CFL flowering question???

Ok guys here what i got. Three bagseeds plants that i have been vegging for what seems like forever because im not sure if the cfls i have are enough to flower them. They are about 22 inches tall and very thick stemmed and bushy. I trimmed the fan leaves on them today because they seemed to be shading the bottom. They have been grown under 5 24 inch walmart cfl grow lights. My question is can i flower these under the same lights on a 12/12. Or should i just invest in a 400 or 600 watt hps. They are in a 3x3 room. Thanks

what is the ct on your lights?

hps will make you happy. They say the 600w is best for the money. I"ve had the 400w and added cfls. Going for the 600w next.

If you have the money for a hps system I highly recommend you go for it. Do not trim anymore leaves. Big fan leaves use their stomatas to breath & absorb light to use for their photosynthesis process. Cutting fan leaves is 1less leaf working to help your plant make it's own sugars to grow.

I use 3 300watt equivalent florescent compact bulbs. Make sure you use a kevlin value of 2700k for flowering. Cover the girl in light. Floros don't penetrate buds for dense growth so you want as many lumens as possible for the buds to get dense.

The light says on it "color temperature" 7800k. I have five of those.

northzoneguy said:

Ok guys here what i got. Three bagseeds plants that i have been vegging for what seems like forever because im not sure if the cfls i have are enough to flower them. They are about 22 inches tall and very thick stemmed and bushy. I trimmed the fan leaves on them today because they seemed to be shading the bottom. They have been grown under 5 24 inch walmart cfl grow lights. My question is can i flower these under the same lights on a 12/12. Or should i just invest in a 400 or 600 watt hps. They are in a 3x3 room. Thanks

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You definitely wont regret getting an HPS it will increase yield by great amounts. 600 watt is most efficient.

Color Temperature (CT) - Color temperature, which is measured in Kelvin, indicates whether a lamp has a warm, midrange or cool color appearance. "Warm" light sources have a low color temperature (2000-3000K) and feature more light in the red/orange/yellow range. Light with a higher color temperature.

grow lights are no good. Garbage. Get real good lumens