light help

en3tyskate

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At the time i am in the middle of my first grow. I vegged for about five weeks 24/0 starting with a 26W 6700k light and about half way through getting a 13 W 2700k to add on. Then i started cutting down the time in about a week until it was 12/12. Now i am 2 weeks into flowering and have another 30 W 3000k added on. This is 69W altogether, so will i be able to bud my plant with a fan blowing? Is this enough light when i have less than a 6 cubic foot grow box and the lights are about an inch away from the plant?
 

Bubbleman

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Im guessing your lights are compact florescent. Sound like you are trying a buds for less grow. You should check out that book for tips. Sounds like you vegged for a long time. Any light should be enough to trigger flowering. The more luemens that you have per Sq foot directly effects your yield. So the more compacts you can afford to put on your plants will pay off. IT does not sound like you got enough light either. Im currently using 10 100 watt equivalents on my 11 day old plants. If you had more you would not have had to veg for 5 weeks. Also you want a fan blowing for air circulation and to keep heat down so keep it on. Unless you using co2 but that prolly a little ahead of you.
 

en3tyskate

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Ya i am trying to keep it as simple as possible and i might switch one of my CFLs from 13 to 30 watts and my other light was a utility light that was used for work but has two Compact fluorescent 13W in them so i used that. If i switched it to 86Watts on the plant (2 30W 2700k's & 1 26W CFL 6700k) would that be enough light you think for one plant. I forgot to mention my plant is only 6" tall?
 
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