Tha Hustle
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will a 100 watt cfl work to grow a plant and if so how big do u think it would make it untill u need to add more lights
100 watt?
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chunkymunkey33
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Well..since most people say you need at least 3000 lumens per sqft., that light would be sufficient for about a week at most...at MOST. Just get more right away, you don't want to stretch and you definitely don't want to stress it. This is my opinion, someone else may say something different but I doubt it.
BlessAmerica
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More than watts, and on par with lumens, you need to make sure that your light spectrum (k scale) is appropriate for which stage of growth your in. 6500k for vegging (aka full spectrum, daylight, cool white), and 4500k for flowering. Many people recommend using both spectrums.
chunkymunkey33
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I believe you want to go lower than that for flowering, usually the lower the better for flowering. You want to get 2700K's for flowering.
My first grow...
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/51756-lowryder-2-cfl-s-my.html
My first grow...
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/51756-lowryder-2-cfl-s-my.html
raeman1990
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WELL FIRST OFF is it an 100w equivilent...???? if so it will not be near suficient, if it is a true 100w then its should be good for vegg 1 plant it will do good
Tha Hustle
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yeah its a cfl 100w equivelent
BlessAmerica
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Yeah that will not do at all. I have those in my house lamps, I think they really only use 17w. You can go online, or to speacialty light stores and buy true 55w full spectrum cfls, that aren't too expensive.
raeman1990
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HA HA HA HA HA HA i laugh at you, a 100w equiv will not do shit!!! but seriously, get at least 2 40w cfl per plant