What do I have going on here?

[budman1122]

i have a clamp lamp with a reflecter dome on it and a 60 watt bulb in my closet and my closet has 2 sliding doors and i got one door open with a fan throwing fresh air into it and the other door cracked letting the old air out n my plant is doing great any sugestions?

[scottjamez]

I'd save up then, I did the same thing you did, kept buying CFL's till my nose bled, they do work, but compared to HID, they aren't good for much (other than lighting your house cheaply). the nice thing they have going is you can stick them in tight spots really close to buds, but again, a $79 150w HPS from home depot replaces 10-15 of those cfls.
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=67935 I used to use CFL's till I upgraded to hids (all under $200 btw), check it out. Just can't do that (in that timeframe) with cfls. BTW those "plant lights" you have may be ok, but put out too much heat, 90 degrees in your "smoker" will hermie your plant.
Dont mean to step on anyones toes, CFLs can work wonders on single plant (b/c you can tuck them everywhere) but for anything over 2-3 plants pretty much requires some sort of HID imo. :stoned:

What would you get at home depot or lowes that would be good for 2 4ft plants?

How much more heat is generated from an HID, a decent one?

[scottjamez]

Well I got rid of that one plant. Killed it. put 3 seeds in each of 4 pellets... water... soil on top. Got them sitting in the oven now. I took off the side door and am blowing cool air into it. Hot air is coming out of the vent on top.


Is it bad to start them three per pellet? I figure thatI will just kill off the 2 smallst at one point pretty early on. I have 4 larger pots for them to go into.