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IncenseTool
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25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with
#7548193 - 10/22/07 06:29 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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there 25 watt reflector lights, the lamp has a blue see tru rim around it. are these ok to grow with??
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BUDDHA_702
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: IncenseTool]
#7548791 - 10/22/07 08:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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You want a light with a blue spectrum not blue light.
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Caribou_Lou
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: BUDDHA_702]
#7549048 - 10/22/07 09:08 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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It's blue? Damn I could have sworn I read roger rabit's post about lights that said it was supposed to be red! so I went out and bought a 5100k..
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RogerRabbit
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7549071 - 10/22/07 09:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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5100K is fine. I think 6,500K to 7,500K is better, but when you compare to incandescent bulbs which burn at 3,000K, they're way better. Definitely, you don't want red. You also don't want any sort of colored cover over the bulb, and that includes blue. RR
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ThePyschonaut52
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7550037 - 10/23/07 06:28 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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True. I use a special marine flourescent bulb. Its multiple spectrum, but it also high in the blue spectrum. Mine cost about $70 each though.
-------------------- "In god we trust..." -I guess we're screwed.
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IncenseTool
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: ThePyschonaut52]
#7551797 - 10/23/07 04:55 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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wait so rr for good growth i should get an expensive bulb? i cant just use a cheap one for the same growth
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ThePyschonaut52
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: IncenseTool]
#7551849 - 10/23/07 05:09 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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expensive doesn't always mean better...
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IncenseTool
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: ThePyschonaut52]
#7551851 - 10/23/07 05:10 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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ok so what should i get this lights gonna be like pretty close to the shrooms and it not that wide so what do you recremend?
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ThePyschonaut52
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: IncenseTool]
#7551864 - 10/23/07 05:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just get one which has a moderate - high of light from the blue spectrum.
I buy mine at the pet store. Its designed for fish, but it works great for shrooms.
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: ThePyschonaut52]
#7551872 - 10/23/07 05:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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go to home depot and read the back o fthe light bulb package find one thast from 6.5k to 7.5k like rr said then buy it ha i got a 5k ge mercury bulbs you know the ones that save energy and so far it works well
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IncenseTool
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: milkman]
#7552516 - 10/23/07 07:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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6.5k 7.5k what watts? or should i go to the fish store and be like,
hey whats up yeah, i need a around a 6.5k blue spectrum bulb
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RRVideo
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Re: 25watts Reflector lights? ok to grow with [Re: IncenseTool]
#7552999 - 10/23/07 09:55 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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6,500 Kelvin. RR
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