who uses 250w cfl w/reflector
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Im growing my first grow now with one of those giants 
I only have a red one though and obviously no previous expirience so cant say for yield or anything like that, but the plants seem to love it they are not streching at all and I can keep it almost on top of them without hurting the plants at all, I can have my hand on the light for a few seconds before it feels too hot and cooling it in a box isnt much trouble !
I would also love to see if anyone has any expiriences with these to post ^^
I only have a red one though and obviously no previous expirience so cant say for yield or anything like that, but the plants seem to love it
they are not streching at all and I can keep it almost on top of them without hurting the plants at all, I can have my hand on the light for a few seconds before it feels too hot and cooling it in a box isnt much trouble !I would also love to see if anyone has any expiriences with these to post ^^
kungfuhands
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I have been wondering if a reflector is worth using with a CFL as you don't see many others using them like you do with HID lights.
kungfuhands
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Very nice plants skotty!
DIY reflector or manufactured?
DIY reflector or manufactured?
Zeltar
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I use CFL's and my grow room is matt white so i get pretty good light coverage anyway. Do you find a big difference in size / yeild with the use of a reflector around the bulb?? Also the use of the large CFL's is there a difference with the vertical and horizontal light distribution
i think they were £11.99 off the bay of e , they did the job nicely
i use the reflector to push the light downwards over the plants and try to give them as much lumen as poss, if you see in the pic i was using 2 cfl bulbs and they were hanging at an angle for better coverage of the whole plants,
the lower parts and higher parts of the plants were all getting light, i cant say wether or not it is better to use a relector as i only ever grown using them.
hope this helps
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