Are these: Shop Utilitech 4-Pack 75-Watt Equivalent Daylight Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb ENERGY STAR at Lowes.com appropriate for vegging? I see that their color temperature is 5000 and I believe that (if not 6500) is what is suggested for vegging. I'm about to buy all the materials for my first grow and I haven't been confident in any of my lighting choices and just need a bit of direction. I will be buying enough to cover all of my plants, but just want to first make sure that these are good bulbs. Thank you for your time.
you may want a higher wattage cfl. thows are only putting out 900 lumes each(only 4600 lumens together) go for 100w equivalant bulbs( 23 actuale watts and 1600 lumens each) and try for 6500k i think you can still veg under 5000k thow
Thanks! I'll shoot for these then [ame=http://www.amazon.com/23-Watt-Spectrum-Daylight-FE-IISB-23W-65K/dp/B003YNYMGS/ref=sr_1_25?s=lamps-light&ie=UTF8&qid=1322444500&sr=1-25]Amazon.com: 23 Watt - T2 CFL - 100 W Equal - 6500K Full Spectrum Daylight - CRI 80 - 70 Lumens per Watt - 15 Month Warranty - Energy Miser FE-IISB-23W-65K: Lamps & Light Fixtures[/ame]
also you want to keep your plant close to them but not to close they do get hot. i burnt a couple of my leaves cuz some of them were touching it or very close to it