CFL vs. LONG Fluorescent for vegging ??????

Watt for watt who thinks witch bulb is better for vegging i got a few 65watt cfl football sized bitches on my mother and 26 watters for my clones that are rooted and a two foot fluorescent on my rooting clones anyone think long Fluorescent are better?

i was using 2 4' and 2 2' tubes and it was going good but yesturday i added two 42w cfl instead of the 2'ers

but my plant has been doin good

jokerjocko said:

i was using 2 4' and 2 2' tubes and it was going good but yesturday i added two 42w cfl instead of the 2'ers

but my plant has been doin good

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see i lst my bitches so i would think cfl would be better and my girls are sick just wanted to see my options

lst? what is that

jokerjocko said:

lst? what is that

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low stress training bending over your bitch

i use 6 48'' T5HO fluorescent (tube) bulbs which puts out 324 Watts, and my plants internode spacing is almost unrecognizable. Plant growth during veg is amazing.

why would you bend it over im new to this and its my first grow

bending over the plant allows light to penetrate more effectively into the lower parts of the plant. Ultimately, this allows lower branches to grow taller and provid more tops to your plant.

ic been using tubes the whole time...

seems to be filling out really nice

Personally I like my T5s over any CFL I've used, and watt for watt they're more efficient.

I havent had anyproblem with themm...

cept the bigones are hard to find room for sometimes...

Im vegging with cfls right now and miss my t5s.

smppro said:

Im vegging with cfls right now and miss my t5s.

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can you get t5's at a hardware store?

I think u can look under uncle bens topping techniques and find out about topping, fimming, and lst.

I got my T5 lights from my aquarium store - used to use them for my saltwater aquarium, but now i use them to grow. Pretty sure they ont sell T5 lights, or light fixtures at home depot or hardware stores. I could be wrong, but i havnt ever seen any.

My lights: 6 48'' T5HO bulbs
- very effecient and great results through veg. Flowering hasnt been bad at all either.

sickstoner said:

can you get t5's at a hardware store?

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Yes but they generally aren't as good. Getting them isnt the problem i was just trying cfls.