Humboldt's - 100% CFL Setup!

Humboldt said:

How are ya bongspit, love the name, have you got a grow journal?

That's cool puf, at least you'll get to see what I yield using cfls, I'll be right behind you on the hps, now get that journal going would ya!


It's kind of hard to describe DOT, I bought cheap as I went, meaning I started out small, shopped wisely and worked my way up to what you see now, I got everything needed for lights for under a hundred bucks, I'm using some two way light fixtures that I found at a thrift store, paid only 50cent a piece, pretty good deal considering I saw the same fixtures for 7 bucks new but the 7 bucks I think is well worth these fixtures, they come with two sockets and can ad y's making it four, how sweet is that?
I have lots of pictures and information on the lighting fixture in my journal, feel free to skim through it,

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/29010-humboldts-growing-adventures-up-away.html


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yes I do...bongspits grow journal

Thanks wutter, ic you started a journal as well, I'll have to check it out.

bongspit, am I supposed to search for for your journal? lol j/k I'll be there in a bit but why not put a link to it in your sig?


Peace Out!

thoses lights are the 2700k or the 6500k im confused and growing with cfl and wanna know what are these lights and how much i need to grow 2 beautiful females

the 65k(cool white) lights are for veging your plants and the 27k(warm white) are for flowering per plant try to get around 5000-10,000 lumens so prolly atleast
3 x 23 watt cfl's (per plant) but you could use up to 6 x 23 watt cfls(per plant)

sorry for the ease drop but their is nothing absolutley nothing wrong with floros ive known people that have had amazing yields on only floros people buy large 400 and 600 watt hps and mh bulbs and ballast because its so well advertised and yet we still spend their precious money on this stuff. But dont get me wrong those jumbo lights arent bad they are very good i just dont see the necesity if your growing in your house to have anything more then flos! oh yea and as for the cost for lighting i guarantee you that flos are wayyyy cheaper then the MH and HPS i will put my name on that.

looking gooooood

CHEETO said:

oh yea and as for the cost for lighting i guarantee you that flos are wayyyy cheaper then the MH and HPS i will put my name on that.

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Not sure about that. Each situation is different admittidly but at the local hydro shop a 130w CFL (real wattage - big mutha of a light) with shade, chains, lamp holder etc sells for $155. $99 for just the bulb with built in ballast. 400w HPS lighting kits sells for $160. Funny tho ... a 250w HPS lighting kits costs $235 . BUT at the local hardware warehouse you can get 105w CFL (no brand name) only in 6500k for $25 each To get a decent wattage 2700k your paying $26 for one 45w bulb.

I could set myself up with a decent HPS setup for similair price to a CFL set up but be pumping out 4x the lumens under HPS. But then I live in the arsehole of the world so I'm sure the states is quite different for getting cheap CFL setups. Wally world sounds wonderful

I think the thing with cfls is, the hit is not all at once you can slowly add more and more with mh/hps its BAM!!!! $200, $300, $400 even $500 dollar. And for $26 you can get a 150w....

You can pop off anywhere from 16 to 40 bucks for a 150 watt HPS....or three...one would get cha started...and they make a difference!!! I think I have a link in my Journal to where I bought two for 16 bucks each....gotta keep an eye on the link cus the bid price fluctuates....I got in right on time, and the next day they doulbled to 40+ bucks...Still thinking about getting another!

the main prob with that many cfls is the fire hazard and they made for lighting house and such not growing weed, so ya it works but hps and sutch are made for growing so ur gonna get alot better results
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Thanks Geist for your input, but your story doesn't end there, I'm sorry to be the one to inform you that there is a better chance of fire using mh/hps, also cfls are great for growing, depending on the situation.

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Newwwbies read this......
There will be a fire hazzard regardless!! CFLS>..done by a non electrician...or HID's wired by a non electrician...both pose the same threat. 120 volts
" crossed" with a small piece of cotton, WILL START A FIRE!!! It matters not what type of light you have...If you have a bad connection...YOU WILL HAVE A FIRE!!!
If you are not sure how to "hook up" a ballast system, be it a flo, or a hid, (both are totally different from each other) you beg for trouble. PLEASE do some research.....
Save the house!!!

Hum has a great set up......I'm not on a rant about that...i'm meerly saying, If ya dont know what youre doing....YOU CAN BURN DOWN THE HOUSE IN YOUR SLEEP!!!

Giest... The HPS does get much hotter than a CFL~ if you want "spontainious combustion" go with the HPS in a SMALL unventelated closet....It should light yer fires...
In a small closet such as Hum grows in, and my own 6 sq ft area...CFL's ARE the bomb...
I DO have two 150 HPS and 2 45watt CFLS in my little room...and IT IS HOT in there...I freak out every time I leave to go to the store~temp watching makes up my afternoons....although these winter temps are helping out now!!! LOL!!

Yeahh i think humbolts has done right, if the CFL's cost him a hundered dollars, thats still MUCH cheaper than buying 1 400watt hps which also needs a ballast and reasonable ventilation at least, could do with a relfector too, correct me if im wrong but all that would cost a LOT more than those cfl's and with so many lights you can get COMPLETE light coverage,
i mean look at those plants of humbolts! thats sweet shit for CFL's as far as im concerned, im fed up of these HPS snobs.
if we had a 10' by 10' growroom and the money im sure yes we would be using a big dirty 1000watt hps but humbolts done it right by my books.
Jolly

I am copying Humboldt's grow room. I have 5 plants that i started from seeds. It took 3 days to get seeds to sprout and i then put them in little plastic cups with potting soil and they have been growing for 3 days under 3 cfl's. And they are 2.5 inches tall right now. I will be building a cfl lighting assembly out of 14 more cfl's almost like humboldt has done in his pics. I hope to get atleast 2 females out of the 5. This is the first time that i have ever tried to grow. I am not worrying about clones or anything like that. I just want to see what i can do with what i have and if all goes well, i will purchase a couple good clones from a friend that has been growing for years. Keep up the great work Humboldt, and please keep the pics coming. I am really interested to find out how much you get from the plants.i can not post any pics of my little stealth room yet but i will soon.

TheJollyBrother said:

Yeahh i think humbolts has done right, if the CFL's cost him a hundered dollars, thats still MUCH cheaper than buying 1 400watt hps which also needs a ballast and reasonable ventilation at least, could do with a relfector too, correct me if im wrong but all that would cost a LOT more than those cfl's and with so many lights you can get COMPLETE light coverage,
i mean look at those plants of humbolts! thats sweet shit for CFL's as far as im concerned, im fed up of these HPS snobs.
if we had a 10' by 10' growroom and the money im sure yes we would be using a big dirty 1000watt hps but humbolts done it right by my books.
Jolly

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humboldt did a very nice job with his cfls and his grow i reped him for that... but a hps is far more usefull/efficient/cost effective then a bunch of cfls... you can get a good 400 watt setup for 150$ last time i checked 20 cfls at my local store cost a good amount.. not alot but you add the fixtures wiring plugs fixture to that then you get a good number... lets say it did cost 100$ and you saved yourself 50$ you still wasted alot more time/effort putting it together... also you waste more electricity putting out less lumens... a 400 watt hps will put out 55,000 lumens if you have 400 watts of cfls you wont get anywere near that number and if you actully get to the same amout of lumens as the hps youve alredi doubled the wattage so your spending twice as much a month... in my book the only reason one should go about getting cfls would be heat issues

everybody says a cheap hps would be the same as 20 cfl's but most people buy a couple cfl's at a time and add more when they get more money. even though 150$ is not a huge amount, some people just dont have that in their budget at the time so they spend a little each time so they can afford it.

im just saying there spending extra money on more electricity for the same thing... mine as well save up for alittle then get something which will help you in the long run