Lighting Question (For first Grow)

First off hello everyone this is my first post and first thread! I have read a lot on how to grow, cultivate and harvest Marijuana. Anywhoo, I have taken some seeds and have them in jars and some of them have sprouted. I have read many people have used florescent lights to start with. I purchased some cfls. 3 lamps each put out about 2000 lumen. Im only gonna grow 3 or 4 plants. Is that enough light? And can I continue to use florescent lighting throughout the grow? I really dont have much of a choice so Im hoping the answer is yes. If not what can I use that is sorta cheap that I can plug into a standard lamp fixture?

Thanks!

that should be enough. what, watts are the cfl?

i plan on doing the same thing, right now i got 5 plants bout 3 weeks in now with 4 fluro tubes and 3 43watt(2600lumen each) cfls for the sides, theyre doing amazing from what plp tell me its a good ammount for veg but if i were u id maybe get 2-3 more for flowering

matt2907 said:

that should be enough. what, watts are the cfl?

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I think like 35/45 each or something like that, I wanna get long tube florescent's once they get bigger, but it is ok to use florescent's up until the point of flowering?

yes it is but as they get bigger you may want to get a few more cfls

but for now u have more than enough

good luck

hey dont wanna take the post over but ive used my fluro tubes even during flowering is that baad?:S:S

Thanks for all the help guys!