CFL vs FLORO vs HPS
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olietrendkill
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i think i was trying to make a point that if you had used equal watts of fluro blubs i think they would have performed on a equaly basis if not better then the HPS bulb.
not to sure tho
olietrendkill
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depends on the wattage, 5 250w cfls might just about manage, but im asuming that only a small part of the room will be used for veg, up to about a quater of your space could probably be lit by 2 250 w cfl or 3 1 50 w cfl
th3bigbad
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hostestly man i dont know. i think it depends on what youre looking to do. the cfl grow blew me away. they did soooo much better than i thought they wouldve that i went about bought a ton of'um for my next grow.
the hps is a great light on flowering plants but it didnt do all that hot in veg. it was less work to move, made more bud sites, and the weight of the dried bud was just about 2x as much as the cfls. but it put out more heat, cost an arm and a leg to run, and was only used on a few plants.
so what i got from it was about what every1 expected. a big hps rocks if your growing all out balls to the wall. and the cfls arent too shabby if youre a smaller grower or if heat/cost are an issue. each type of light has pros and cons. both types of lights work well enough to use them for flower or veg. so just grow with what feels right for you and your grow.
the hps is a great light on flowering plants but it didnt do all that hot in veg. it was less work to move, made more bud sites, and the weight of the dried bud was just about 2x as much as the cfls. but it put out more heat, cost an arm and a leg to run, and was only used on a few plants.
so what i got from it was about what every1 expected. a big hps rocks if your growing all out balls to the wall. and the cfls arent too shabby if youre a smaller grower or if heat/cost are an issue. each type of light has pros and cons. both types of lights work well enough to use them for flower or veg. so just grow with what feels right for you and your grow.
spacemanps
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what about mixing 400 watt HPS and 300 watt CFL for a whole cycle veg and flower....?
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
There's a limited, specialist application for HPS for veg. The red-yellow HPS spectrum tends to make vegging plants a little stretchier than MH. This is a disadvantage in almost all applications except Sea of Green, where tall clones suit the SoG style better as clones are not vegged at all outside of clonebox lighting before being flowered. Counterintuitively, 24/0 HPS yields shorter internodes than 18/6 HPS.
th3bigbad, what a great job you've done with this comparison. No small amount of work, thanks for all that.
Vr6T
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wow just read everything in one sitting. I'm definitely going w/ cfl. I'm turning a large garbage can into my grow box. Do you think that 2 of these 23 Watt Soft White CFL is enough for the first sages of growing? * N/A - $7.99 at The Home Depot
I'm growing White Satin which doesn't need too much light in a space that maybe 2ft x 2ft. real small
I'm growing White Satin which doesn't need too much light in a space that maybe 2ft x 2ft. real small
lilpiggy89
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Awesome thread I also just read this in one sitting and am a noob to all of this. I am going to attempt using CFL's in my small closet. Awesome job bigbad.
Major_Nuggz
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cfls sweet cashed out pretty much done(doesnt require alot of cfm on fans) ..ya bite off hps or mh you run into heating issues and ventilation issues..if you can get these down hps and mh are the way to go..little spendier but lets you upgrade your grow no problem..your limited with the size of your grow with cfl's
FilthyFletch
Mr I Can Do That For Half
CFLs suck and by the time you get enough tp grow 4 or 5 plants you have surpassed the cost of a 400 watt hps setup which will outgrow any cfl.I have zero heat issues running 3 400 watt hps lights 6 inches from top of plants.
CFL prolly isn't good for larger grows, but I think this expiriment proved it's the way to go for small setups. If you're getting into large amounts of plants you're obviously serious about growing and can deal with all the issues with HPS and MH.
Spittn4cash
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but of course for small grows CFL's in addition to a small HPS..say 70W..would be even better
bush basher
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im using 4 20w cfls at the mo on 1 plant i got from my mate, not sure what strain or in/sat any help would be much appreciated. also my leaves have started curling up at the sides, i'll get smoe pics up soon as poss to let you see. heres the end of the second week tho.
insanity566
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Wow you guys need to research lighting and listen to how this experiment turned out.I am in the process of a grow. I have 2 separate rooms. One for veg one for flower. veg room is 2.5'x2.5' with a 2.5'x1' (WxH) cloning area. flowering room is a 4x9x 2 (WxHxD) common closets. I have all 26 watt CFL's. here is what I have in each room as far as lighting.
clone room= 1x 26 watt warm cfl (1750 lumens)
veg room= 2x 26 watt cool cfl (3500 lumens) (I have 10 plants in veg)
flowering room= 7x 26 watt warm cfl (12200 lumens)
thats about 67 lumens per watt on a 26 watt cfl.
a 1000 watt hps has 146 lumens per watt. (1000 watt hps = 145000 lumens
a 1000 watt of cfls = 67000 lumens
the most common success of cfl's is that I can have as many as you can fit "around" the whole plants and any where you want them. on an hps it can pretty much only be above the plants. I have 1 plant with 1 1000 watt hps that sits above the plant and not necessarily hitting all the leaves with the same lumens. now if you get 1000 watts worth of cfl bulb and place them everywhere around the plant you would have a far greater outcome of bushiness weight color smell everything you can think of that light helps. that is why im using all cfls on my grows. it is just a far less expensive light and I can use them in more ways and areas than hps. oh and I save like a shit load of electricity using cfls.
sorry for the crappy grammar im a stoned American (we have shitty ass schools with worse English classes)
p.s. its really sad when we as Americans whom speak English still have people in our schools that fail English class. lol just a thought.
firstimegrwr
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Nice info so far mine under floruo are alot healthyier then the ones in your first few posts but awesome info thanks a props to ya
Purple_Ganja
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and I thought my CFL setup was insane... 40! Although I'm not far behind with 28 27w CFLs They're gonna be supplemented though, with even bigger ones. So, I've been seeing LCD grow lights to, but haven't seen them MUCH. How do yall feel about LCD grow lights?
They're gonna be supplemented though, with even bigger ones. So, I've been seeing LCD grow lights to, but haven't seen them MUCH. How do yall feel about LCD grow lights?
Gygax1974
Just some idiot
I would be interested in learning about LEDs if anyone has any experience.and I thought my CFL setup was insane... 40! Although I'm not far behind with 28 27w CFLs