New to growing need help

itzCESAR*

itzCESAR*

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Try and deal w/ actual wattage when talking about CFLs. That 200w your referring to will only be a 56w.
 
itzCESAR*

itzCESAR*

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Remember for vegging you want a brighter color. I think there actually called "daylight". That's the color name. You have a "soft white" bulb.
 
Gmaccin6

Gmaccin6

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PatanyMan said:
Alright loks good but to be exact what high watt cfl should i look for just like a 200 watt?
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depends how many plants ur growing, u can get two 85-100 real wattage for like 40 bucks but try and get a 6500k and a 2700k (or 3000k 2 sub) you willl need the 2700k or 3000k 2 flower
 
Gmaccin6

Gmaccin6

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itzCESAR* said:
Remember for vegging you want a brighter color. I think there actually called "daylight". That's the color name. You have a "soft white" bulb.
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yea you need 6500k(daylight or cool white) for veg and 2700K(soft white for flowering
 
PatanyMan

PatanyMan

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Yeah im only doing one plant just trying to keep it simple. I will look for some 6500k cfl cool white bulbs 27 w. Sound right? I would go with the mh setups but dont have the money for it right now. So i am assuming I am at the seedling stage or what? Can i use the same bulb for the next stage ?
 
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chronicj69

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also to make things a lil cheaper go to like ace or somethin and ask for a standerd y splitter so u can run 2 cfls out of one socket. saves on room also and u can fit many more in a small space
 
itzCESAR*

itzCESAR*

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PatanyMan said:
Yeah im only doing one plant just trying to keep it simple. I will look for some 6500k cfl cool white bulbs 27 w. Sound right? I would go with the mh setups but dont have the money for it right now. So i am assuming I am at the seedling stage or what? Can i use the same bulb for the next stage ?
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Sounds like you're on the right track. For seedlings you'll only need 1-2 bulbs. How long you veg will determine how much light you'll need for your flowering stage.
chronicj69 said:
also to make things a lil cheaper go to like ace or somethin and ask for a standerd y splitter so u can run 2 cfls out of one socket. saves on room also and u can fit many more in a small space
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He's right about that. Y splitters are space savers :)
 
Gmaccin6

Gmaccin6

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yea u can have both the more the better
My setup rite now is one 85 watt 6500k five 27 watt 6500k and two 42 watt 2700k
and imma vice versa wen flowering
 
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