steelhead

Are these lights any good for growing indoors?:

GE Plant & Aquarium
F40PL/AQ
Wide Spectrum
Thanks for the info

MilesOfGreen

Not if you want to grow Marijuana. Read the Grow Guide.

Happy Growing!!

steelhead

I'm just asking if these lights are any good. ty

the Viper

if you are going to do a flouro grow, the 6500k temp bulbs are for vegging- you need alot of them and they have to be within inches of the plant, but they will work. people have been doing flouro grows since forever, Im sure you can search here and find a few Journals where they were used.

That being said, no, I wouldn't call em "good" really- Im using 4 24" 6500k tubes, 2 compact flouros (25 watts each I think, real wattage) and 2 of the plant and aquarium 24" tubes, in the red spectrum- It'll keep a plant alive, but they don't get big very quickly. I only have these for starting sprouts, I was gonna keep a mother under em, but they aren't working out for me. gonna go get a cheap MH lamp for that I think. cheaper both to buy the lights, and to operate, for its output than flouros. I think it was near 10 bucks per pair of tubes, and I have six of those, and 9 bucks apiece for the compact flouros, plus fixtures if you don't already have em- it doesnt take long to spend thesame 70 bucks the security light will cost you

That being said- if you look at lowes or home depot the have 70-150 watt high pressure sodium lights, and I also saw a 70 watt metal halide. its all in the security lights- thats the best cheap way out for good lighting to grow with. there are also some grow journals here that have those as lighting, and they do a fantastic job for their size and price.

Good Luck!

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MilesOfGreen

Isn't that what I said?

dontask

Go with t5 high output if you can find em

the Viper

Man, I looked all over for a T5 setup- all the ones I found were very expensive for what I wanted, It almost didn't seem worth it, compared to what I can buy a good (hydrofarm or similar) 1K MH or HPS for. In some situations they may be better, but for my money...

Uh huh, sure is. sometimes efficiency gets confused in written word- I know you were just being efficient answering a question that gets asked alot- and offering the wealth of info in the growfaq- but I don't think steelhead saw it as that at first glance. just a guess. I figured a little elaboration might help is all

Peace!

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dontask

Yes t5's are somewhat expensive...

But they are cool ( temp ) quiet ( noise ) stealthy ( no RF emmitted ) and can grow a $hitload of top-quality ganja if you train right.

knna

Triphosphor T8's runned with electronic ballast are cooler and far cheaper. Only less intensity, but anyway, fluos intensity is poor. They work better scrogging.

A mix with 827,830 and 865 work better than "plant and acuarium" tubes and are cheaper, too.

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