Cfls

Can you use 6500k 26w Daylight Cfl's for the flowering period. Thanks

I'm sure it is possible as you can flower pretty well with a MH. It's just not ideal. Maintain your nitrogen throughout bloom so your plant doesn't yellow/purple - you want as much green chlorophil as possible.

You can use anything you want for flowering and it will work.

The question is How much yield will you get in return?

Yes your light will work and yes you would get possibly much more from a proper spectrum bulb. (2700 kelvin)

My advice and IMHO spend a few bucks, get some CFLs more suited to flowering stage.

Alrite how do you hook all them up to 1 outlet. Oh and thanks for the quik responce.

Mr.Funk said:

Alrite how do you hook all them up to 1 outlet. Oh and thanks for the quik responce.

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Either get the electrical guy at your favorite home supply/depot store to explain the relatively simple wiring process to you... or (since I don't trust myself with wiring at all) this is what I recently did: You can buy a power outlet strip or two (can be easily mounted to the sides or roof where you want your lights), 'outlet-to-socket' adapters (these are just simple light bulb sockets with a standard electrical plug at the base instead of a cord or wires), and Y adapters (turns one light socket into two). All can be found at the lighting/electrical section of Lowe's/Home Depots/etc. and are very cheap along with CFL bulbs. If you want to get fancy with that set-up you can get electrical outlet extenders that bend and/or rotate so that you can direct your lights better...

Just to add a disclaimer: I'm definitely not an electrician, so I'm unsure if this is as safe a set-up as possible. Use at own risk. However, all the parts I used above were rated for outdoor or wet environment use (including the power strips), the power strips included surge protection and ground fault interruption - which only added a very small amount to the total cost and lets me sleep a little better at night.