1st indoor Chek my Speks

[slohemian]

So im plannin on building a chamber out of panda plastic and some type of framing. The dimensions are going to be somewhat like 20"x36"x58". This is going to be my flower chamber. I have read about Ceramic Metal Halide bulbs and it says their spectrum beats any other flowering light, and they also run cooler, is that safe to say? I want to go for a 250w CMH with my perpetual clone grow. I am open to suggestions for my mother box, i dont know what type of lighting i'd need for a mother/veg. I know CFL but not color temp etc etc. Fill me in fellas! thanks

 

[slohemian]

bumpbump

 

[simba]

cmh for mother (veg) and cmh for flower.. promotes best of both..
for a mom. id get a 100 or 150.. nothing crazy needed.. (depending on how many cuts u need per week)

 

[drifter421]

i'ld use four of five 42 watt helical cfl's. as for color and spectrum i'ld use a mix of cool and warm and leave the full spectrum bulbs out. plant can't use yellow or green light anyway.

 

[slohemian]

Well, being economical is priority number 2, while preventing fires is #1. Simba i know ur a big advocate of CMH's so tell me this. Isnt it true a CMH outperforms HPS in flowering? And isnt it also true that a normal metal halide outperforms CMH in vegetative?

In the mean time i want to keep 1 mother plant just to take cuttings, i dont think i need super output lights to keep a mother plant. For a flower chamber i like the idea of high performing CMH. Should i alter the dimensions of my tent to maximize the use of a 250CMH? (flower chambeR)

I was thinking CFL's for the mother plant. I know drbud uses two different CFL's so ill hafta re check that. Im open to other ideas with experience backin it