Lighting Advice
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heathaa
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go to walmart and get some cfls. check on the box and you should see a number with a k at the end. you want 6500k which is the blue end of the spectrum and is good for veggie. then also get some 23 watt bulbs they are 2700k thats the red end of the spectrum and is good for flowering. i use 8 bulbs 6 of them are 6500k and 2 are 2700k when i switch to 12/12 ill replace 3 bulbs of 6500k and replace them with 23w bulbs which are 2700k and mimicks fall months. i also recomend going to lowes or home depot and they have a light fixture with a clamp on it. it has a sheild and you can clamp it on to anything which makes your lights adjustable as the plant grows. good luck
desertrat
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your link didn't post
desertrat
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that was fast. that light will work fine. an upgrade would be to have an air-cooled hood but i don't know whether you can vent that
UNICRONLIVES
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might think bout gettin a switchable ballast and do a 250 mh/hps setup!!??!!
desertrat
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note that you have a choice of hps, mh, or hps/mh set ups. if you have the money get the hps/mh and both bulbs and you can improve your grow with mh for veg and hps for flowering
indyman
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man that will work just fine the room is small you want to use mh/hps you get a better yield.u would need 12 of the 23w cfl's to do what that 250w would do just keep that in mind!!!
Cali.Grown>408
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grab a 400w hps that should be perfect for u..u can find em cheep online...htgsupply.com has em hella cheap
AbriCo
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The light in my link comes with an mh & hps lamp is that not the same thing?
I'm a complete noob at lighting lol
indyman
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south bay this east county cajon zone over here dude's room would not even fit my hood 25in by 22 1/2 so he prob only needs 250 for small room and rap the wall's with reflectent!!
CLOSETGROWTH
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Get a son agro 430 watt bulb, and a 400 watt ballast, and run hps the whole time... veg to flower.
If you dont do that now, you'll end up doing it later. Once the grow bug bites ya, its all about upgrades.
Good luck
desertrat
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they give you three separate choices - hps alone, mh alone or a combo set up. if you go with the combo you need 1 mh bulb and 1 hps bulb - i couldn't tell whether they gave you both bulbs with the combo setup
UNICRONLIVES
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i see it give you the chose for mh or hps or both......you want both bulbs but the ballast has to be switchable. which since they give you the option of both i would think it is,... but better make sure!!