mal_crane said:Flo's and cfl's will grow bud just fine and can be used for both vegging and flowering. How many lumens per sq ft is what will make your buds more dense. Both flo's and cfl's would suit a closet grow much better than a HID or Hps. Be reasonable with what size light you are using in small places so that you don't start the apartment building on fire just because you picked a 600w hps to put in a little closet just because someone told you flo's aren't good for growing. Out of 20+ grows, I have used flo's and cfl's on almost all and I have grown some of the most dense bud I've seen. It's all in personal preference, trial and error, and what is most reasonable for the size grow you are looking for. No sense in buying some $500 light just to grow a couple plants when you could spend $100 dolalrs on cfl and flo supplies and get just as good of bud.
mal_crane said:I didn't say that HPS isn't good, I said it's his responsibility to not burn down the house with too much high powered lighting in a small area, but we now see that the area isn't small. Even with his larger area, I would still use cfl's or flo's, like I said it's just a personal preference. I've grown with an HPS and didn't like it, simple as that.
yeah im thinking bout spliting the room in half or if i can successfully make a shelf system to have clones/mothers under flouro lights and use i guess the hps or hid like you guys are saying for flowering. i watched an hour long video last night "Cannabis.Cultivation" by mr.green well this guy uses flour lights for the veg stage and 430w hps with blue spectrum for the flowering. the guy is also using a "squirrle cage fan" to get air flow.Hick said:A 400 w/hps can be purchased for very close to that same $100 dollar bill, and is "both" more efficient and produces more grow power/lumens/PAR. Facts.. not "opinions"..
Welll buddy, you have a lot to learn. If you have to $$$$ to run the hps would you still say that? you might want to go talk to some horticulturist. HPS vers CFL? its like comparing BMW to HYUNDAI. Its not even comparable. HPS are the closest thing you can get in your grow to resemble the sun, **** cfls arnt even the right spectrums...mal_crane said:I've grown with an HPS and didn't like it, simple as that.
you must not get that great of weed where you live if CFL buds are denser than the hps, or you must not know how to use it properly. So if your saying you have tried both and got better results with cfls than whats your conclusion? How is it better in your case, than hps. sry please dont take anything personal, i can see you got a little tense, anyways i can see it nowI have used flo's and cfl's on almost all and I have grown some of the most dense bud I've seen
atleast you know whats right pal, i dont see how if $$ wasnt the issue, to pic a cfl, over a hps. Air cooled hps look soo dang nice in that setup too. good luckIf I had the money and space I would get another HPS, just not in a big hurry to spend double the money
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