Soft White/Bright Light Ratios for Flowering

Mister Black

Active Member
Hi I have a grow going into flower and I'm short of lumens for my 3.75 square foot grow space.

In order to boost my lumen count I have left about 7k's of Bright White in my 27k lumen cabinet.

Now my question. Is it ok to use a few bright white during the flowering stage?

During Veg I was advised to use a 2:1 ratio in favor of Bright Light bulbs.

Now during flower I'm assuming I can do the same thing the other way round.

Is this true?

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HSA

Well-Known Member
Mister Black: if you've got one or two 27K lamps over a flowering plant or two in that small of a space you should be fine. HSA
 

Catchin22

Well-Known Member
I would keep the ratio 3:1 not 2:1, maybe 2:1 for veg but at least 3:1 in flower. 2700k is already on the high side IMO, HPS bulbs are around 2100k.
 

Phaeton

Active Member
Cfl's use mercury to maintain the arc. Mercury has a strong blue line that goes through the phosphors to the plant, the UV portion is stopped and reemitted as visible light by the phosphors. What this means is even the 2700K's are putting blue on the plant. All fluorescents let some blue through, the spike on the graphs is in the same place on all of them. I use the reddest fluoro's I can find, so far the plants have not complained about the lack of bright white.
My change to LED's is very recent, and I still supplement them with fluorescents.
 
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