1 plant: How Many Cfl's?

So far i onky have 1 26watt 6500k cfl bulb on my plant, im about to go get a Y Stripper (dual bulb socket) and another CFL light makin that two bulbs on one plant ia that good enuff? Because my timer only has one plug whole and if two isnt good enuff ill need to buy a new timer also.

Idc about energy, whats better 2 cfls or 1 120w plant light which i have originally been using

https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html

This should help you with that. And as for your question, it depends on your setup, strain (sativa or indica) the whole works. But I can already tell you that 2 CFL's will not be enough. You should use the light you have now, and the CFL's as side foliage lights.

SummerPep said:

Idc about energy, whats better 2 cfls or 1 120w plant light which i have originally been using

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2 cfls, for sure. that 120w is why your plant got all streched out

2 lights can be enough for now, don't know what your budget or set up or anything is like, but with my limited experience the more light the better, as long as you can handle more heat as well. Check out my grow if you want, I have 8 lights on my girls, had 4 to start with and added 4 to flower with, seen many good grows with less done as well, they are all over this forum, good luck!

Slappy92 said:

https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html

This should help you with that. And as for your question, it depends on your setup, strain (sativa or indica) the whole works. But I can already tell you that 2 CFL's will not be enough. You should use the light you have now, and the CFL's as side foliage lights.

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the light he started with was one of those incadecent "grow lights". No offence but those are worthless

SummerPep said:

So far i onky have 1 26watt 6500k cfl bulb on my plant, im about to go get a Y Stripper (dual bulb socket) and another CFL light makin that two bulbs on one plant ia that good enuff? Because my timer only has one plug whole and if two isnt good enuff ill need to buy a new timer also.

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you could always put a 3-way spliter on your timer

What is a 3 way splitter?

heres an example http://compare.ebay.com/like/280496236146?var=binlv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&rvr_id=223880408315&crlp=1_263602_324952&UA=%3F*I8&GUID=31cd81b412e0a040b14002f0ff7eaba5&itemid=280496236146&ff4=263602_324952

SummerPep said:

So far i onky have 1 26watt 6500k cfl bulb on my plant, im about to go get a Y Stripper (dual bulb socket) and another CFL light makin that two bulbs on one plant ia that good enuff? Because my timer only has one plug whole and if two isnt good enuff ill need to buy a new timer also.

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Using a powerstrip can assit you for additional CFLs, the rule of thumb for great potent bud is no-less than 100watts per plant, or 4-26watters should get u a great grow....

if you want to try LST, that is a method that can be used with cfl's for a low wattage grow
you can position bulb and bud very closely together that way

I put all three lights in so i should be good righttt

SummerPep said:

I put all three lights in so i should be good righttt

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For the vegetation stage, having three 26watt, 6500k CFL or combined 78watts is plenty....when you switch into the flowering stage however, you need to switch from 6500 kelvin range to 2700 kelvin range or from a blue spectrum to a red spectrum to achieve a great outcome....you can get 26 watt, 2700k at Walmart, Home Depot or Lowes....hoped that helped....

sorry to jump on your thread bro but i have 5 20 watt cfls on mine and am gonna add a nother soon is this enough?

WastedMobiusOne said:

sorry to jump on your thread bro but i have 5 20 watt cfls on mine and am gonna add a nother soon is this enough?

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depends on the size of the plant/chamber - the usual recommend is at least 50 watts per square foot
but if you get a taller plant, say 4 foot or so, it gets tough to cover it properly

What Ive done is a very simple yet affective setup. First get a 2 ft x 2 ft piece of plywood. Then get 8 ceramic light fixtures as well as 8 light fixture platic mounting boxes. You will need about 15 foot of 12/2 electrical wire. I like to put a piece of reflective material the same size of the board on the side the lights are on. evenly place out all your light fixtures mounts on the board. then loop all your wire thru the boxes and begin wiring your fixtures.Then I like to leave about 10 feet of extra cable coming out of my last fixture and place a male plug on the end so I can plug into a standard outlet. Finally screw in 8 6500k cfl bulbs. On the board on opposite side of the lights I like to screw in a eye bolt in each corner that way i can use the yoyo wires so i can raise and lower as I need. I like to just stick 4 plants under this setup and it works great. Ive posted some pics of an unfinished setup. as you can see im missing a light in one of the fixtures.