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3K views 33 replies 5 participants last post by  Aahnay 
#1 ·
now i seen this on 2 dif sites.. i seen people using normal lights or well. what seemed to be normal lights.. one i seen he grew plants to sell.. and he used normal looking lights.. like "shop lamps" and "heat lamps" but never said what he used.. can you grow plants with normal incandesent bulbs? or was he using a special grow bulb?
 
#27 ·
well i think ill visit walmart in the morn then :p none of the boxes or cases said K just 3700-4800L =\ ill be sure to look on the bulb this time tho!
 
#28 ·
look for the 'natural, or daylight, or grow bulb' just in the regular bulbs. That one i listed as a gem? is good, you can do a google for it too and its on amazon and several other places, by mail though. If you buy it at the store the url takes you to, its only 3.25, lol. plus shipping :(

i saw one online at walmart, oh that grow one with the skinny bulbs in it, it said Kwhater, 3500k I think. That will work to, but you have to protect if from water splashin up on it.
 
#29 ·
well walmart had one grow bulb but wasnt a cfl. was normal and was a 50wt. think ill look into cfl sense they last longer tho ;p
 
#30 ·
you can buy it online and ship to your local walmart.

This is what you want to look for in cfl...

If it says T2 that it!

2. temperature = K = Kelvin: from 5000 to 6500 is the daylight range for temperature.

3. the other number is cri, and it needs to be like 85 to 100 for temp/kelvin above.


You need both 2 and 3 in the same light for the clf's Or only 1. as it will have the correct ratio already, and just buy the watts you need, like 20-25 I think.. from what I read works for growing just fine.

Write it down, take it with you, hehehe then tell me what you bought! I dont have time to look through all the cfl tom, was just looking online and boring!!!!

mind you, im just going by what i have gleamed from a few sites. So if the plants die, lol, dont blame me, hahahahaha
 
#31 ·
well ill look in the morning or afternoon lol ill let ya know. id rather not spend 10+bucks on a used bulb XC lol so ill try n find one.. waisting more gas yay ;P
 
#33 ·
well iv found a small one that was in a lamp lol it dnt say K or L its a 15wt lol put that one in for now tht other one was making my water lvl drop alot :\ so ill look in morning i seen some at wm bout as big as one you showed. so ill check then :D
 
#34 ·
I found a package of three, ge daylight 6500k there wasnt a cri on the fool package anyplace, but im sure they would work.

oh I think the wats were 25, they were hanging.. my wmart was making changes to that isle, very odd. the board was almost empty.. oh no not on the board, on the top shelf below it. sorry, lol. I think the box of three was.. maybe 11, cant rem now sorry, had bad day, fish in the mail was dead. I wanted it so much.
 
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