I currently am growing with 2 24" otto grow lights.(flouro) and i am going to purchase about 4-6 cfl's and i dont know what types to buy. Are there cfls that give out different spectrums. I have a general purpose ones that i put in my house. I would want a different type of clf right?
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boricuaboi
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NO JUST TELL US THE WATTS I WOULD GET 2 23 WATT DAYLIGHT BULBS AND 4 32 WATT CFL'S BULBS THEY SHOULS HAVE 2700 K AND THE DAY LIGHT SHOULD HAVE 5800 K THE DAYLIGHTS ARE MORE BLUE AND THE 32 WATTS ARE MORE RED SO THIS SHOULD GIVE U A NICE ARTIFICIAL SUN SETTING FOR YOUR PLANTS
st0ned4good
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im also using CFL's. im only growin two plants though so would i only need one of each or ...?
they are the flourescent ones. they look like a regular light bulb on the screw in end but then you have the ballast, a smaller plastic compartment then the bulb comes out of it and spirals around and comes back into the ballast box. if i knew how to post pics i would show you mine.. haha
boricuaboi
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Yea Add 3 Red Maybe 1 Blue
boricuaboi
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no u want 100 or more like mayb 110 120 150 any thing 100 or more it will be like 26 36 40 50 watts in a cfl
boricuaboi
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oh ok cool any thing with a high wattage is good
sorry_whaa
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what do you guys think of runnning 6 42 watt cfl's from start to finish????/
sorry_whaa
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what do you guys think of runnning 6 42 watt cfl's from start to finish????/
I am using 12 26w CFL's.. all daylight ones.. 1,600 lumen each.. works fine but u need good air circulation and cooling. My peek temperature with no a/c was 113oF.. (to hot and plants slowed down in growth during that time..) equiv to 1,200 watt incandescent hehe.. tho the 40 and 50 watt ones (never heard of anything above 42) would be plenty of light if in the right sprectre.. bluish glow? if there red thats better for flowering.
newbutpersistent
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The spectrum is VERY important!
I have 6500K 23/26W (actually watts, not equivalent) cfl's and just purchased some 2700K 42W cfl's. Both I found at wal-mart. I haven't found 6500K in anything above 26W (unless you go to a hydro store).
You want MORE BLUE for vegetative growth and MORE RED for flowering.
I had no "red" bulbs (they're actually closer to orange) for my veg, although it won't hurt, just make sure you have majority blue.
The sun is only more red in the fall, close to harvest time (hence the "flowering" stage)
Mainly, the color (K) is more important. Find the right spectrum and then look for the highest lumens you can get in that spectrum.
I have 6500K 23/26W (actually watts, not equivalent) cfl's and just purchased some 2700K 42W cfl's. Both I found at wal-mart. I haven't found 6500K in anything above 26W (unless you go to a hydro store).
You want MORE BLUE for vegetative growth and MORE RED for flowering.
I had no "red" bulbs (they're actually closer to orange) for my veg, although it won't hurt, just make sure you have majority blue.
The sun is only more red in the fall, close to harvest time (hence the "flowering" stage)
Mainly, the color (K) is more important. Find the right spectrum and then look for the highest lumens you can get in that spectrum.
newbutpersistent
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6 42W would be very good for flowering (depending on how many plants and room size, etc.) However probably get some blue to mix in or better yet add to the 42W bulbs. I added just 2 42W cfl's (prob the same) to my 8 26W daylight bulbs (had to take out 2 26W) and my temp went from 80 - 85 F up to 98F. NOT GOOD. Plants started getting all crispy and brown. So def. make sure you got ventilation