there is so many cfl options
and i thought i knew it
but theres so many different things that peeple say
i need to kno exact lights for veg. and flowering.
all the diff things i keep reading arre pissing me off

you can do it with one type of florecnt its whole life (you dont have to) tho

Warm for flower,Cool for veg,or a mixture of both fro veg......

all i have for now is four 15 watt 2700k bulbs but i only have two plants and they just started

ok bro


the correct answer is


6500k - BLUE specturm (anything 5300 or higher is good really) for VEG stage

2700-3500- RED spectrum for the Flowering stage

now. if your using CFL's or Fluro Tubes, I recomending having a 1/3 fraction of your light being the wrong spectrum for the phase.

IE being You have 6 CFL 26 w bulbs, u would use 4 6500k and 2 2700k lights for VEG and the oppisite for flowering.....

plants love multiple spectrums


( true story , it doesnt "matter " which you use they will grow reguardless under the lights...)

this is just BEST spectrums for the time...bigger denser ........FASTER plants (sometimes lots faster )


hope that helps



PS at the store on the box

DAYTIME light is 6500k
Soft White is 2700k

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thats the best answer ive had

would running a signal type bulb like this work through all stages of growth was thinking of 3 of these bulbs Thank you any input would be helpful

42 Watt CFL - 150 W Equal - Full Spectrum Daylight 6500K - Spring Lamp - TCP



xxx 1000bulbs.com/42-Watt-Compact-Fluorescents/

you want at least 5000 lumens per sq foot for veg and flower. AT LEAST. optimal is 10000 per sq foot ....

Also could I just use this bulb from seedling to flowering > without changeing spectrum in different cycles Full Spectrum Daylight 6500K

You may want to consider getting a T8 tube fluoro hood, and getting GE Gro Lux(not the wide spectrum aka WS, just the regular Gro Lux or Plant/Aquarium aka PL/AQ bulbs) 40 watt tubes. T12 comes in higher wattage.. they're not nearly as efficient though.

Much more efficient than CFLs, and probably cheaper.

CFLs you want 6500k Daylight labeled for veg. 2700k Warm White labeled for flowering. PL/AQ bulbs do both of these(6500k/2700k) spectrums just as intensely, in one bulb. The major difference is a lacking of green light(less wasted energy!). The light from PL/AQ bulbs is pink/magenta in hue. The wide spectrum bulbs have more green, and appear more white than pink. There's not a major difference, either works great.

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