confussed on lights - pls help

[sane cheese]

K guys/gals, i want to start growing and i was wondering if i planted a seed would a 150w cfl do?? if so would i need to get more lights or stronger cars at a later date??? Please help, any comments will be appriceated!! :rasta:

sane cheese Reviewed by sane cheese on 10-29-2005. confussed on lights - pls help K guys/gals, i want to start growing and i was wondering if i planted a seed would a 150w cfl do?? if so would i need to get more lights or stronger cars at a later date??? Please help, any comments will be appriceated!! :rasta: Rating: 5

[turtle420]

Well, CFLs are the flourescents...

They consume X number of Watts... but they are 'comparable' to Y number of Watts. I'm guessing your 150W CFL is something like 45W or something...

Anyway, yes... CFLs will grow your seed. There are a couple of people here that grow using CFLs... I would suggest (plus a couple of other people) that you use a MH (metal halide) bulb for vegetative growth of your little plant... and then HPS when you place it into floweing.

[sane cheese]

cheers turtle, but just a few questions bout what u said. when is "vegetative growth"? when is flowering and wot is hps? :rasta:

[sane cheese]

Can anyone pls recommend a good light shop in the uk (or website) that sells the right things, cheers :rasta:

[latewood]

ask mand for info in UK...here is a link to some lighting info...

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=35675

[sane cheese]

cheers m8 that helped me alot :rasta:

[sane cheese]

can someone who knows something about lights pls do me a favor and check this link out and tell me whether it is the right light that i need or not, cheers :rasta:

http://www.bltdirect.co.uk/item572.htm

[twinkle]

Can anyone pls recommend a good light shop in the uk (or website) that sells the right things, cheers :rasta:

sure i'll recommend one to you,uk420 grow shop's got the lot,seeds,lights,nutes,etc,and good prices too,twinkle

[latewood]

too small...45w minimum...x4

[sane cheese]

well my last thought was to stick 4x32watt (which equal 150w, normal bulb, i believe). But i only want to grow the one plant, so i thought these might do?? what do people think?? Also wot is this crap about warm light, day light, red spectrum, blue spectrum etc etc about?? please explain!! Also wot do ballasts do and are they needed?? cheers guy/gals, all this advice is fantastic and valued by me, thanks!! :rasta: