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Originally Posted by marijewana
ive read up alittle on CFL growing, but do i just need the lights within 2-4 inches of the top of the plant? or do i NEED some on the sides too?
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If you allow your plant to just grow up without doing any kind of super cropping or LST then you will need some for the side & lower lighting. That is probably the biggest downfall of the CFL is the lack of the ability to penetrate the leaf canopy to get to the lower growth
HID on the other has great penetration of the canopy and covers a larger area. But produces much more heat.
If you want to use CFL and get the best results for the amount of light, plants & space used i would look into SCROG. If you scrog you will control everything that flowers and how it flowers. And also be able to keep a nice level canopy of CFL right above the screen so all buds get good soaking of light
