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gpeaceman

Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #1

my grow box has 1 85watt 6500k 4250lumen clf for veg. stage and only 1 23watt 2400k 1350 lumen clf for flowering stage.....will the plant still flower well?

thanks in advance

 

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YoungJedi

Active Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #2

gpeaceman said:

my grow box has 1 85watt 6500k 4250lumen clf for veg. stage and only 1 23watt 2400k 1350 lumen clf for flowering stage.....will the plant still flower well?

thanks in advance

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some say that the amount of watts per square foot is between 40w and 60w. So your numbers will have to be based from actual watts and not what the cfl's are equal too. It should but it wont be nothing big and dense but kinda fluffy like

 

c5rftw

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #3

yet some 2700k 65w cfls from the depot. at least one. 15$ each

 

Anjinsan

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #4

no. you need atleast 150 watts of warm cfl for flowering. I use about 250 watts of cfl per plant in flower myself.

 

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SticherVA

Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #5

The HomeDepot here had the 68W 2700K for $10 last week, I bought a few for later use.

 

jsteezy1290

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #6

just get some 26 watters and postion them all around the plant four should be fine

 

c5rftw

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #7

Anjinsan said:

no. you need atleast 150 watts of warm cfl for flowering. I use about 250 watts of cfl per plant in flower myself.

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250 actual watts? or the advertised.. just curious.

 

Anjinsan

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• Oct 6, 2009

• #8

c5rftw said:

250 actual watts? or the advertised.. just curious.

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9 - 23 watt (actual wattage) bulbs + 2 - 40 watt tubes.

So to be exact...287 watts.

I blanket my plant in light.

 

c5rftw

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #9

Anjinsan said:

9 - 23 watt (actual wattage) bulbs + 2 - 40 watt tubes.

So to be exact...287 watts.

I blanket my plant in light.

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very nice... i lower wattage cfls are very manageable but require more fixtures/wiring.

 

c5rftw

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #10

still, 65w 2700k bulbs at homedepot for 15$ each are hard to beat, please if anyone can find a cheaper way of getting more light from CFLs, please let me know... i'm really talking about CFL output per $

 

c5rftw

Well-Known Member

• Oct 6, 2009

• #11

like i thought, you just cant beat that cost per lumems when it come to cfls