Im gonna run an experiment as soon as my seeds pop. I have two G13 pineapple express and a power skunk im gonna grow. One pineapple and the skunk are gonna go under 4-5 65watt ( 300 watt equivalent and 10,000 lumens per light) and the other pineapple (will be a mini plant) under 23 watt cfls, both mixed spectrum. What i want to try to do is grow the bigger plants without moving the lights at all. I figure cfl or not with with 50,000 lumens the light shouldn't have to be too close to the plants. Will be starting a thread with the experiment later today and will have pics of my set up and all.
If anyone has tried this and can give me any tips or advice im all ears.