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Just want to run this buy yall and see if anyone has any bad experiences with these lights...

So I want to pick up this little greenhouse... http://www.amazon.com/Alpine-2-Tier-Por ... d_sbs_ol_6

And in it, I was planning on these lights: http://www.cityhydroponic.com/shop/t5-h ... ot-system/

Its nice that they daisy-chain so I can hang two on each shelf and run them all on the same power supply, and they each have a reflector. Found them cheaper on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-FLT5HP2 ... 1&sr=1-120

Does this sound like a solid plan? Are these lights total crap?

I also was thinking of maybe doing one shelf with a 4 bulb fixture, and one with just two.. Found one of these nice 4 bulb grow lights for a good price on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Light-Fluorescent ... 24&sr=1-65

Or would one of these CF fixtures be enough to light one whole shelf? http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-FLC0125 ... 49&sr=8-28 or http://www.amazon.com/Lights-America-92 ... y_hi_img_c

I should mention I want to grow a bit of everything... So top shelf thinking for brighter light, and bottom shelf for not as intense light. Want to keep Heli and Cephs in there, as well as flytraps, sundews and butterworts.

The lights should be good. I use something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Blaze-T5-44-6 ... 438&sr=1-7

Mine uses 4 T5 bulbs and gives out a whopping 16,000 lumens, ive never seen the plants grow so quick.

The CFL you linked should cover a whole shelf, depending on how long the shelf is, although for lighting on shelving it would be easier with tube lights.

All you've linked would work well but the single T5 tubes may be best as you can move them around as you please and have a flexible setup.

JimsPlants wrote:The lights should be good. I use something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Blaze-T5-44-6 ... 438&sr=1-7

Mine uses 4 T5 bulbs and gives out a whopping 16,000 lumens, ive never seen the plants grow so quick.

The CFL you linked should cover a whole shelf, depending on how long the shelf is, although for lighting on shelving it would be easier with tube lights.

All you've linked would work well but the single T5 tubes may be best as you can move them around as you please and have a flexible setup.

Well it looks like each tier is 12" high total, with the top one having a little more room due to the peak in the greenhouse.

So I was thinking one of the 125w CF fixtures would fit well in that peak spot, shining down on the whole top shelf. The info on the fixture says it will light a 3ft x 3ft area, and the shelves are 27" long and 19" deep, but I know how they can over exaggerate what's suitable. Do ya think it would provide enough light, and with an even enough spread? Or should I just stick with a 4 bulb T5 fixture(like the one you have, I put a link up for the 2ft version of that).

I was figuring T5s for the bottom shelf. Do you think 2 bulbs would be enough for Dews and 'traps? Or should I go for 4?