blue spectrum cheaply????????

[halospaceboy]

im wondering if any1 can help me. at the min i an using cfl's and in about the first week of flower (w.widow) i dont see much happening now i no blue spectrum is best?? does any one no if i can use those lights for pets such as turtles and snakes as those pets need to bask in the sun all day and thay are blue spec. it would be a cheap way of achiving blue spectrum as my grow box has limited space and HPS is out of the question please help if you have any info as this is my first grow that i have had at least a bit of knowlage about the process. all other times have been plant but no bud thanks all:thumbsup:

halospaceboy Reviewed by halospaceboy on 11-18-2006. blue spectrum cheaply???????? im wondering if any1 can help me. at the min i an using cfl's and in about the first week of flower (w.widow) i dont see much happening now i no blue spectrum is best?? does any one no if i can use those lights for pets such as turtles and snakes as those pets need to bask in the sun all day and thay are blue spec. it would be a cheap way of achiving blue spectrum as my grow box has limited space and HPS is out of the question please help if you have any info as this is my first grow that i Rating: 5

[Abattoir Dream]

just find some kind of blue filter to put over the light, if its blue, it will only let blue light thru... paint the walls blue too if you must...

blue is only good for vegetative mode... orange is for flowering...

[kindprincess]

ab is right... you're bass ackwards.

for veg, use GE daylight tube flourecents. i love these and i'll never use anything else again!! these are 6500k (blue spec) 40w 3050lum ea.

for flower, you need warm or soft white, which is the yellow spec (2700-3000k) try soft white cfl's (at LEAST 23w) or kitchen and bath floro's. both will work wonderfully. you'll need 2 or 3 cfl's per plant, i use 48" floro tubes and cfl's, just added an hps. though, you have limited space, so go with the cfl's. you can wire these in series, 6 23w per outlet.

love, kp

[halospaceboy]

thanks all for your help as usual i have come to the right place

[Abattoir Dream]

lol yeh i 4got, you need orange for flower, blue for vegg....

[busteruk7]

yeah i agree
i have a 200w blue spectrum envirolite
thay are cheap,cheap too run and are made for growing
they are brilliant
www.envirolites.co.uk
cheers all

[halospaceboy]

thanks i will reevaluate my lights and adjust accoringly

[Abattoir Dream]

lol i vegg. with orange spectrum lol but it still works fine lol