100 watt cfl grow box

How much could I get from this...... 5x23 watt cfls, in a 2x4ft grow box in lined with foil. 3 plants

TMAN808 said:

How much could I get from this...... 5x23 watt cfls, in a 2x4ft grow box in lined with foil. 3 plants

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....not enuff....mine smaller than that n look....there's like 5 of the 55watters=200....2 of the 42watters=150....and i can't tell u how many 23watters=100....it takes a lot to do it right

I gotta tell ya ur math is all wrong and I just wanna know in grams how much I could get. also how much did u get from that?

TMAN808 said:

I gotta tell ya ur math is all wrong and I just wanna know in grams how much I could get. also how much did u get from that?

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....my maths wrong???...how ya figure?...different namebrand cfls vary on actual Watts and equivalent Watts....I can read what my box says....anyway...zero is ur answer...zero grams is what you'll receive from a "foil" lined box of that size with so little lumens....not enough

Ive already taken into account the incandescent equivalent, C maybe thats why their was confusion but Im using 23 watt cfls which are equivalent to 100w. Now i did use incandescents before and I got like 12g.... never gonna do that again.

TMAN808 said:

Ive already taken into account the incandescent equivalent, C maybe thats why their was confusion but Im using 23 watt cfls which are equivalent to 100w. Now i did use incandescents before and I got like 12g.... never gonna do that again.

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.....I read somewhere the standard is 30,000 lumens for a box that size to have a successful grow...that's what I tried to shoot for....4 of those 23watters is like 6,000 lumens....they're like 1500 or 1600 a piece....u need at least that per plant........I have a little more than that and am gonna add a few when flowereing...

The yellow ones are the 200 equivalent and the white are the 100 equivalent ...

Im using 14- 23w -2700k-1750 lumens each and 2-23w-5000k-1600 lumens each for six plants right now, my first grow I got about 2oz.,my second grow was a triple leaf...tri-folliate and I got almost 6oz.,now ive got 2 plants, 12/12 from seed, 6weeks into flower(18" tall)and it looks like theres going to be about 2oz..Btw..organic soil with water wicking buckets and a 2x2x4ft box.Hope this gives u an idea of what you can achieve.Good luck.

Foil isn't that great for reflecting light. try some flat white paint. or mylar.
for three plants, you should try for 100w per plant. for lumens try 24K+ total.