48 in 40 watt plant FL

[ck_pza_pi]

Well I was in my Dad's attic and I see a bunch of Flouresent(?) lights just there. I look at them and they are plant lights. I moved out around 2 months ago to a house with 2 room mates and wanted to grow some bud. Right then an idea came to my head, could I use those lights (They are 40 watt, 48 inch, "plant and aquarium" Floresent(?) lights) and get the same results as a HPS system (I get paid in Wednesday and was going to drop 200 bones on the HPS)?.

ck_pza_pi Reviewed by ck_pza_pi on 01-11-2007. 48 in 40 watt plant FL Well I was in my Dad's attic and I see a bunch of Flouresent(?) lights just there. I look at them and they are plant lights. I moved out around 2 months ago to a house with 2 room mates and wanted to grow some bud. Right then an idea came to my head, could I use those lights (They are 40 watt, 48 inch, "plant and aquarium" Floresent(?) lights) and get the same results as a HPS system (I get paid in Wednesday and was going to drop 200 bones on the HPS)?. Rating: 5

[GaGrown]

If you do decide to buy a HPS system. I would go with the 400 or the 600watt. I'm fixin' to upgrade to the 600 digital electronic.Right now,I got 3 400 watters and 2 of them are HPS and 1 MH.That would be HPS=S51 ballast,and the MH=S54 ballast.Good luck on making ya mind up! And your decision to grow! Are your buddies gonna know your gonna do a grow? If so? Be very careful!!!!! Make damn sure you don't piss them off! Bad things could come of that!

Ga Grown!

[Pasofol]

Yeah remember one guy who's wife screwed him over.

The only people you can trust are yourself, stranges on the net and voices in your head.

[Bree1978]

Well I was in my Dad's attic and I see a bunch of Flouresent(?) lights just there. I look at them and they are plant lights. I moved out around 2 months ago to a house with 2 room mates and wanted to grow some bud. Right then an idea came to my head, could I use those lights (They are 40 watt, 48 inch, "plant and aquarium" Floresent(?) lights) and get the same results as a HPS system (I get paid in Wednesday and was going to drop 200 bones on the HPS)?.

No you wouldn't get the same results, but they can be used. Good Luck, B

[ck_pza_pi]

Haha, my friends are the ones who got the seeds . They just have no clue what to do with them so I'm going to grow em for em.

[Volker]

(They are 40 watt, 48 inch, "plant and aquarium" Floresent(?) lights) and get the same results as a HPS system (I get paid in Wednesday and was going to drop 200 bones on the HPS)?

Depending on how many are there, they could work quite nicely if used in the proper manner.

In no way would you get the same results as with HPS. But flouros can and do produce results; I'm expecting about 1-2 oz/plant using 300W of CFL. If I used 300W HPS I'd prolly get 2-3 oz/plant. So the diference can be significant. Flouros are best for small spaces where ventilation is an issue. If you have the space & ventilation, go HPS.

[Bree1978]

Do you have a log, Volker? I tried finding one but I couldn't.....B