Quick question about lighting

wretchedsoul

wretchedsoul

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Okay, so I'm a first timer getting all my equipment together I was thinking about just using 4 4 ft. fluorescent cool white light bulbs with a 5000K and 91 CRI rating...would this be enough for two plants or should i get a couple cfls for that 2700K rating for vegging as well?
 
Mysticlown150

Mysticlown150

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2700k isn't really used for vegging. 6500k cfl should be used. Cool white is also good but for seedlings , not sure about long term.
 
Kruzty

Kruzty

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Not really but yeah it will grow a plant. Just not big and fast but oh yeah it will grow.6500k for veg 2700 for bloom
 
wretchedsoul

wretchedsoul

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I think I'm gonna change up my gameplan and maybe go with 2 4 ft fluoro tubes and and about 8 cfls for 2 plants, I'm thinking that should be enough with the right temp of light as well...thanks for the help kruzty; any further advice is appreciated as well.
 
demonic1

demonic1

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Go with the two shop lights and 4 florescent tubes. They will grow fine in that and the canopy of all your plants will be fairly even. I veg under that and in 4 weeks, they are easily 10-14" and bushy. No stretching at all. Use the 6500K Daylight bulbs. You could always add a few cfl’s for side lighting between the shop lights if you wanted to too.
 
demonic1

demonic1

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That is cheap and nice too. However, I picked up my fixtures from Wal-Mart for 8 bucks when they were clearing them out. They are not fancy like but those are hard wired. I prefer if they just have a plug so it is easier to put a timer on them. In addition, something else I noticed, those are T12's which are not as good at T-8's and T-5 HO's being the best but for the price, T-8's do just fine.
 
wretchedsoul

wretchedsoul

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Guess I'll be doing some shopping for lights in the next few days, got any suggestions on where to start for fixtures? They seem pretty expensive online
 
demonic1

demonic1

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Anywhere that sells shop lights. They are not very expensive however they might not have a nice polished oak finish like the ones in your pic.
 
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