Hey guys I just wanted to get some of your opinions on CFL growing I have a crop in the works at the the minute so I was thinking about setting up an nice little vegging area so I can shave a few weeks off the next batch. I am after ordering 4 24W CFL 6500k and i have a 35W CFL 6500k. So the grow space is 13in by 28in. I will be starting them in propagators for the first few days then ill be transplanting into 5in pots. Each one of the 24W bulbs produce 1400 lumen's Im not quite sure how much lumen's the 35W produces So my question is how long can i veg in this area before its time to put them in the tent ? ps i have 6 seeds but i only plan on finishing 4 in the tent
there its fixed i don't quite know what happened there i had posted it on another forum and i just copyed and pasted without looking at it Sorry that's my bad!! Have you any idea on how long i could ues this set up for ?
If you plan on doing 4 at the same time you will need more light. There will be a lot of shaded areas. You can use what you have now for the seedling phase but when it hits veg and starts to get bushy you will need an extremes amount of lights. I have 9 lights on one plant of mine that I'm doing a 12/12 from seed grow on. My total lumens for it right now are 18,900. When it starts to get bigger I'm going to add two more 23w cfl's to each side an then I will add more as needed. good luck man. This is addicting. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
I already have a tent running with a 600 hps i was just looking for a way to shave a few weeks off the next one I also have a 250 mh. I think ill use that when the veg starts. Have u used CFL much ? i wouldn't mind getting a few for further grows iv always liked the idea of less heat and cost .