Lighting in flower: help

[Pzza138]

Is an AGROBRITE 200w CFL with reflection hood.
Also two65w full spec LEDs enough to drive the rest of flowering to a decent harvest?
Had to go indoors at a buddies house due to RH staying high.
Previously up until now was growing outside. Not looking for anything different I just want to know if they can handle the rest of flowering. I'm four weeks in rt now strain is of kush

 

[MochaBud]

Is an AGROBRITE 200w CFL with reflection hood.
Also two65w full spec LEDs enough to drive the rest of flowering to a decent harvest?

Nowhere near enough

 

[Pzza138]

What about the CFL with one hps 70w
I have the bulb just need ballast

 

[JimJonesJr]

I'm with mocha on that one Nowhere near the light needed.. RH high? I grow outdoors in a steamy, muggy, hot greenhouse. RH is ridiculous but with airflow they are doing fine. I'd leave them all outside if you can't afford a decent led or hid lamp. Tons of threads here to guide you through what is needed for light in all grow stages. A simple 400w hid is less that $100 and there are many lower end leds that will do the trick but I'd opt for outdoors. You can't beat that fire ball in the sky and its cheap too.

 

[Pzza138]

I'm with mocha on that one Nowhere near the light needed.. RH high? I grow outdoors in a steamy, muggy, hot greenhouse. RH is ridiculous but with airflow they are doing fine. I'd leave them all outside if you can't afford a decent led or hid lamp. Tons of threads here to guide you through what is needed for light in all grow stages. A simple 400w hid is less that $100 and there are many lower end leds that will do the trick but I'd opt for outdoors. You can't beat that fire ball in the sky and its cheap too.

In a pinch , you think I can pick something like that up at Lowe's or home depot. ?thing is when I had them outside I was home so I ran a fan out on them , now I'm at work during day and if it rains I can't go grab the cord and get the plant. So I would rather pick up lighting + today if I can

 

[SmokingWings]

In a pinch , you think I can pick something like that up at Lowe's or home depot. ?thing is when I had them outside I was home so I ran a fan out on them , now I'm at work during day and if it rains I can't go grab the cord and get the plant. So I would rather pick up lighting + today if I can

The sunlight cannot be beat. Nothing like it will be found in a grow light available at the store or someplace on the internet.

If you are worried about fungus you could consider using one of the fungus sprays, or Neem oil or a water & milk mix. Spray the plants when the rain is over and let it act as a preventative. A lot cheaper that way and you do not loose all the advantages of the natural light.

 

[Pzza138]

The sunlight cannot be beat. Nothing like it will be found in a grow light available at the store or someplace on the internet.

If you are worried about fungus you could consider using one of the fungus sprays, or Neem oil or a water & milk mix. Spray the plants when the rain is over and let it act as a preventative. A lot cheaper that way and you do not loose all the advantages of the natural light.

Yeah but doesn't using spray and neem
While flowering make buds harsh and mess the flavor up?!

 

[VetSmoke85]

I'd say it depends how much bud you want and what the true watts are on those lights. I've pulled 5oz off a single 65W Quantum board. But yeah nothing will beat the sun. I'd try what the others have suggested.

 

[SmokingWings]

Spray up until about 2-3 weeks before harvest. That gives the plant enough time to remove any residual Neem oil that might be on the buds.

Last year I was curious about the life cycle of fungus on plants. The research & reading said that by the time we see any fungus on a plant it has already been there for about 4 weeks, probably longer.

Anything you can do to keep them outside until harvest is a great way to go. Bringing them inside now and putting them under weak lights to avoid a potential fungus problem is going to reduce your harvest weight and reduce it drastically.

If bringing them inside is the only or best way to get around your Relative Humidity problem then you will have to buy more light. Either a whole lot of the CFL lights or some quality LED fixtures. Or, maybe some of the other lights but those introduce the problem of excess heat.

Just my thoughts at the moment.

 

[MochaBud]

What about the CFL with one hps 70w
I have the bulb just need ballast

In a pinch , you think I can pick something like that up at Lowe's or home depot. ?thing is when I had them outside I was home so I ran a fan out on them , now I'm at work during day and if it rains I can't go grab the cord and get the plant. So I would rather pick up lighting + today if I can

IDK where you live, but the Lowe's in my area carries a 400 watt HPS "work light" ...it's not listed under HPS but the full name "High Pressure Sodium" "work light" , complete with built in ballast

 

[MochaBud]

What about the CFL with one hps 70w
I have the bulb just need ballast

I used to grow with CFLs never got much more than 4 zips a plant, which isn't bad, but when I switched to a 1000 watt HPS, I started getting at least ten zips per plant, and the buds were huge

Here ya go...CFLs...lights hanging everywhere

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• MochaBud
• Jan 17, 2019

And compared to an HPS

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• MochaBud
• Apr 3, 2019
• 3

GDP x LH "Daddys Bitch"

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• MochaBud
• Apr 1, 2019

DB again

 

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[VetSmoke85]

I used to grow with CFLs never got much more than 4 zips a plant, which isn't bad, but when I switched to a 1000 watt HPS, I started getting at least ten zips per plant, and the buds were huge

Here ya go...CFLs...lights hanging everywhere

130.jpg

• MochaBud
• Jan 17, 2019

And compared to an HPS

004.jpg

• MochaBud
• Apr 3, 2019
• 3

GDP x LH "Daddys Bitch"

006.jpg

• MochaBud
• Apr 1, 2019

DB again

 

[Stunned]

the buds were huge

You got everything right with that crop

 

[SmokingWings]

I used to grow with CFLs never got much more than 4 zips a plant, which isn't bad, but when I switched to a 1000 watt HPS, I started getting at least ten zips per plant, and the buds were huge

If I can ask, was that wet weight at time of harvest or dry weight when the cure was finished?

 

[MochaBud]

If I can ask, was that wet weight at time of harvest or dry weight when the cure was finished?

Always dried and cured at least for 30 days never can tell when it's wet, it's usually twice the weight at that point

 

[Pzza138]

Nowhere near enough

Mocha just wanted to run something by you
I went out and got two 2 foot red & blue spectrum LEDs/ so I have that plus two 100 w cfls warm white-and of course
My Agrobrite 200w cfl.
That being said I took my plant back outside and of course like it always does here ; started pouring rain around 3 pm
So my plan is to keep her going outside and go through the process and getting used to it.. there are more reasons than just the humidity.
Truthfully it's my first grow and I feel like I've done an ok job this far+ I just have been kicking around the fact that most everyone encouraged me to take her back out, so I'll keep her outside for a good eight hours then take back her into the grow shack. Where I'll keep under the lights I told you about prior to this.
Now does this method sound legit to be omw for a stronger harvest then let's say I would with only the 200w + 2 100w cfls
Hoping this doesn't stress her, but I've had some power failures do to storm that have knocked power for a few minutes here and there.. n
Since it went dark to light in a matter seconds will this send her into herme?

 

[MochaBud]

I'd just leave em inside, you'll get the hang of it better, and still have a decent harvest by the looks of it anyway