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vvplatinumvv

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Whats up everyone. I just built my first grow closet and wanted to start a grow journal. I started off by acquiring some nice white widow seeds. I then put them in a coffee pot and left them outside. After a few weeks they grew to about a couple inches and looked healthy. I bought some pots and feed and transplanted them. One died during transplanting and now im down to 4 plants. I started by leaving them in my window but they werent catching enough light. So i forked out some cash and built a grow closet out of a large dresser i had. I built a shelf and have two sections. 3 plants in small pots up top and 1 plant in a big pot on the bottom. I bought 2 450 watt plant lights from home depot. Has anyone ever heard of these??? I cant seem to find anything on them. They look like flood lights with a blue tint on them. These things look great .. really bright. The only thing is they emit some heat. I dont know if these work well or not. I will Post pictures soon.
 

jonw

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good luck am pretty much the same dont no what my seeds are tho never seen them lights but i have 500w lights wich i dont have a clue about also..
 

HoLE

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when i started ,,knowing nothing,,,not too long ago,,i was using 500 halogen work lights i got from Home De`Pot,,after my seedlings came up,,i put em in a closet,,,and they wilted to death,,,lights are too hot,,,and not right spectrum,,,,anybody wanna buy 2 500 watt mechanics lights,,lol
Keep on Growin
HoLE
 

vvplatinumvv

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Im not sure exactly. Ive tried googling these lights but no luck. They look like floodlights. But on the box they are called , PHILIPS "AGRO-LITE" PLANT LIGHT. Correction on my first post the lights are actually 120W. So to recap. I have two 120 W PHILIPS Agro-Lite Plant Light. They are working great so far and they are really cheap (only 11 buck each). THe only thing i dont like about them is the fact that they put out a little bit of heat, and im a bit paranoid about burning my house down with two of these in a wooden closet made of particle board. The wood isnt getting hot so i think my paranoia is just kicking in (probably cause of all the weed ive been smoking). Any way any comments would be greatly appreciated. PICS SOON.
 

pennywise619

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sorry to break it to you, but those lights you bought are not worth a damn but heat and over streched plants. I would definitly buy like 6 26 watt cfls 6500k daylight for veg and put them 3 inches above there canopy, but if you have a fan you can run the 1 inch above and run the fan direclty at them, but not to stong. I promise with these lights you will definilty get great growth during veg

For flowering I suggest 4 23 watt soft white cfls 2700k per plant.

if you don't trust me check out my grow log vegged under 8 cfls day light 6500k and 400 watt hps for flowering.


https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/149048-cfl-grow-4th-time-around-14.html


this pic#1 is 18 days from when they broke ground


PIC2 is at 4 1/2 weeks and in flowering. (same plant}
 

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