Quality of weed grown with fluorescent lights?

Anjinsan said:
cool white cfl for veg...a few of them...triple the number when you buy warm white cfls for flowering as the plant will be that much bigger.
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those look like the energy efficient light bulbs everyone has now, is that what they are?
and do warm ones actually get warm cause i dont wanna burn my plant:confused:
 
mcrtbsa7xava said:
those look like the energy efficient light bulbs everyone has now, is that what they are?
and do warm ones actually get warm cause i dont wanna burn my plant:confused:
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warm just means 'warm light' to the eye, more red than blue
bit less heat from the warm bulbs, they are somewhat more efficient in lumen output than the daylights
cfl's will burn if they touch your plant physically, but all cfl's will do that
 
growone said:
warm just means 'warm light' to the eye, more red than blue
bit less heat from the warm bulbs, they are somewhat more efficient in lumen output than the daylights
cfl's will burn if they touch your plant physically, but all cfl's will do that
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oh okay. but are cfl's like those energy bulbs or do they just look like those?
 
growone said:
Pupu, one hell of an idea, this is pretty wild, excellent pics too
only issue that comes to mind is the heat from the interlaced tubes
wondering if there might tube hot spots where they cross
other than that, i've never see this idea for fluoros
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Even HP t5's really wont produce a harmful amount of heat, really just the ballast's create most of the heat. The only way I personally think the acual bulbs could harm the plants is if there not seated in the socets properly and the ends arc, in which case, hello melted plastic.
 
Fbmowner said:
Even HP t5's really wont produce a harmful amount of heat, really just the ballast's create most of the heat. The only way I personally think the acual bulbs could harm the plants is if there not seated in the socets properly and the ends arc, in which case, hello melted plastic.
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i was thinking more about the bulbs at the point where they cross
bulb is not designed to have a heat source beside it
don't know if it's enough to cause a problem
 
Yea very good points Jed.. Alot of good information there! I have the t5 setup and just waiting for my card :) Then let the growing begin! Good Luck!!
 
mcrtbsa7xava said:
so i get three of these right now during the veg stage and keep using them during the flowering stage? right?

will these work;

http://www.amazon.com/ASL-SC18-27K-...ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1269891136&sr=8-1

or

http://www.amazon.com/ASL-TC26-27K-...ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1269891136&sr=8-3

hope those are it lol
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these will work, the 26w probably the better choice, more lumen output
you can get just as good at a walmart/home depot/etc. for a lower price
i use the GE 26w soft white for flower, they work very well
 
I used 9- t12 fixtures, each housing two 40w warm/cool in each. I only used them because it's what i had laying around. I don't remember how long i vegged, but they were between 8"-14". Out of the five i managed to get almost 80g total of very light and fluffy bud. it wasn't bad, but just did not weight.

i don't see how running cfl's, t5's, or t8's would be much different. I mean really the only difference would be power consumption.

My advise would be instead of spending a bunch of money on fls pick up a med size mh/hps coverable lamp and be done with it. I got a 400w ($250) running in the same space i had done my t12 grow with two clones from that grow and look at the difference. each being about 3/4 weeks into flower. I changed nothing by the light. still using premier pro mix bx and fox nutes.
 

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good thread, lots of pics, lots of postss. lol it drew me in, i had to read it all an see the pic's (pic's help alot) but i gotta question, whats with the plastic cups on the littler plants? and on pg. 8 of the thread Pupu how old where the plants you had the pic's up?? thx for the info this thread brought me. subscribed.
 
in the first pic i see only 6 tubes... you were using 9x2=18 tubes? I see that they were only on top and one side ..or you remove some of them to make the pics?

the difference between t12 and t5 is more than consumption..

Look at my plants.. they have the same number of nodes but only 4 inches... you figure this out.
 
Smokey Truth said:
good thread, lots of pics, lots of postss. lol it drew me in, i had to read it all an see the pic's (pic's help alot) but i gotta question, whats with the plastic cups on the littler plants? and on pg. 8 of the thread Pupu how old where the plants you had the pic's up?? thx for the info this thread brought me. subscribed.
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thank you sir!

the cups are for keeping the humidity high.
the age of plants is uncertain ...around one month.. but they had a hard childhood ..twice they stayed for two-three days with no light in a drawer..... and the rest of the time with only 2-3 tubes.
 
ethics213 said:
i don't see how running cfl's, t5's, or t8's would be much different. I mean really the only difference would be power consumption.
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cfl's can produce very nice bud, they pack a lot of lumens in a small space
example, this was from a 78w cfl grow, these were not fluffy

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Yea, nice thread..
My first and only indoor grow went down with t 12 fluros, mixed in some cfls and a 70w hps..I got some pretty dank bud with decent yield to even come back to fluros in future(many times, i like :lol:).All my mates was cheering and telling me that it was da freaking BOMB, and i have to agree with them :lol::lol::lol:
Anyways, Pupu, freaking awsome..i have seen before your kind of setups, with all surrounding lights-they work all great and i believe you will get some nice bud out of there-great success:lol:!!!



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about the odor, i know this isnt a thread meant for this but its the only thread people have been helpful in lol

do ona odor jars work?
or ona odor gels?

i only have one plant with a fan circulating air around it so i dont think odor will be a big problem but it will still come up so will ona odor agents work?? i hope..?
 
mcrtbsa7xava said:
about the odor, i know this isnt a thread meant for this but its the only thread people have been helpful in lol

do ona odor jars work?
or ona odor gels?

i only have one plant with a fan circulating air around it so i dont think odor will be a big problem but it will still come up so will ona odor agents work?? i hope..?
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Ona works WONDERFULLY. Purchase the soil moist granules and mix with liquid form. The gel seems to not last very long.
 
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