125 watt

Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Dont believe that marketing hype, it just plain dont work for plants, gardeners can only work of real watteges, if it's some 20watt cfl thats all it will ever be regardless of how the equivelant wattage the manufacturer exagerates and hypes up is. Thats all based on different light spectrums and twisting the equations for light out put, if they had a 400watt metal halide they would probably say it emmits the equivelant of 20,000 watts!lol! Plus cfl's ratings are based on a very short distance from the bulb where they do in fact excel but go over three inches away and its just the same old peice of crap you try to light a room with and fail, id take the 125watt equivelant over one of those joke bulbs any day!lol!

Nah seriously get some decent lights, small cfl grows are seriously lame ass and cheap, you wont yeild nothing compared to the three/four months hard work keeping a plant alive under one of them, i know its the recession but either grow weed properly or take up a cheap sport.

I do actually have the 125watt equivelant and is a maxibrite 125watt cfl but it only claims to be a 125watt cfl and nothing else unlike your bulb and i bet it is at least ten times brighter and also the least i would use to grow a very small plant.

Two foot flourescents are the cheapest option if you want to save face in the grow world dude and good to learn on, read up on light spectrums and kelvin to work out what bulbs you actually need for growing plants. I wouldnt even try light my toilet with one of them let alone a weed plant, dont set urself up to fail, that thing will germinate a seed nothing else, anyone else who thinks small cfls work is either poor or has spent more money buying ten to twenty of them and all the fittings and wiring than a basic starter marijuana grow light. Peace
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Just dont want you to be dissapointed, check out threads to see what possible yeilds are from different lights and setups. That 18w light is just 18w not 125watts!lol! it will only ever grow 18w of weed which is nothing. Flourescent tubes spread that 18w of light out a lot better and yeild more per watt than cfl's ever will. I get half a gram a watt from my big cfl's. I run two 250 watters in red and blue so you can understand i wouldnt even bother with one of those small cfl's. A 250watt hps and a few two foot flourescents will get you a cheap veg room and decent flowering room.

You got to decide which way you are gona go but there aint no magic cure or equivelant watts for light, grow 18w and get couple of grams, grow 400watt and hope for 200grams minimun. That said you got to factor in that your new to this so will undoubtedly fail at places.

Do not be discouraged but dont chase harvests, learn to grow first and work to get a decent setup for the yeild and space you want. For me growing weed isnt just about the final smoke, its also about the joy of learning how plants grow and watching them do their thing. Good luck dude. Peace
 
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