Am i fine with just 2 cfl's for flower?

I am flowering a clone, unknown strain. It's 31 days veg and 1 day into 12/12.
As of right now I have one 55watt cfl 2700k 3600 lumens. I am planning to add another cfl
(42watt 2700k 2700 lumens). Is this going to be enough for the plant throughout its flowering cycle?
or should i add more?


Another question. How much product will i get running these lights. I'm looking for at least
10g's from this but better if i get more. I'm trying to start a perpetual grow where i harvest 1 oz dry, every 4 weeks from 2 clones. After this grow is finished, how should i go about doing that?


I'm ready for the perpetual grow already, i have 2 other clones 3 weeks veg, and 1 mother plant, 3 weeks old which i will be taking all my cuttings from. (don't mind the tiny cloner i have there, it's an experiment I'm trying)
I am also not using any nutrients, but the soil i bought has slow release nutes that the plant seems to be loving.

here are the pics.

this guy used 6 x 15w CFLs.
https://www.rollitup.org/t/what-are-buds-suppose-to-look-like.841299/

It would work, but it would be very minimal, and you would be guaranteed to increase you light wattage after the first harvest. Might as well do it now.

It is probably easier to get away without nutes in vegging. Expect to see deficiencies if you plan to flower without nutes.

CFLs are ok for a trial, or a hobby, or just a real cheap grow, but it would be a waste of your time if you are planning a perpetual grow, without a bigger and better light. You would NEED to be perpetually growing to equal the yield from a proper light.

Consider using not less than 300watter up to 500 watts CFL's cost is about $25.00 , you have the right lighting (2700K for flower and 5700K vegation) If you want to know were to purchase let me know. You should add more light if possible. MORE LIGHT = BIGGER PLANTS/BUDS. what size is your grow room?, because there is a formula to determine amount of light needed (lumens) for your grow space So you will not get 10grams with that lighting not being smart just telling you the truth, maybe 2 per plant if lucky

A true perp grow with cfl is tough. Too many plants at diff height and cfl need to be close to the plant. Maybe try like I do, though I use led. I have a flower tent and a veg cab. So I harvest every 8-10 weeks. Pull clones for the next run when plants go into the flower tent.

I have a perp grow w/CFLs ...you gota have at least 300watts per plant with CFLs though...I put 100w on the top and spread the rest around it and as close as I can to it...and I found with CFLs your plant wants to stretch a lot in flower..to stop this from happening, I transplant from a 3 gallon veg pot to a 5 gallon flower pot and put her right into 12/12, this way she's too busy growing her roots to stretch, and you don't have to worry about adjusting your light so much...here's some of my CFL girls....
......The first 2 pics is my OG #18 that's 4 weeks into flower...the 3rd pic is of my 2 white rhinos 1 week into flower...

RIKNSTEIN said:

I have a perp grow w/CFLs ...you gota have at least 300watts per plant with CFLs though...I put 100w on the top and spread the rest around it and as close as I can to it...and I found with CFLs your plant wants to stretch a lot in flower..to stop this from happening, I transplant from a 3 gallon veg pot to a 5 gallon flower pot and put her right into 12/12, this way she's too busy growing her roots to stretch, and you don't have to worry about adjusting your light so much...here's some of my CFL girls....
......The first 2 pics is my OG #18 that's 4 weeks into flower...the 3rd pic is of my 2 white rhinos 1 week into flower...
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Damn . That's fucking impressive . You have a great system going on there. mind if i steal this my future grows? This is amazing.

The flower box is 2' 6" tall, 1' 6" wide, and 1' long.
The veg box is 1' 11" tall, 1' 7" wide, and 1' 4" long

I also added two 42watt 2700k (2700 lumens) cfls to the flower room, so as of right now it has 139 actual watts in there. I think i might get at least 10 grams from all this because my first grow i got like 4-5 grams vegging a female from some bagseed for only a month using three 20 watts cfls if i remember correctly. Was some pretty good quality bud too, no seeds. smelled fruity. but I dont know, because this is my first time working with clones (funny story on how i got these clones btw) so ill see.

Cfls are the only thing i can work with because i don't want to raise the electricity bill with HPS or MH lights. And Led is too expensive (for me at least).

I'm just growing so i can stop paying for overpriced weed in my area. ($20/grams-$60/eighths-$120/quarters)

i have pictures of my first grow but i gotta find them.
ill post em as soon as i find them

Found the pictures.
i aslo used 6500k for the whole flower cycle and it worked fine.
sorry for the bad quality of these, they were taken with a shitty phone.

would you settle with a 2 instead of a 10?

PatchKid said:

would you settle with a 2 instead of a 10?

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I don't think cfl's are that bad.. are cfl's different with clones or something???

in the pictures below (first grow) I only used two or three (pretty sure it was 2 though) 20 watt cfls 6500k, flowered for exactly 56 days because I had to chop her down early because it hermied on me. If it hadn't of hermied i would of let her go another 4 weeks because i heard cfls take longer to finish flowering.

This guy used 150w cfl for flower

yeah, you can probably get 10 grams from that amount of light.

UncleBuck said:

yeah, you can probably get 10 grams from that amount of light.

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yup

UPDATE:
I made the veg box the flower box, made the flower box the veg box, and I added a shit ton of lights. The total wattage now is 243 actual watts (four 42w, one 55w, and one 20w). i might get a good half oz per plant with this lighting I hope. It's all going to be for personal use
I also put the other 2 plants into flowering they are like 3 days into flower, and my oldest plant is 10 days since i switched to 12/12.
The buds are starting to develop.

(pics are with a shitty phone so i apologize)