Light Pros Help me

Starting my first grow
only having 3 plants going to use CFL's cuz small space
but i was wondering if this was a good pick? and what matters more lumens or watts?
n:vision 42 Watt Spiral Fluorescent Replacement Bulb - 5S842 at The Home Depot
im purchasing 3x of these if you guys think its good enough

Yes that is a good cfl to but i think u will need more than 10X to get anything worth while peace good luck

Oh yeah me personally i go for watts when using cfls

benzo said:

Yes that is a good cfl to but i think u will need more than 10X to get anything worth while peace good luck

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why would i need so much? im growing in my dresser going to have 1 light per plant, also im painting the walls white.

get the three light recepticle and put 3 on each plant

Area420 said:

why would i need so much? im growing in my dresser going to have 1 light per plant, also im painting the walls white.

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Well that sounds good for seedlings/newborns & early stages of veg but simply is not enough to supply plant with enough light/lumens/watts 4 it 2 produce something worth while.How big is your dresser?

ststepen420 said:

get the three light recepticle and put 3 on each plant

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Why so much tho? in the faq is states a 27 watt ... i need 3 per plant? remember the dreser is only 4ft tall, 3 ft wide, 2 ft deep, painting the walls white to.. seriously i need 3 lights (42 watts) per plant?

Bottom line fit as many cfls as possible to produce more

exactly, the more you put in there the more the buds. Ive seen people have like 50 cfls surrounding the plants. Theres never too much but there can always be too little

you can get a 250 watt metal halide flood from home depot, and rig it up....

i think those cfls are for flowering it says warm 2700k i have 5x100 watt daylights on two plants..

they say mh lights are the best look on ebay u can get a 600 watt mh/hps grow kit and its air cooled for bout 300 bucks thats what im waiting on for my bday

drinkinsig151 said:

you can get a 250 watt metal halide flood from home depot, and rig it up....

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How many would you suggest?

bust the bottom out of the drawers and crerate one bigger aspace. get a 250 watt MH( veg state) but remeber you will need 250 HPS bulb for flowering stage.

remember temp and humidity are citical, air ciruclation.

I ru temp of 76 degrees and hum between 35 to 45. the drier hum will also keep down chance of mold grow

So it looks like im going to lowes tomorrow to buy a 250 MH. this should work swell for 3 plants in a 5x3x2deep dresser?ya? Would Aqua globes work for wattering? any one got any good furtilizer in mind? and would just planting 3 seeds from a sack work to start me off?

At Lowes I found a dope CFL last night 64 watt 3500 lumen giant. I generally don't use CFL's but I added that bad boy into the grow.

I use a 100 watt MH veg and later i add 70 watt HPS for late veg...A 150 HPS above /70 watt HPS below with my MH still above for flowering... Im on my first grow and only one plant in a power grow system... but had a lot of help from experts building my box and figuring out lighting..... I rigged a lot of stuff i got at home depo from outside lighting.. just take the guts out and made a reflective backside and makeshift holder and.... boom your ready to go. Unless you can fit the whole fixture in there lot less work.... happy growing