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TrueHerbCrystal said:
What type of growing would produce a better quality bud in the end?

Hydroponics with CFL lights only or Soil with HPS lights only?

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You have to remember that you can't use the same wattages. In order to the the same amount of light from a cfl light you have to use a ton more power. 1000watts of cfl might be the same as 250watts of hps or mh light.

You'd need a shitload of cfl light to come close to the HPS or MH. In other-words if you choose cfl light you're bringing a knife to a gunfight.

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
i see.

So an expensive cfl/hydro set up might compete with a cheap hps/soil set up...

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Scribbler said:
How beneficial is it to have CFL's as side lighting? I have 8 CFL's in my tent along with a 600w HPS. Maybe overkill? I dunno...

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Depends on the size of the tent or how much space your trying to light.

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bastard4life said:
Other forums. They all said actual wattage is what matters. Cfls put out less heat btw. I run one all the time... for my aloe plant. I can touch that bulb bare handed and not get burned. It pull 250w you can't touch a 250w hps and not get a burn. RIU.com has tons of side by side grows that average out to the same weight per wattage. ICMag.com also has side by side grows where there is minimal differences in yield. Most people have problems with cfl because they don't put the light close enough. Those t5 systems grow great and there cfls.

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Your 100% wrong on the cfl lights.

Take 250watts of HID light and try and find a 250watt cfl light that is nearly as bright. You can't if the light isn't as bright why is that? CFL lights waste a ton more energy then HID lights simple as that. In order to get as bright as 250watts of HID light you need over 1200watts of cfl light.

So in order to compare the lights you can't go with like wattages. So yeah a 250watts of HID is hotter then 250watts of cfl light but it's also 10 times as bright. So in a small space you can use a 75watt HID light and get the results of a 250watt cfl light.

So yes cfl lights are much hotter to use if you want the same amount of light the HID lights put out cause you have to run a ton more of them for the same results.

CFL bulbs do run hotter but can be touched cause they spread the heat along with the light output over the entire surface of the bulb the main reason they have such crap penetration.

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bastard4life said:
Well thanks for setting me straight. I was given bad info. But I figure this forum knows better anyways.

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Yessir, Growery FTW