MORE CFL Grow Light Fixture Results in Hydroponics (Bell Peppers!)
Posted by pano | Under Herb Garden Saturday Jun 12, 2010More results of my home-made DIY grow lights. If you’d like to share your construction variation or results, upload a photo at www.tinypic.com and send me the link. I’ll post it in the info box to share with everyone. I planted these Bell Peppers from seed on July 9th, 2009. I took this video on November 15th 2009. I started to get peppers at the end of September. I currently have about 15 peppers on the plants. The more I pollinate, the more peppers I get. It’s really a pepper machine! I’m using a mix of two 300 Watt, 2700k bulbs and two 200 Watt 6700k bulbs. I had 4 200 Watt 6700k bulbs at the start until flowers appeared. I had a few unused fluorescent bulbs that I added above them for a little extra kick. I’m convinced that these lights can handle anything you would want to grow since these are doing so well. Bell Peppers are going for .00-.50 USD each. This will pay for itself. I’m going to pollinate them more to see if I can max them out. I had no idea when I started them that they would get so big. They are doing twice as good as the ones I plant outside in the Summer. I’ll be experimenting with other vegetable and posting results as well as building a few new goodies. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LATEST!
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WOW! You are working hard. I got to give one of your videos a 5-star rating.
NIce work man, nothing like eating your own food. down with monsanto!
Those are some very happy peppers. That’s how I pollinate my veggies, with a paint brush. Works really well.
I like this, but you got the light ratings wrong, I think. I believe you mean 200 and 300 Watt equivalent. You’re probably only running around 200 watts total. Other than that, superb.
Love your garden…I also use MaxiGrow, it gives amazing results!
I’m so jealous of your bell pepper plants. I will have to grow my peppers indoors. Otherwise they get destroyed by slugs in one night. You’ve inspired me. thanks for sharing your talent.
not a bad turn out for CFL’s, if you go with an electronic ballast with one high pressure sodium (HPS) or metal halide (MH) believe it or not your peppers will be undoubtably at least 3 times the size run a 250 watt MH or HPS for the situation you got and WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
this video makes me want to piss, anyways, anyone know how hps lamps compare to the l.e.d”s are they better or worse? i know the led’s are cheaper
Search craigslist for “light fixtures” and you can usually find HPS warehouse lighting 400W for about $40 including bulbs. I’ve seen this all over the USA. Easier to find now with the economic collapse starting. LED isn’t the way to go yet.
thanks man
Wow great set up! Loved the halved stove pipes as reflectors for you bulbs. And Dude my outdoor pepers weren’t even that good looking!
How long do you leave the plants under the lights per day? Do you ever give them a rest period? I just bought a grow light from lowes, and this is my first time gardening. I would like to try the lights you are using as well. Good video. Wow, look at those babies grow.
They are on 18 hours and 6 off. They are on a timer.
For the 200w and 300w lights, do they fir into a regular light socket?
@mchugh69 Yes they do. Just make sure they don’t say mogul socket.
So if i am guessing you are running 2- 300 w , 2- 200w, t8 and t5 about 40w ea….. thats 1200 w. how much did all of that cost? thoes bulbs are like $60 ea and the t5 fixture for 1 bulb is $40 i am guessing about the same. Thats about $400…. is that right? so I think you should but in 1 hps and 1 mh uses less energy and has at lease the same result I think.
@Ststeve73 Yes, I wanted to see what I could do so I went a little overboard. I have a couple 400watt MH lamps now too which really rock.
@SleestaksRule this is bad ass man! really healthy plants! i am trying to grow the ghost pepper, its soo slow but it will be cool cause its the hottest pepper in the world! hotter than the humbanero.
u got to get an indoor bee hive some day lol. also i heard that flies are used a pollinators as well because of their furry bodies. its time to start preparing as i say lol.
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I had so much fun reading through this website!