hello blades sorry to interject but i was was skimming around the interwebs just now and i saw this article and it seemed of decent research to add to the OP on CFLs and their lumen depreciation https://lasttechage.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/fluorescents-3-not-as-bright/ one of the graphs in the article fora taste.
I have a 4-point cfl fitting so it holds four lights and u screw the hole thing into a socket (I'm using a spotlight fitting to wall plug) will it be enough for 1 plant? Each fitting can take up to 45w max
it looks like this one http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/BbMAAOxyVX1RwV1N/$(KGrHqR,!qwFG66qp0G,BRwV1NbUNw~~60_3.JPG
Oh man. I haven't been on the forums in a long time. So long that I forgot my password and my email for the last account. If I dig deep enough I can find my previous GrimloxK posts. Here's a questions brah's: I got 2 plants under 6x 42 watt cfls. I got 4x 2700's and 2x 5600's....Should I keep the 5600's on during bloom? About 1 week in so far. Does the 5600 spectrum help out any bit in bloom?
Just wanted to give an update on how the girls are doing. Got about another 2 weeks before I flush & take top buds off. Then I'll go back to feeding again for the lower buds.
Will this work? Plant gets about 9 hours sunlight then 8 hours like this. 3 cfls but there like 3 feet away from the plant. Will it grow normally like this or am I just wasting electricity?
I agree - but not any closer. In the first weeks flowering the plant can grow more than one inch, in one night - so the tops get burnt. This just happened to me btw, ( pics in my journal lol).
This is my cfl grow I have another 250watt 6400kelvin bulb to go in and my 4"inline fan anything I'm doing wrong? or is there anything I can do better I'm on a low budget My first official grow all advice welcome http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-medical-marijuana-growing/1335682-my-first-official-grow.html