I've been growing outdoors for about 3 seasons now with varied success. I have been into fresh and saltwater aquaria for as long as I can remember and have a room full of supplies. I have been wanting to do some indoor stuff, but until now I havnt been able to. Here is what I have to work with: 130watt power compact lighting 6700k, 96watt 50/50 (half 10000k, half actinic 03) I also have other bulbs for the 130 watt ballast but im assuming that 6700k is the best spectrum. Would the combo of the two be enough to get me through the vegetative stage? Is the 96watt going to do any good? I also have many DIY co2 generators and a high pressure system which I assume is going to help. I have over 600watts of metal halide bulbs but all are set up on current tanks and cant be used, but I intend to during budding. I would like to use soil this time just because I am too busy right now to deal with hydro, but I intend to next time and have most the supplies for that as well. So if you had what I have to work with, how would you set it up?
Go to this page http://greenmanspage.com/guides/lighting.html and read how much the minimum and maximum light intensities on a square yard of canopy will be needed to get you what you want. b1
