Lighting on a Budding Plant?

Quick question, My friend is giving me plant which is already budding. But it's been and outside plant. this plant just starting Budding, can i have it inside(thieves around here)? if yes, what bulbs should i get for the plant?

Your gonna need more than bulbs to keep it going indoors.

I'd assume you'd wanna do it cheap, some 2700k CFLs would work

yes you can put it inside, you can use cfl's if your on a budget, or get an hps(high pressure sodium bulb)

desertflower said:

Your gonna need more than bulbs to keep it going indoors.

I'd assume you'd wanna do it cheap, some 2700k CFLs would work

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Thanks man, I really want to get this plant going. It's a purp lol.
Do you think i can clone this plant?

is it better to use the hps bulbs?

Generally you'd want to take clones off a plant during veg so it has time to replenish what you took off. However you could do it off your plant. Probably slow grow, and reduce yields.


HPS bulbs are most expensive, but are considered better. For one plant however CFL's would work fine

will a clone flower faster?

No. Once its cloned, it will take probably 2 weeks to get into veg stage, another month there, and then 6-8 weeks for flowering

you can clone it still, theres no point in not trying...and for one plant you should go cheap and throw a bunch of cfls up like desertflower said, than invest in an hps or two and start growing a bunch of plants! after you finish this purp bitch

ofcourse well i'll only grow a few if i can. send me a link on one of those CFLs please. i wanna find one at walmart or something.

Zig Zag Zane said:

yes you can put it inside, you can use cfl's if your on a budget, or get an hps(high pressure sodium bulb)

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This suggestion is misleading. HPS bulbs need a ballast. You can't just go out and get an HPS bulb and PRESTO! Let there be light!

i can't get cfls at walmart?

you can get a cfl almost anywhere.

i can't find them on the wal mart site. does anyone have a link so i can get a price?
i also have to move that plant to another pot because it's getting to big for it.

So the 2700K Cfl bulb is how many watts?

Solstice07 said:

This suggestion is misleading. HPS bulbs need a ballast. You can't just go out and get an HPS bulb and PRESTO! Let there be light!

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WOWWWWWW....i dont need fucking correcting for something i left out..nothing was misleading..suggesting an hps its pretty common knowledge you need the ballast...doesnt need to be said,

Zig Zag Zane said:

WOWWWWWW....i dont need fucking correcting for something i left out..nothing was misleading..suggesting an hps its pretty common knowledge you need the ballast...doesnt need to be said,

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This thread is in Newbie Central. Common knowledge to you is not always common knowledge to everyone here.

They're here to learn. Having someone tell them to just go out and get an HPS bulb is misleading.

i didnt say to buy an hps bulb, i wrote the whole term for hps so he would know wut it stood for:hps=high pressure sodium

If you are going to go the CFL route you will need 6500k daylight bulbs for veg stage and 2700k for flowering. You should grab a clamp lamp from lowes and a Y splitter so you can have 2 lights on it. Because its just one plant I would def go with the CFL route.

So then I should get a 2700K CFL ? do they also have them at lowe's?
thanks