I'll give you some better advice, don't listen to this guy. You'll notice to the right of your screen are his credentials when he posts. He is a stranger, the lowest wrung on the ladder, the post above is only his fourth post. Most of the info he gave you is wrong.
I found no errors in his information, perhaps he just joined very recently. a very reckless evaluation of someone who actually took the time to help.
Read the post above. He was way off on the daylight, warm white thing for color spectrum's, something that could have hindered the person he was advising a great deal. Its daylight for veg, and warm white for flower, not cool white for veg, and definitely not daylight for flower. Especially when he tells them to use cool white, which is pretty worthless light for marijuana. I don't trust anyone who uses the phrase "in power speaking wise" in a sentence either.
your right, but that's gotta be a typo, the daylight being orange/red. (but it still was the right COLOR light to use for flowering)
Bottom line is there are better, more knowledgeable growers to get advice from on here, so why bother with a stranger. I'm not saying being a stranger makes him an idiot, we were all strangers to start. I am saying that it means he's far less credible. Would you take advice from this guy after that post? If so I'd rethink that, what if that newb he was giving advice to went out and bought all the wrong bulbs? I know I'd be pissed...
I would use CFLs for Veg, Sylvania makes a 200Watt CFL thats 4700K ($16.00)
Do not buy any bulb that's 4700k, its a worthless color spectrum, stick with daylights for veg 6500k. Also, do not buy that LED UFO, I have only ever heard bad things, and they in no way even compare to a HPS. HPS will blow LED's out of the water every time, ask any knowledgeable grower and they'll tell you the same thing. Once again the best light option for the space is a 250 watt HPS. You would have heat problems with anything bigger, and you do not need 430 watts in that space to grow dense nugs. Best brand for HID seems to be SunSystems, they are the most popular I think.
sure, I can tell he knows what he's talking about and just had a stoner moment. Let's assume the questioner had bought all the bulbs and ballasts, the only "problem" he'd have is some "extra" 6500 K bulbs, and as any knowledgeable grower will tell you "you can't have too much light" if heat isn't a factor.
Yeah, what about all those 4100k cool whites he buys for veg? Hope he keeps the receipt. The point is if this guy makes those kinds of glaring errors on information that basic, I just can't trust him. If I wanted advice on the subject of a closet grow I would ask someone who has done it successfully many times, not someone I meet on the internet who has 4 previous posts...
I wouldn't say it's worthless.
Come on now are we honestly arguing over these semantics? Why does everyone fight what is obvious? Daylight bulbs work best for veg, a commonly accepted fact. If you can show me one grow journal in which an LED panel outgrows an HPS of the same wattage, I will retract all of the negative comments about them. The only positive thing I have EVER heard about them is that they work for veg. I have ONLY heard bad things about flowering with them. They have almost no luminous intensity for god's sake, and they can only project light in basically a straight line, that's why you can't see the light the bulb is emitting from the side. Oh, and worthless light penetration I might add. My guess is LED technology will be completely skipped over (in terms of growing, I've already heard about LED's being used in TV's) and a new type of bulb will come out before they are ever a feasable growing option. Bottom line, people that sell LED panels say good things about them, they are an inferior option for growing cannabis.
Man; thank you so much; you were 100% completely right when you said I had a stoner moment; I'm on two weeks of vacation from work; and have just been working around the house smoking up a smoke signal for other countries or something haha
When you spread false information you are only hurting people, and I am altogether chill brother. I know I was a stranger, then I learned a lot, earned what little cred I have, and now I'm not. My opinion stands, I would never trust anyone for advice that just signs up for an online forum and is on his/her fourth post. I didn't steal your advice, I barely understood most of it, I told him exactly what I would have if you were never born. Peace out trying to help people just stresses me out.