail and updates its amazing you find the time us "potheads" are not very good at remembering or doing what we plan while enojying fruits of labor.

Thanks alot bud, you made my day "brighter" to !

In response to your 2ft. tubes vs. cfl it could really just depend on the output of the bulb. The 2ft tubes are high output if i'm not mistaken and if you have the room for it.. it may not be a bad idea. You would want to compare the difference in specsifications on the bulbs.. kelvin temp, wattage, lumen are all things to be considered. The nice thing about the CFL's is the size and ease of which you can set them up. most of them use a medium sized standard socket wich can be setup very easily using parrallel circuits and ceramic fixtures. Or even pre-fab'd fixtures.. as we've seen. CFL's can be cheapers, but aren't always.. there are varying size of CFL also, going as high as 125watts+ in one bulb.
Fluorescent lighting CAN be used for hydro, i've recently learned this from talks with specific growers..(although may not be news to some) As long as you have a light source that can support the plant in the proper spectrum.. the difference between hydro and soil is in the medium. Not the light.

Now weed growing degree here Just simple understanding of physics, science and nature.

Understand what the plant needs.. and you'll know exactly what it wants.

Cheers and stay stoned,
Bob.