Seed Question... Auto Flower or Feminized or Mini ??? In need of suggestions.

[The Hemp Goddess]

I'm not sure what size CFLs you are planning on using, but you are almost certainly going to need multiple bulbs. You will want 5000 lumens per sq ft to flower your plants. How large is the closet you are going to use? You will also want some kind of reflector. What have you got for ventilation? Your plants need a constant supply of fresh CO2 all the time the lights are on.

 

[Jabrw0ke]

I'm not really sure what size of CFLs I should use I do not know anything about them. When I first started looking them up, I was looking at something completely different.
I've gotten so far without them. Three of my plants have grown and been smoked just by using the fluorescents so if it turns out that it's going to be more work that what it's worth for me than I'm not going to use them, BUT if it's something convenient such as the converter that I found than I would be silly not to use them.

Ventilation at this point is me opening the closets from time to time, and a constant fan.

 

[lowrydergrower775]

If I am correct they do have a 150 watt club around here somewhere, maybe you should look into it. Has to be easier than hanging cfl's everywhere like christmas ornaments lol

I havn't. I have not been a regualr poster the last few months, and havn't seen this. Is it on this Forum?

I will usually brows around this forum some, but always find myself coming back to indoor growing and newbie areas.

 

[Jabrw0ke]

If I am correct they do have a 150 watt club around here somewhere, maybe you should look into it. Has to be easier than hanging cfl's everywhere like christmas ornaments lol

I did go buy a CFL today, and yes, it's hanging like a christmas ornament. LOL

The little plant shop in the next city over sells 50 watt ones for $20, with a 6 month waranty, and they just screw into a regular lamp fixture. They came as growth bubls or flowering bubls, I bought a flowering on. I'm deff' gonna have to look back into getting more though, for $20 and just a few of those hanging garage lamps and I got a nice little BRIGHT hook up going on there.

NOW my big question..... how dose this help my plants? What is this doing that my Fluro's arnt? HAving both of them provides a good amount of light right?

I'd upload a picture but I've been sitting here for about 30 mins trying to resize and upload, it's not happening.
Oh well.

 

[legalize_freedom]

more lumens= more bud

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

CFLs are fluoros.

It is all about lumens--you are still going to need way more. You need 5000 lumens per sq ft for flowering. I could not find a 50W CFL online to check the lumens--how many lumens does your bulb put out?

And how bright it looks really isn't a good indicator of a good light--halogens are really really bright, but are useless for growing.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Under the "Bud Pictures" section, there is a very good stickey that tells you how to resize your pictures using Paint (which virtually all PCs have).
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20979

 

[nouvellechef]

Hick just stated y he doesn't use them and when hick tells me something I usually follow it cause the dude is 99.99% never wrong.

E-porn :hubba:

 

[Jericho]

CFLs are fluoros.

It is all about lumens--you are still going to need way more. You need 5000 lumens per sq ft for flowering. I could not find a 50W CFL online to check the lumens--how many lumens does your bulb put out?

And how bright it looks really isn't a good indicator of a good light--halogens are really really bright, but are useless for growing.

Found this
13-15w = 60w equivealent = 450 lumens
30-52w = 150w equivealent = 2600 lumens

 

[Jabrw0ke]

Found this
13-15w = 60w equivealent = 450 lumens
30-52w = 150w equivealent = 2600 lumens

Yeah the box says 55w = 2700K, b22 (not sure what that means).
I think what I am understanding is that it just uses 55w and outputs more, probably 200 watts. It's probably a 3000 lumes bulb. I am just guestamating.

I need to go back and get some PH down I tested the water ph last night and it's 8.5 (or higher). I have acid for one of my other plants (miracle berry), but it's to strong to ajust the water.
I've been leaving the water out for over 24 hours before I use it (I'm going to test some of that tonight).
I'll pick up some more bulbs when I go. She named off some others she had. I'm gonna have to sit in there and ****-chat with her a little more.
She had a lot to tell me about the lights so I'm sure she can help me out some more.

 

[Jabrw0ke]

This is a picture of what I got.

 

[lowrydergrower775]

oh jab i was surfin the net last night and i came across a couple links you might find helpful with your grows the first link contains 23 watt and 30 watt cfl bulbs the 23 watters are 2 bucks a piece and the 30 watters go for three the thing is i could only find them in 2700K and the second link is for a 100 watt cfl bulb puts out over 10,000 lumens for under $15.00 i hope this helps you out a bit

p://www.ecolightbulbs.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=193[/url]

p://www.esplighting.com/92100b.html[/url]

 

[Jabrw0ke]

oh jab i was surfin the net last night and i came across a couple links you might find helpful with your grows the first link contains 23 watt and 30 watt cfl bulbs the 23 watters are 2 bucks a piece and the 30 watters go for three the thing is i could only find them in 2700K and the second link is for a 100 watt cfl bulb puts out over 10,000 lumens for under $15.00 i hope this helps you out a bit

Thank you SO MUCH, I am going to share the second link with the woman at the plant store! She said that she was looking to get some cheeper elseware (although the ones she has are $38 she just got them on discount and was able to sell them for $20). Thanks you have been VERY helpful.

 

[lowrydergrower775]

Oh no prob jab its what we are here for like i said anything ya need just ask