I've read, and read, and read, and I want to thank all of you for this amazing information.
I've finally made an account because I was hoping for a little input on my lighting situation.
I went to home depot and made this really awesome frame with some PVC pipe. I've attached two grow lights from walmart across the top of it. Here's the information
Lights of America 24" Fluorescent Grow Light Fixture:
Quick on/off switch
5' plug-in cord set
75W of incandescent equivalent output using only 17W of energy
Save 78 percent on your utility bills
Color: 4200K
Lumens: 1093
Dimensions: 2.5"W x 2"D x 28"H
Life: 10,000 hours
I'm planning on getting 8 more (I already have 2) and attaching them to the PVC frame so each plant (I have 2 plants, one crimea blue and one morning glory) is surrounded by light.
The way I have it set up is that each plant will get lights added as they grow so there will be one light on top, and one on each side for a total of 5 lights shinning on each plant. They don't get hot at all. One of my 'babies' was stretching and so I moved the light so it's actually touching her and she's fine.
By the time I change them over to flowering all of the lights will be added. Once I change over to flowering I'm thinking of getting 2 more regular bulbs with as many lumens as I can find (I was just at home depot and one flood light actually put out close to 2K.)
I'm not sure if the details of my soil and nutes matter, but I'm using organic MG (I know it sucks but I went to LITERALLY every garden center within 25 miles of here and that was the best of the worst)
I just ordered the 3 system nute package from blue planet and it'll be here in about 4 days. (YAY!) Right now they're 5 days old and already in 3 gallon pots because the morning glory started to stretch really bad even though the light was only an inch away. I would think it's the lighting but my crimea blue didn't do that so it must be genetics. Anyway it stretched and fell over so I had to transplant it 2 days ago and I buried a few inches of the stem and it's doing much better. It's driving me nuts though, now I have to wait for the root system to establish itself and I'm seeing no vertical growth! I know it's growing, and it'll do what it'll do, but for a newbie it's frustrating lol
Anyway, I was really hoping for some opinions on my light set up. Do you think it'll be sufficient for veg and flowering?
You guys are the best and I respect your opinions. I don't want to throw away the 100 + dollars I'll be spending on the rest of these supplies if it's not going to give me the results I want. I'm really poor. Like below poverty poor even though I work myself half to death. This is a hobby for me and I'm literally putting ALL of my 'free spending' money into it, which isn't much at all. I'm going to be accumulating these lights as the grow progresses so your input is really important to me.
Thanks so much! <3
I've finally made an account because I was hoping for a little input on my lighting situation.
I went to home depot and made this really awesome frame with some PVC pipe. I've attached two grow lights from walmart across the top of it. Here's the information
Lights of America 24" Fluorescent Grow Light Fixture:
Quick on/off switch
5' plug-in cord set
75W of incandescent equivalent output using only 17W of energy
Save 78 percent on your utility bills
Color: 4200K
Lumens: 1093
Dimensions: 2.5"W x 2"D x 28"H
Life: 10,000 hours
I'm planning on getting 8 more (I already have 2) and attaching them to the PVC frame so each plant (I have 2 plants, one crimea blue and one morning glory) is surrounded by light.
The way I have it set up is that each plant will get lights added as they grow so there will be one light on top, and one on each side for a total of 5 lights shinning on each plant. They don't get hot at all. One of my 'babies' was stretching and so I moved the light so it's actually touching her and she's fine.
By the time I change them over to flowering all of the lights will be added. Once I change over to flowering I'm thinking of getting 2 more regular bulbs with as many lumens as I can find (I was just at home depot and one flood light actually put out close to 2K.)
I'm not sure if the details of my soil and nutes matter, but I'm using organic MG (I know it sucks but I went to LITERALLY every garden center within 25 miles of here and that was the best of the worst)
I just ordered the 3 system nute package from blue planet and it'll be here in about 4 days. (YAY!) Right now they're 5 days old and already in 3 gallon pots because the morning glory started to stretch really bad even though the light was only an inch away. I would think it's the lighting but my crimea blue didn't do that so it must be genetics. Anyway it stretched and fell over so I had to transplant it 2 days ago and I buried a few inches of the stem and it's doing much better. It's driving me nuts though, now I have to wait for the root system to establish itself and I'm seeing no vertical growth! I know it's growing, and it'll do what it'll do, but for a newbie it's frustrating lol
Anyway, I was really hoping for some opinions on my light set up. Do you think it'll be sufficient for veg and flowering?
You guys are the best and I respect your opinions. I don't want to throw away the 100 + dollars I'll be spending on the rest of these supplies if it's not going to give me the results I want. I'm really poor. Like below poverty poor even though I work myself half to death. This is a hobby for me and I'm literally putting ALL of my 'free spending' money into it, which isn't much at all. I'm going to be accumulating these lights as the grow progresses so your input is really important to me.
Thanks so much! <3