Hey, Just wondering if anyone has any experience growing with air purifying CFLs? They are available over at 1000bulbs.com, listed under CFLs, then screw ins, then air purifying.
I am curious whether, in a small space such as a grow box that is filled with CFLs, these might eliminate the need for other odor control? I doubt it, but it's in interesting thought.
Also, I want to run a setup by everyone at the forums.
The idea here is to have a two chamber box, totaling just over 1.5m high, 70cm wide, and 1m deep. The top chamber is about 1m high, the bottom chamber about 50cm high. In the top chamber which is used for flowering, 4 high wattage (maybe 42w or so) CFLs with reflectors are suspended from the top corners of the box, pointed towards the center of the chamber. In addition to this, 9 low wattage (23 or 27w) CFLs are suspended down into the canopy of the plants. They are hung in such a way that their height can be adjusted as the plants grow.
The bottom chamber is for cloning. Just two or three low wattage (23w) CFLs are used in this area. One to support the mother plant, and then another two to keep approx. 2 clones alive at a time.
The 2 clones, which are rooted in rockwool cubes and sitting in a flood table type tray, are moved to the top chamber 2 weeks after being cut (or as early as their rooting allows), and replaced by two more clones. The lights are height adjusted so that plants are in order from one end of the chamber to the other by height.
Once moved to the top chamber, plants are transplanted into 1 gallon bags filled with a mixture of coco coir and perlite (60-40) with drainage holes at the bottom. These bags also sit in a flood table type tray. From here they are flowered for as long as they need to be (about 50 days, slightly more), fed with Canna coco a+b and pk13-14.
How does this setup sound to you? The box is located in a temperate region, so outdor temps will range from ~16 C to a little over 30 C . The temp in the actual immediate surrounding of the box should range from about 20 C to 26 or 27 C max. This fan looks as though it may work, and I've read good things about it: Air King Lasko 655702, Stanley® Blower Fan,
unfortunately there's no flow rating listed. Will that blow air through a carbon filter? Anyone have any experience with these/ducting them? It would ideally be placed inside the box, venting outwards, but I'm not sure there's going to be enough space. If you have one, how loud are they? Could you live with one in your closet?
THANKS guys. This forum is great! Such a wealth of information here.
I am curious whether, in a small space such as a grow box that is filled with CFLs, these might eliminate the need for other odor control? I doubt it, but it's in interesting thought.
Also, I want to run a setup by everyone at the forums.
The idea here is to have a two chamber box, totaling just over 1.5m high, 70cm wide, and 1m deep. The top chamber is about 1m high, the bottom chamber about 50cm high. In the top chamber which is used for flowering, 4 high wattage (maybe 42w or so) CFLs with reflectors are suspended from the top corners of the box, pointed towards the center of the chamber. In addition to this, 9 low wattage (23 or 27w) CFLs are suspended down into the canopy of the plants. They are hung in such a way that their height can be adjusted as the plants grow.
The bottom chamber is for cloning. Just two or three low wattage (23w) CFLs are used in this area. One to support the mother plant, and then another two to keep approx. 2 clones alive at a time.
The 2 clones, which are rooted in rockwool cubes and sitting in a flood table type tray, are moved to the top chamber 2 weeks after being cut (or as early as their rooting allows), and replaced by two more clones. The lights are height adjusted so that plants are in order from one end of the chamber to the other by height.
Once moved to the top chamber, plants are transplanted into 1 gallon bags filled with a mixture of coco coir and perlite (60-40) with drainage holes at the bottom. These bags also sit in a flood table type tray. From here they are flowered for as long as they need to be (about 50 days, slightly more), fed with Canna coco a+b and pk13-14.
How does this setup sound to you? The box is located in a temperate region, so outdor temps will range from ~16 C to a little over 30 C . The temp in the actual immediate surrounding of the box should range from about 20 C to 26 or 27 C max. This fan looks as though it may work, and I've read good things about it: Air King Lasko 655702, Stanley® Blower Fan,
unfortunately there's no flow rating listed. Will that blow air through a carbon filter? Anyone have any experience with these/ducting them? It would ideally be placed inside the box, venting outwards, but I'm not sure there's going to be enough space. If you have one, how loud are they? Could you live with one in your closet?
THANKS guys. This forum is great! Such a wealth of information here.