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None Fluorescent/40W
Chinese made CFL 40 watt (1)
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1 L
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Week 2. Vegetation
5d ago
1.27 cm
Height
8 hrs
Light Schedule
18 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
0.95 L
Pot Size
JimmyGreenyah did not have anything to transplant to went to the local arbourtorem and noted union employees wasting soil and nutrients by dumping large amounts of unwanted flowers directly into the dump instead of compost I removed 28 qt containers and obtained a vessel to transport the soil . started to attempt to sprout them under a 40 watt Cfl and yesterday lodged some shelving into a south facing window
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JimmyGreenyah
JimmyGreenyahstarted grow question 5d ago
is there a suggestion for easily and cheap grow lights at dollar stores or hardware that I can use at home to supplement ? don't really have ballasts at home. Thanks
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Hightai90
Hightai90answered grow question 4d ago
Use standard cfl bulbs or led bars
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 5d ago
Save up some money and buy LED. Cheaper to operate, less heat, replace less often. they are cheaper to own by any common sense measure. Stick to 2.7-2.9umol/J effiacy ... many manufacturers lie about these ratings. compare to specs at diode's original manufacturer, i.e. bridgelux or samsong.com etc, and you can tell who is lying through their teeth. If there is an LED out there with 3.0 umol/J, it's probably a very cool (favor B too much) CCT that you don't want anyway. unless you live somewhere cold, the reduced heat is a bonus, too. very easy to size lights up to space... if you grow photoperiods, you want ~80umol/s per sq ft based on total umol/s produced by light. If you only grow autoflowers on an 18h cycle, you want 67% of that. Easy peasy multiplication. 16 sq ft? you want a light producing roughly 1280umol/s ... fwiw if you find the 'perfect' light and it's 1250, close enough! This number is not an enxact value and is relative to local variables, so YMMV a bit. It is a good ballpark to start. Should err slightly on high side, if i recall. Think it is "861 ppfd" target for 12h photoperiod needs.
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John_Kramer
John_Krameranswered grow question 5d ago
if u wanna pay 10 times more for electricity then be my guest ) or u can buy a good board with latest leds (it won't be cheap for sure, but in 5-10 years of exploitation it'll be cheaper then 1st option)
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Week 3. Vegetation
17h ago
1.27 cm
Height
8 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
0.95 L
Pot Size
JimmyGreenyah I recently went back to the union dump and obtained all my containers . They appear to be under 1 US gallon so I estimate I need 30 L good soil and 10 L Perlite for the amount of plants . My South window in one room gets the Eastern Sun, and the second room the West sun so I need to move the seedlings once a day and then remove them to put under my only light. They are growing a bit stringy but im hoping they hardy out for a successful transplant. I've set up some plastic on the carpet and hope the Sun does it's work in the long summer days; and came up with a plan B if needed. I touched base and renewed a connection with an awesome person who has some grow lights ( not sure which ones ), and I will make an offer this week to rent them. I'm on the search for nutrients and everything else so appreciate your help and will add pictures down the road.
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spyder
spydercommentedweek 25d ago
good luck with the grow, enjoy,,
JimmyGreenyah
JimmyGreenyahcommented17h ago
@spyder, thank you very much -
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