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Indoor garden - need help
    #8339899 - 04/28/08 10:42 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

Greetings all!
I'm planning to set up an indoor hydroponic garden to grow lettuce (its simple, and grows pretty quickly with hydroponics - once I get more experienced with indoor gardening I'll get a bit fancier with greenbeans, soybeans, tomatoes, etc). I'm basically going to set up a small ebb/flow system that can fit in my kitchen. Nothing super fancy, just something that will provide a meal a day for as long as it can.

Now my real question - what sort of grow light would I need? Since lettuce is just a leafy plant, it never really has a flowering period. So, that'd be metal hallide right? Or would a cfl work ok?


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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: wiggles]
    #8339929 - 04/28/08 10:49 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

you can just use a full spectrum cfl but if you plan on getting more advanced in the future I would suggest just getting a MH/HPS switchable light, i have one for my bud plants and it was the best investment ever, Tomatoes suprisingly need just as much light or more than pot so if you will be growing large plants get a 1000w but if you are planning on keeping it confined to your counter a 400w would be sufficent.


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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: TheShroomJew23]
    #8339956 - 04/28/08 10:53 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)



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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: TheShroomJew23]
    #8339965 - 04/28/08 10:55 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

Thanks man! So, if I plan to get something going where I'd be growing both leafy plants like lettuce and things like tomatoes, I'd need to get two seperate ballasts, one for the HPS, the other for MH?


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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: wiggles]
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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: wiggles]
    #8340034 - 04/28/08 11:05 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

I'm not looking to get into aquaponics yet, thank you though.


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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: wiggles]
    #8340062 - 04/28/08 11:11 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

Hydroponic stores sell ballasts that are both MH and HPS, u Just flip a switch to go from one to the other, and switch the bulb of course. I got mine for 269.99 1000w no reflector because I have a custom made system that has a built in housing with air-cooled lighting, CO2 injection too.


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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: wiggles]
    #8340068 - 04/28/08 11:12 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

Did you look at the other link..


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Re: Indoor garden - need help [Re: Brainiac]
    #8340226 - 04/28/08 11:39 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

I think I may just use CFL's for lettuce/vegetative stages for flowering plants, and then set up another chamber for flowering fruits/veggies. I think that's a pretty decent idea for what I need. Thanks for the advice guys!

Also, brainiac, thanks for that second link, I'm gonna check it out!


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