CFL help

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by millhouse86, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. Hey guys could I use 8 or 10 15w blue spectrum 6400k cfls to veg 5 plants
     
  2. No where near enough light to get them to their potential, it's said 100 watts for each plant and 50 for each plant after the first... and your barely breaking 100 watts of cfl power.
     
  3. I would bump the wattage up on them. 150 watts for 5 plants isn't enough. General guideline is 100 watts first plant, 50 watts each additional plant

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    lololol SSG beat me to it :D
     
  4. Ok cheers, so do I need to get one 100w n four 50w's
     
  5. CFL light is very localized. Meaning after about 4-6 inches away from the bulb any grow spectrum is cut down to almost zero. Better to have them all around it
     
  6. I think I understand wat u mean, so would I b ok to place them under HID when they get to 4 to 6 inch under cfl
     

  7. More light the better usually.

    For your CFLs look at them and imagine a 4-6 inch bubble around them...thats your grow zone for CFLs. Growing with CFLs just happens to be a incidental thing.
     
  8. Ah rite I see cheers for ya help will make I have enough, the plan was to have 8 cfls in a cross shape above the plants
     

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