alexonfire
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Real sexy setup. You got a little bit of everything in there!
At home depot they have 150watt equivalent soft white bulbs for $15 should I just get like 4 of those and im gunna have a 500watt MH light hanging above for floweringLooks like your bigger plant is getting a bit of fert burn. As for the new addition to the family, just keep up on what your doing.
I think it was already suggested and might be a bit late now that you have already invested in all thoes CFLs and fixtures but something like a 200W CFL works much better and is more accurate on the color temp that they list. a 6500k is closer to what it is than the smaller home CFLs
Okay 400 is what I thought but the guy whos ordering my light keeps saying 500 or 1000, but if I get 1000 I gotta rewire and stuff so 400 is just fine.That's up to you. If it were me and I was going to shop for grow CFL's, I would get a 150W or larger CFL (not a 150w equivalent ). If you shop around you can get a good price. I can't remember where I got mine, I don't use them much anymore. I switched to T5's, but I do take them out from time to time. You would need the fixture that fits them too, if you go this route. I do see many peeps using the smaller home CFL's and they seem to be working but I do know the color temp of thoes lights are not what they say. You'll get better penetration and coverage with the larger ones. 500watt MH? I think you meen 400W mh. Most peeps use HPS to flower.
Yes you can flower with a MH fine. Using the lights you have to flower is fine too but your problem/solution is to keep things very short as the penetration of those light are not good. You will get airy buds not as tight nugs as if you use a stronger light.Okay 400 is what I thought but the guy whos ordering my light keeps saying 500 or 1000, but if I get 1000 I gotta rewire and stuff so 400 is just fine.
Can I flower with a MH? I know the soft white cfls will work for flowering but will useing the same light I used to veg to flower harm it or make it less strong of buds?
The bulbs are on the cheap side because they are for normal lighting and not specialized for horticulture (color corrected/spectrum). But you can still use them ok. Just not as good as one giving the plant more of what it needs.Could I buy these bulbs and put them in the lamp in this picture?
Look at the prices they seem very low
HPS : http://www.planetbulbstore.com/c400s51-hps.html
MH : http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Halide-Light-Bulb-Mogul/dp/tech-data/B001135488