another cfl thread.....

[kochab]

so i was thinking of adding some cfl bulbs to a new box I am making for 2 plants on a dwc system. seems like for flowering bulbs i may go with these. would they be suitable for flowering a plant? i was told i needed the "daylight" type i am hoping to be able to save space by buying the ones with reflectors are already on em. i am hoping to put 3 of these and 2 additional lights in the box. the other 2 lights are 2ft under cabinet lights that have plant/aquarium bulbs (3000k).

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Reflectors R20, R30[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] Bulb Type- Reflector
Manufacturer- Bulbrite
Wattage- 15, 18
Base- E26/Standard
Glass- Frosted
Average Life- 8000 hours
Voltage- 120
Price- R20= $8.15 each, R30= $9.80 each[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Select Bulb:[/FONT] CF15R20 $8.15CF18R30 $9.80[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Select Color:[/FONT] Warm WhiteDaylight

 

[UnEmploymentDude]

No that wouldnt work man. No way is that thing powerful enough. And to flower you need warm white bulbs.

 

[kochab]

No that wouldnt work man. No way is that thing powerful enough. And to flower you need warm white bulbs.

that IS a warm lightdaylight bulb. its a cfl (see the ballast????) the back of the bulb has a reflector like a floodlight does. they also have a cool white version im gonna get my next grow to help veg with.

 

[greenair]

Im using three of these 20 watt CLF light bulbs in my small grow box, its about 300 watts in total and im only growing two plants, is this enough do u think??

 

[kochab]

Im using three of these 20 watt CLF light bulbs in my small grow box, its about 300 watts in total and im only growing two plants, is this enough do u think??

if you have 3 of these bulbs in there your only pulling 60w @20w a peice. the bulb wattage probably said something like 20watt cfl equivalent to a regular 100watt bulb . what light temperature is the bulb? you wanna be closer to the 4k-6k for growing the plant in vegetative stage but for flowering you want a 1500k-2700k. I have found that plant and aquarium lights(3000k) do very well in the aid of flowering small plants along with cfls.

 

[kochab]

also to let you know if lights are adequate for growing we really need to know the measurements of the box.

 

[UnEmploymentDude]

My mistake on the color temp, but 18 watts isnt enough for flowering, I have 6, 26 watt(100w eq) CFLs in my small flowering chamber and thats just barely getting by IMO.

 

[cincismoker]

Im using three of these 20 watt CLF light bulbs in my small grow box, its about 300 watts in total and im only growing two plants, is this enough do u think??

the equifelent does mean any thing if there 20w bulbs there putting out 20 watts. ur guna need more for two plants unless you have a good flower light like hps or sume thing

 

[kochab]

yeah they have bigger wattages i just accidentally closed the window i was copying it from and im too lazy to re-open it. higher wattages are just a bit more expensive though.

 

[greenair]

also to let you know if lights are adequate for growing we really need to know the measurements of the box.

The grow box measurements are roughly 3ft high by 1.5 ft wide.

Theres a pic of the inside of it below but the lights are situated different now (they all hang over the plants). Plus instead of two there are three CFL's now

 

[UnEmploymentDude]

yeah they have bigger wattages i just accidentally closed the window i was copying it from and im too lazy to re-open it. higher wattages are just a bit more expensive though.

Your allowance too low?

I'm not trying to be mean I'm just trying to help you. But if you are gonna flower with those tiny lights you might as well flower outside. Wattages that low are just good for a night light.

 

[kochab]

no smart ass, i have a $600 house payment and $250 jeep payment to make every month on top of the bill for my grow room. I use a 430watt hps for flowering my room, i wanted to make a cfl box so that my plants would make tighter buds on smaller plants. i prefer that over the fluffy buds that hps lighting give.

 

[st0ned4good]

i duno what kinda hps ur using dude.. its unheard of for a "430watt hps" to make fluffy buds not to mention u think a little box surrounded with tin foil with 2 23watt cfls will over power an hps...

 

[kochab]

i duno what kinda hps ur using dude.. its unheard of for a "430watt hps" to make fluffy buds not to mention u think a little box surrounded with tin foil with 2 23watt cfls will over power an hps...

my idea is that it will make tighter buds by keeping the plant smaller and nodes tighter together. If I top it to the point that it has a bunch of tops then i will get many smaller colas harvested from the plant which will be tighter little nuggets. I dont care how much the thing produces or even if it takes much longer as i have smoke to smoke on from my room. I just wanted to make a smaller grow op where I could handle the variables better to make the best quality smoke for myself that i can.
I just want denser, cleaner burning and overall better tasting smoke. i plan on just sticking clones in to root in the box with dwc and immediatlly put into flowering and start topping tips at about the 2nd or 3rd node. I may be wrong on this whole idea, im just going off of theory. if you know a better way of what i wanna do then speak up please. the cfl method is going to take forever for this. would a Vertical box just big enough for the width of a plant be good with a few 4ft fluro tubes be better instead? i considered this idea originally. i thought about putting a fan in each end as well to ventalate it

 

[trapper]

no smart ass, i have a $600 house payment and $250 jeep payment to make every month on top of the bill for my grow room. I use a 430watt hps for flowering my room, i wanted to make a cfl box so that my plants would make tighter buds on smaller plants. i prefer that over the fluffy buds that hps lighting give.

you might want to re examine how your growing,like your nutes,ventilation,temperature,air circulation first,because if your changeing from a 430 hps to cfl because of loose buds,then their is a problem some were.

 

[dabull69]

i have 8 cfl bulbs (6 26w and 2 43w) and i only have one plant. and my buds are really fluffy. its not gonna matter how many cfl's u put in it the light just isnt intense enough to penetrate the foliage and produce the tight thick buds u are wanting. the only way to do this is with hps. and if u are using a hps and getting fluffy buds u either have the light way too far away or u just dont know what the hell u are doing. if u have an hps use it, i love cfl's because of their cost and lack of heat but ill admit that u will never produce as tight and as thick of buds with cfl's as u would with an hps. thats just fact.

 

[zechbro]

definately going to need more lights i think bro, i have 16 25 watt cfls.. my plants seem to doing allright but no where near as good as a mates HPS grow