should i return my lights?

ok i went shopping today for my flowering lights at lowes i got 2 spot-gro lights by sylvina 150watts and 1 300wat halogin shoplight like the 2 foot flourescent lights and i turn them on and i come back in like 45mins to an hour and it burnt my fucking leaves i spent like 60dollars should i return them? or just put them far enough away not to burn my plant?

Halagon lights are a big no-no I believe.
I think they are the wrong spectrum of light and LOTS of heat.
I would return the halagon and buy some more CFL's.

Celticman

return them. CFL, HPS, MH.

fdd2blk said:

return them. CFL, HPS, MH.

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exactly what he said!

if you bought the other bulbs because you cant spend that much...go buy some cfl lights for sure

fdd2blk said:

return them. CFL, HPS, MH.

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Yeah, i agree.

For flowering on a budget you need Compact Floresents, the screw in type, of the 3000Kelvin or so light spectrum. They may also say Spring or Warm light.

fdd2blk said:

return them. CFL, HPS, MH.

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in a nutshell.

weres the best place to get cfl's im ordering the 400watt hps when i get 50 more dollars and ima get 4 cfl's for the side is that ok for 2 flowering plants? and how far from the plant should i keep my hps and my cfl's?

trusten said:

weres the best place to get cfl's im ordering the 400watt hps when i get 50 more dollars and ima get 4 cfl's for the side is that ok for 2 flowering plants? and how far from the plant should i keep my hps and my cfl's?

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unless the plants are huge, you can fit more than 2 under a 400w HPS.
You can get CFLs just about anywhere that sells light bulbs, Home Depot, Walmart, whatever...
CFLs you want to have within a few inches of the plants. The HPS you'll want to keep a couple of feet away. Stick your hand at the top of the plants. If it's uncomfortably hot for you, it's too hot for the plants.

i hear the hps can get extremly hot i only got 2 fans going in my grow room and i can't afford to put like a a/c in there .even tho my garage does not get very hot it actually stays pritty cold and there is a window in there that i keep open to let more air in and out should i still get the hps?

you can put 400 watt hps within 1' of the top of your plants. Start at 2' them move the light down a couple inches a day until its at 1'. Won't take long cause the plants will grow up to meet you. Then move it up with them as they grow.