Hello guys, I'm from the UK, first post here, and first time grower!
I've spent the better part of a week researching, and today I've spent hours looking at equipment and deciding on what I will purchase.
I'm only growing one plant.
I decided on one of the complete tent kits, with a 400w hps light, but here's where my questions come in -
Lighting for my seedling. Oh my god my brain is fried! I want to get a CFL light bulb for those early couple of weeks, I found a nice one with 6400k and it's 65w (300w equivalent), with a bayonet fixture but I cannot for the life of me figure out what to plug it into?! My normal light fixtures in the house are all halogens and those little round ones flush in the ceiling. So how do I go about getting something to plug the CFL in? A desk lamp? Will that be okay to be on for 18hrs a day? And I'm sure the bulb is way too big to be put into one anyways?
The only other thing I found was a E40 cord, but the E40 cfls on amazon are sooo expensive for a few weeks use. And I see people on forums such as this using cfl 23w bulbs but what do they plug it into hahah. I must be missing something obvious right?
Can I just put the seedling in with the 400w light? I'll have a fan and cooling system in there.
My friend suggested a T5, but again, no idea what to plug it into. I only need the cfl bulb for a little while right? And then I can move the plant into the tent with the 400w bulb?
Maybe my brains been fried from hours of straight research hahaha.
But yeah I'd massively appreciate the help, thank you for your time
I've spent the better part of a week researching, and today I've spent hours looking at equipment and deciding on what I will purchase.
I'm only growing one plant.
I decided on one of the complete tent kits, with a 400w hps light, but here's where my questions come in -
Lighting for my seedling. Oh my god my brain is fried! I want to get a CFL light bulb for those early couple of weeks, I found a nice one with 6400k and it's 65w (300w equivalent), with a bayonet fixture but I cannot for the life of me figure out what to plug it into?! My normal light fixtures in the house are all halogens and those little round ones flush in the ceiling. So how do I go about getting something to plug the CFL in? A desk lamp? Will that be okay to be on for 18hrs a day? And I'm sure the bulb is way too big to be put into one anyways?
The only other thing I found was a E40 cord, but the E40 cfls on amazon are sooo expensive for a few weeks use. And I see people on forums such as this using cfl 23w bulbs but what do they plug it into hahah. I must be missing something obvious right?
Can I just put the seedling in with the 400w light? I'll have a fan and cooling system in there.
My friend suggested a T5, but again, no idea what to plug it into. I only need the cfl bulb for a little while right? And then I can move the plant into the tent with the 400w bulb?
Maybe my brains been fried from hours of straight research hahaha.
But yeah I'd massively appreciate the help, thank you for your time