A CFL light ? could not find this answer

UnKlE SaM

UnKlE SaM

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Alright my first post. So i have a question about CFL lights. So far i am under the impression that HPS lights are better but since i dont have a fixture and dont want to buy one my next best light would be CFL. I have one 40 watt 6500K right up on the plant (like 2 inches) and a 60 watt on the opposite side of the other light and slightly higher and further at about 7 or 8 inchers away. im currently in the first week of germination and whatnot so far so good.

now the real? lol.

can i get the same QUALITY not quantity out of my plant as an HPS light?
 
boabbymac

boabbymac

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that all depends on who you ask man different people say different things.im fairly new to growing but from what ive seen you get denser buds with HPS but heat can be an issue with HPS.personally im growing with envirolites which are just big cfls and flouros and ive had some decent results.
 
pinkpengin

pinkpengin

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yes you can get the same quality i grow using cfl's and trust me after a certain point lumens mostly affect the yeild not the THC content. but i still get about an ounce of each plant with household cfl's like yours. but i also have bigger cfl's i ordered online that are 105 w which put out as much light as a 500w incandescent and wit all four of them they equal as many lumens as a 250w hps and i dont use an expensive reflector or ballast at all. so yea your good.
 
MurderAlley

MurderAlley

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Twistyman said:
You can grow decent weed.. just not as much or as good... but good none the less...
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Yeah i believe u could acheive the same potency but not the compactness or yeild u would get from an hps or mh. For me quantity is not an issue so im using cfls.
 
UnKlE SaM

UnKlE SaM

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haha i would use a different light if i could CFL is just too easy. im going to throw in a UVB light soon a small one im only creating one plant for now and thats it. just like one hour a day for now and increase not more than 6 or so. i think this would be an easy way to get better smoke if my knowledge is correct. pics soon maybe a late journal.

moar feedback
 
UnKlE SaM

UnKlE SaM

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Purp... said:
Possible. Depending on the light placement and how many you have. GL
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one 40 watt and one 60 watt opposite sides 3 or 4 inches away. what ya think about a UVB light. im probably going to add one. im not going to leave it on for more than a 6 hours a day and thats not until it gets grown.
 
Where in the hell am I?

Where in the hell am I?

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UnKlE SaM said:
one 40 watt and one 60 watt opposite sides 3 or 4 inches away. what ya think about a UVB light. im probably going to add one. im not going to leave it on for more than a 6 hours a day and thats not until it gets grown.
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Doesnt sound like even a little bit of a good idea! You shud start yer own thread, and ask fer help there.
 
Klo$etBreeder

Klo$etBreeder

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from personal experience you can get the same quality and a good yeild so long as you keep them short. With good genetics you would want to flower around 15-30 days depending on the strain. Also for some reason using CFL's and Flouro's tests have shown a decent increase in trichrome production and we all know most of the THC is in those little guys. I know I've grown ok bag seed out and come out with sugar covered buds that dried rock hard from the trichromes. ill scan some pics i have and post them in a few
 
UnKlE SaM

UnKlE SaM

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cool your going to post them here or in your own thread? and from my frsearch UV light is the major catalyst for the plant to convert THC. im not going to apply it until flowering though
 
Where in the hell am I?

Where in the hell am I?

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Klo$etBreeder said:
from personal experience you can get the same quality and a good yeild so long as you keep them short. With good genetics you would want to flower around 15-30 days depending on the strain. Also for some reason using CFL's and Flouro's tests have shown a decent increase in trichrome production and we all know most of the THC is in those little guys. I know I've grown ok bag seed out and come out with sugar covered buds that dried rock hard from the trichromes. ill scan some pics i have and post them in a few
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Wat fukin strain can you flower in 15-30 days?
 
Klo$etBreeder

Klo$etBreeder

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15-30 days in veg.. if you grow a plant larger using cfls and flouros most of the time you cant give them enough intense light to produce big dense buds there may be more bud sites but they'll be smaller buds...to where a shorter plant can reach full maturity because you dont have the need for as much light thus buds will be larger...this lemon skunk is 26 days old 3days in flower...
....for that strain i flower earlier being sativa dominate she'll stretch......this strain below is indica dominate and i think 46 days old 3 days flowering.....
..and is very nute sensitive as you can see top leaves curled... a little over fed. im not positive but i think i've read that UV light has little to no effect on plants indoors
 
Klo$etBreeder

Klo$etBreeder

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another good investment for you ( i;m guessing you newer to this) buy jorge cervantes "marijuana horticulure" medical growers bible...or buds for less "grow 8 oz of buds for under 100$" which is all a cfl grow book ...but the medical bible covers everything from begginers to advanced growing it's 30$ and worth every penny
 
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