Hey man I am pretty new myself. On my first grow with CFls, Honestly I had 4 sprouts under CFls 2 horizontal and the other 2 vert I prefer vert myself. My thoughts vertical seems to spread the light instead of focus on a certain point. Really it is personal preference. For the hood idk about that haven't had to use one as of yet, but white verses metal can't be that big of difference. Buy a mirror cut strips and hot glue the, together for 100% reflection. Just my input good luck growing
Potters Reviewed by Potters on . cfl mounting/hanging question The way my cab build is going, I had plans to hang my lights vertically with a bat wing type of hood, from what I've read I found that most have em horizontally, for the reason they produce most of there light in the center. If I follow that rule, im going to have to change my lighting setup. My question is. Will it make that much of a difference? Question : for the bat wing hood I'm using a piece of ventilation pipe that is shiny silver metal in color. Would it reflect more if I were to Rating: 5