Lighting help needed

Growop101

Growop101

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Hey, i have a plant about 2 and a half feet tall, its outside in a cornfield right now, i live in canada and its nearing fall (end of august) i know it should be flowering by now but i had somone rob my plants and this is all i got left. Im moving it inside soon and i was wondering which kinda lights are suposed to be used, how far to put them and all that kinda stuff. I was told metal halide light bulbs are more powerful and better than florecent lights but im not sure, im thinking of putting it in a big coffin i use for halloween and ill wrap the inside withtin foil for light reflection i would greatly appreciate your addvice thoughts and ideas! IM SO STONED LOL
 
Kiz0r

Kiz0r

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Well sir, you have ALOT of lighting options its up to your opinion.

you can go, HID, HPS, CFL, so on.

Myself, I use a Teklight, 4ft, 4 bulb CFL lighting system.

I bought 2 "cool bright" and 2 "daylight" bulbs, giving the awesome lighting for Vegging out and flowering.

if it's just one plant, get some CFLs, they are cheap and run super cool so you dont need a super vent. system.

check out the Growfaq. :P]

cheers

Kiz
 
Growop101

Growop101

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thanks but i dont rele know dif kinds of lights, whats CFLS? and do u have to have a fan for air surculation?
 
biggflintmi

biggflintmi

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Cfls dont produce as much heat as high pressure sodium or metal halide. I personally just throw a 4 foot shoplight with 2 flourescent bulbs over top. With cfls you can put them along the sides. There are a lot of people who use cfl's all the way thru flowering but i use a hps 150 watt. Hps and mh require some kind of exhaust. Mine is out in the open so i just point my oscillating fan at it. heres a pic of cfl's.
 
tckfui

tckfui

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CFL's are the twisty bulbs... you might use some in your house instead of incandescents.
yea you should have at least a decent fan blowing air around the inside.
 
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