Help with CFLs

ae86 grower

ae86 grower

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Defiant676 said:
I am getting €30 this weekend but I am spending it on the seeds (I am using a card you topup but you must topup €30 at a time) I am buying Amnesia.

So that leaves me with nothing pretty much.

I got 2 bulbs but only 1 lamp,I may have one laying around.

I got lots more bulbs but heat is a problem and no bulb sockets either.
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so if heat is an issue, where you growing? a small circulateing fan will disapate most heat from a small cfl grow like yours, with ambient air flow aswell...
 
ae86 grower

ae86 grower

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Defiant676 said:
How about this:
My brother grew weed on his window sill perfectly,what I have told my parents is that I'm growing hemp for a school challenge (They believe me)
I know it will smell and I told them that.
So when it reaches like 1 foot or something I move it into the closet for flowering with the bulbs I have?
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yah it will strech as mikmike said, when growing with lights, the light is close so it grows small and stocky, which is what you want, tight nodes....
 
mikmike

mikmike

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when it is skinny and the plant is looking for light. u should have nodes like every 1.9 cm and that is max imo
 
mikmike

mikmike

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you want atleast around 200 watts, i would say 250 is great and not equivalent watts but its actual watts
 
ae86 grower

ae86 grower

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mikmike said:
you want atleast around 200 watts, i would say 250 is great and not equivalent watts but its actual watts
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you can work up to it, tho, they will start out under what you have if the bulbs you have are the correct spectrum, if you look at the top of it, it will be written there,

eg: 11w 5000k...
 
ae86 grower

ae86 grower

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yes and no....

is the face of the light diffused? or is it clear....

then you have electrical useage, a cfl won`t send the meter spinning like the regular bulbs will...
 
ae86 grower

ae86 grower

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keep it right on top of the plant, thats if it doesnt get to hot, best to run it for a few hours and then tip it with the back of your hand to see if its hot or not, with cfl`s they can virtually touch the tips of the plants..
 
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