justanotherbozo, i learn something new every day. wouldn't have thought floros would do such a good job. what is the wattage on those? no ballast to worry about. do they produce much heat? home depot? walmart? good job........
thanks man, and they are mostly 23 and 26 watters, they're
easy to find and cheap and, as you can see, effective, lol.
and yeah, they get plenty hot! ...if you've got the dough,
HPS is the way to go, as you'll get much deeper penetration
into your canopy but, if you're on a tight budget, you can grow
some very credible buds with nothing but CFL's, you just can't
grow full sized plants, you've got to grow budsicles, lol.
btw, when those pics were taken i was running a DWC
SOG, harvesting 1 bin every 2 weeks and averaging 1\4
lb per bin, not too shabby for some little CFL's, lol.
a couple great things about those light bars is you have so
many points of light spread out over the whole canopy,
i ran 8 bulbs or almost 200 watts per bin, which gives you
real control over the spectrum of light you provide, plus,
spreading the heat does make it easier to deal with.
you still need good fannage though, lol.