CFL flowering question

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AnHeroed

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I have one female plant about a foot tall and LST trained. I have 7 colas on the plant all evenly exposed to the light. Currently I have two 27watt "daylight" bulbs that I used for vegging and one 45watt red bulb that I put in for flowering. Is this the correct setup or even enough light? I want to ensure I get decent flower growth. This is the plant after one week of flowering since the first calyx appeared.



 
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AnHeroed

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Ok so I found a Sylvania CFL mini. It says 100w 2700k. Would this be an upgrade from one of the two daylight bulbs or no help at all? Right now I have one 27w daylight, one 23w (100w replace) 2700k bulb and one Ecosmart 42w (150w) soft white.
 
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9867mike777

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AnHeroed said:
Ok so I found a Sylvania CFL mini. It says 100w 2700k. Would this be an upgrade from one of the two daylight bulbs or no help at all? Right now I have one 27w daylight, one 23w (100w replace) 2700k bulb and one Ecosmart 42w (150w) soft white.
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Another 42w soft white CFL would be good. Your plant looks pretty good. Unfortunately, having healthy vegging plants isn't that hard to do, even with low light. Flowering is where the weaker light might make it more difficult to get a big harvest. Some strains are better with CFL than others. For instance, I think White Widow does fairly good with CFL, whereas I had an Aurora Indica which never did go into full blown flowering.
 
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kudaross

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Make sure the 100w is the actual wattage and not the incandescent comparison. You're going to want as many lights as you can get buddy.
 
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AnHeroed

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9867mike777 said:
Another 42w soft white CFL would be good. Your plant looks pretty good. Unfortunately, having healthy vegging plants isn't that hard to do, even with low light. Flowering is where the weaker light might make it more difficult to get a big harvest. Some strains are better with CFL than others. For instance, I think White Widow does fairly good with CFL, whereas I had an Aurora Indica which never did go into full blown flowering.
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Advice taken. I have two 42w (150) and the one daylight 27w. I think this should be enough for the one plant. Thanks for the help

kudaross said:
Make sure the 100w is the actual wattage and not the incandescent comparison. You're going to want as many lights as you can get buddy.
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As I replied to the other guy I have two 42w and the daylight. Is this pretty good?
 
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