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Why are you telling him to get CFL?
That is the second worst source of light next to incandescent.
What should I get?
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Why are you telling him to get CFL?
That is the second worst source of light next to incandescent.
What should I get?
Why are you telling him to get CFL?
That is the second worst source of light next to incandescent.
Because this guy is clearly a beginner on a budget, and CFLs are cheap, readily available, adequate, and often there are a few lying around the house ready to go at no cost.
That said, I actually cut and pasted your comment over in Canadaguy's grow log about the better PAR of the Philips bulbs into my notebook. Thanks for sharing that!
Phillips 5000k led bulbs from Home Depot. You can buy a 4 pack for around $20. 60w equivalent will be fine.
I did a par test on Philips led vs 100w equivalent CFL. The led uses half the electricity and produces more than twice the PAR.
I'm curious, though. Those Philips bulbs are 800 lumens each. My cheapie 23-watt CFLs were about the same price at $16 for a four-pack but have twice as many lumens per bulb. Are you saying that the PAR and efficiency of the LED bulbs is so much better that it's actually a better deal than the CFLs? That would be good news, even if only because the CFLs have mercury in them and don't last anywhere near as long...
I agree on led being much better. Butt I also use cfl as a sort of enhancer. Not saying cfl are good or crap. Just in a pinch they help a little. Here's the reason I use them. I got this on line.
If you look in my Grow journals you will see a Strawberry Kush mother plant Grow. This was done entirely under LED light bulbs from Home Depot. I built a 14 bulb "seedling" array for under $60..
I'm reading your Strawberry Kush journal now. It looks like you cut off the top of some of the bulbs(!?). I assume that without the diffusion you get a more focused beam. How did you cut the bulbs? Hacksaw?
(Sorry 8Yoyoyo... don't mean to highjack your thread. )
Mine on cfl. They grew to be monsters.
You can actually perform this test yourself with a simple prism and a piece of paper with a hole in it. You can search YouTube for "Newton's prism experiment" to see how it is done.
Mine on cfl. They grew to be monsters.
I don't dispute that germ. But they would have grown faster under led in the same setup. At half the wattage and twice the par and a fraction of the heat.
I got 18" high in under 30 days from seed on the SK. Approximately 12" girth. Intermodal spacing every inch. I pulled 22 clones from that strawberry Kush mother plant and I only stripped about two thirds of the entire plant. It has entirely grown back since then (well almost)
The plant is still alive today and I will take a second round of clones off it in 1 month.
Jimmyjames905, hey bro that's what I'm currently using to veg is a led from Home Depot as my tent is in flower mode now. My question is should I use 2 of them instead of one? It does have a bonnet in a small closet. Thanks man!
Jimmyjames905, hey bro that's what I'm currently using to veg is a led from Home Depot as my tent is in flower mode now. My question is should I use 2 of them instead of one? It does have a bonnet in a small closet. Thanks man!