Circiline Fluoresent?

Has anyone ever used a circle type fluro around a small plant to get complete 360 degree side coverage with light?

I have been wondering about that too, they look and seem like a good idea. And if you could get them with decent wattages, as well as the right color spectrum I don't see why it wouldn't work well. Who knows, maybe we will see some good responses.

Anyone out there with an opinion on this at all?

I guess nobody is interested in giving us advice or feedback on this subject. Well doesn't that just suck. lol. Maybe one day Dfunk.

-Damn. I was on the Home Depot website today looking at different CFL's and i thought the same thing...

So, do you have any experience or knowledge to share on the subject? They seem like a good idea assuming you can get them in decent wattages, and spectrum. Covers a nice area ya know.

I think a fixture design might really be the most difficult aspect of this since it's unheard of.

I had one for a few days, but it was to loud, I'd hear it when I went to bed to I took it out. Mine was a 30W I think, I don't think it would have done much.

Any more opinions appreciated.

Well yh the light is good for growing but the watts dont go as high like 58w i think but there they will be ok

So it seems the lack of lumens they produce being available in only low wattages is insufficient & the color spectrums might also pose a problem.

no 4000k-5000k is good but yh the lumens are not great lol .
available in only 1-60 wattages

Have you ever seen one that's 5000K in the 60 watt variety?

Circular tube T5 CIRT5

Circular fluorescent tubes second one down click watts change to 60w

Thanx for the link.

lol no worries

these do not produce enough light intensity to do any good...you will also run into problems trying to mount something like this....if you must use flourocents them stick to t5 straight bulbs for your vegging until you can get some hid lighting for flowering....

how bout a link to the thing we are talking about instead,,,,
this bulb debate comes in again like above just stop it
"some people think the cucumber tastes better pickeled....."

wait you mean put the plant in the middle of a circular tube flouro then right?
if that's the case you gotta be careful of burning the leaves when they touch the bulb so would be more work than it is worth

Fluros can touch the leaves because they don't really get hot. I was only thinkin' about doing this for the seedling stage of growth.