Garage Sale Find (will these work?)

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space_weaseal

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I found these at a garage sale today. I got everything for $28.
Will these bulbs work for the veg stage??? Everything is brand new.


 
Mr Bud

Mr Bud

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yes they will work.. more cfl's might be needed depending on the amount of plants needed
 
FilthyFletch

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
You can use the cfls but dont get your hopes up as the cost of the needed bulbs and electricity will be about 3 times what you could just buy a bag for.Good luck
 
DJmick

DJmick

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They will work fine .Remember to check your kelvin scale, Veg at 65oo
flower at 2700. We are Talking about tomatoes right?
 
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Mr Bud said:
yes they will work.. more cfl's might be needed depending on the amount of plants needed
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Its for a six plant system "for the veg stage". With the ones i found today, that gives me four 100w, and 2 150w CFL's for the growth stage, and clones.
My 400w MH & HPS light will be for the budding stage.
 
FilthyFletch

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
well hell if you have a 400 watt mh light why waste the time and effect???????24 hours a day 400 watt mh light is only like $25 a month on the electric bill
 
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space_weaseal

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FilthyFletch said:
well hell if you have a 400 watt mh light why waste the time and effect???????24 hours a day 400 watt mh light is only like $25 a month on the electric bill
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Ok
Let me explain better. I basicly have two set ups. My areoponics system will be for clones, and mother plants growth stage. My MH & HPS will be for my ebb & flow system, so basicly i will be using both for a SOG garden.
 
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dannyjw said:
sounds like a good setup, how many you planting then?
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I have 6 going now. (1 BC Mango, 3 Hindu Kush, and two White Widos) I will be starting 3more White Widows, and 3 more BC Mangos as soon as i get my ebb & flow system in...(i sould have it by monday...)
 
GoodFriend

GoodFriend

Lumberjack
space... those aren't 100w and 150w cfls... they're more than likely closer to 23w and 42w... those bigger numbers are just their equivelants if they were incandescents...

the smaller ones are daylight and are a better spectrum for vegging (though i think they're only like 4500k, there are some that are 6000k) and the bigger ones look to be warmer 2700k ones
 
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space_weaseal

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lumberjack_ian said:
space... those aren't 100w and 150w cfls... they're more than likely closer to 23w and 42w... those bigger numbers are just their equivelants if they were incandescents...

the smaller ones are daylight and are a better spectrum for vegging (though i think they're only like 4500k, there are some that are 6000k) and the bigger ones look to be warmer 2700k ones
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Hey thanks for the head up on this one. Im still trying to figure all this out so i do appreciate all the input.
 
GoodFriend

GoodFriend

Lumberjack
whooops i made a mistake... those smaller ones are the better ones the cooler spectrum... for some reason i thought they were the ones in the middle... so your okay there... and they're 27w, not 23...

the packagin lists the lumen output, watts, and kelvins all together...
 
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