Help with lights - CFL Lights/Flouro

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Billyy

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I'm pretty sure those are CFL lights. I have 4 of them. They are like 825 Lumen, 13 watt.

I'm not sure on the spectrum so if someone could help me out, that would be awesome.

I want to be able to use these, but I'm not sure if they are soft white or what.


Also I was planning on using two 4ft flouros for vegging, then moving up to the cfls once it goes into flowering. Are these cfls going to work?

Help please.
 
heathaa

heathaa

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no they wont work. they are only thirteen watts. you need at least 23 watts people usually go bigger though. exchange the lights if you are forced to keep them use them to light up the sides of the plants. so my suggestion is to take the flourescent lights and hang them above the plants and use the 13 watt ones for getting underneath the plant even though they wont help much. im using the 20 watt cfls and it doesnt seem to be enough for me and i have three on one plant. you want at least 3000 lumens per plant
 
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