i didnt take any pleasure in being right,and did not at all intend on doing the "i told you so thing" just i have been down this path myself i tried the gajillion cfl thing ,blacklight,shoplights etc etc, in the end i got hps and was floored, its what the pros use for a reason, i finally picked up on that after wasting alot of money on trying to beat the system, at 1 point i was blowing breakers cuz i had over 1kw of cfls going and my plants were frying from all the heat, turns out if you match wattage of an hps with cfls you will produce far more heat each one has a built in ballast so 50 small ballasts you cant put outside the grow area, where with 1 ballast or 2 you can put it outside the tent/room etc ans with a vented hood suck out most the heat, when i got my first 400watt hps i could not believe it but my closet was 10 degrees cooler with the ballast in the closet and 20 when i relocated it outside the closet, so much for the cfls being cooler, i still think cfls are great for micro economy grows, but if you want big boy buds you gotta use big boy toys! lol im stoked you got it and cant wait to see what you say and show us in the following weeks,,,i have some spare 6inch ducting you can use, if you wanna drive 40-80 miles depending on where we are orientated to one another
in veg I will take my chances with them
they're looking great mate.
