CFL light question

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badgirl4many

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This is my first grow. I currently have 2 females flowering. So, I made a rookie mistake and bought 4 4'floursecent 2 light fixtures when i started a month and half ago.
FOr my new little veg cabinet I purchased 26W cool white cfl lights with metal reflectors. I have fan running in both setups on low. Question is this. I really don't want to get waste all of the 4'fluorescents i purchased. I can't take themback. no boxes, I would like to add some cfl's to the flowering room.
What should I add, and how many, and should they be, cool white, warm white or mixed. thanks for you advice!
 
honkeytown

honkeytown

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warm for flowering....add as many as possible...and get some lights for your fluoros that produce a red spectrum. you should get some nuggets
 
del66666

del66666

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yeah yhe red spectrum helps produce sticky resin,did you not think of using envirolites, they arent expensive and are cool.
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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badgirl4many said:
This is my first grow. I currently have 2 females flowering. So, I made a rookie mistake and bought 4 4'floursecent 2 light fixtures when i started a month and half ago.
FOr my new little veg cabinet I purchased 26W cool white cfl lights with metal reflectors. I have fan running in both setups on low. Question is this. I really don't want to get waste all of the 4'fluorescents i purchased. I can't take themback. no boxes, I would like to add some cfl's to the flowering room.
What should I add, and how many, and should they be, cool white, warm white or mixed. thanks for you advice!
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I wouldn't call you buying the tubs and fixtures a waste...

1st what kind of of tubes did you get?... the daylight tubes are great for veging, and warm light or "kitchen and bath" are good for budding.

Keep your fixtures right over your plants as close as you can get them and add cfl's in and around your plants to supplement them with more light... the cfl's are just like the tubes.... daylight for veg and softwhite for budding.

One last thing, in your little grow cab, instead of just a reflector behind your lights... also you use mylar to line the inside of the cab... when using cfls, proper reflection is very important.

Check out my little grow for some ideas... https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/89440-micro-ebb-flow-now-dwc.html
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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Envirolite is a trademarked name or "name brand" to cfl's made from that company. Even though they are cfls, they are not like the small 24 watters we get at walmart. You can get Envirolites in as big as 250 actual watts. Really nice lights.
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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Any hyro/grow store will have them........ and i'm sure all online hydroponics sites have them, as well as ebay.
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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Yes walmart is american, but their stores are like weeds them selfs... they seem to spring up every were so don't be surprised to see one in your country in the future lol

Anyway.. you could always order one on line.
 
speedhabit

speedhabit

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retail CFLs are a RIPOFF. Order CFLs online and you can find true 42 watters that work in reg outlets and come in multiple kelvins.
 
mikeeees

mikeeees

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well i can put a couple more, but the room might get a little tight in the box, and i havent started the grow, yet. but i have a plant in my window that is doing amazing, and im going ot put that in the box to flower.
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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mikeeees said:
OH and if i wanted to grow a lowryder, would i want the veg or the bloom lights for the clfs?
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Now I haven't grown lowerider before but from what I remember, it's an auto flowering strain so a mix of both veg and bloom lights would be good.
 
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