HID vs. CFL THROWDOWN!!!!

Bummmppppp.... Theres like 30 cfl-hid arguements going on in peoples grow journals right now, bring it to the battleground. I'm not trying to hate, just trying to educate.
My 1000w hps is glorious, it provides fat tight nuggets consistantly, temperature is not a problem thanks to decent ventilation. I currently have about 30 plants flowering as we speak, to do that with cfls you'd need like 100 bulbs and you still wouldnt get the high intensity penetration of an hid.
Now its my understanding that lumens dont practically add, that is to say, if you have 10 5000 lumen bulbs, they're still only putting out 5000 lumens. but lets pretend for a second they do add. My hortilux bulb puts out 145000 lumens, to match that in cfls you would need....
56 42 watt cfls
100 23 watt cfls
or a whopping 1758 13w bulbs.
Good lord, thats alot of bulbs. not to mention sockets\cord\power\heat?.
Now i'm not claiming cfls are useless, they're just fine for putting over a patch of clones or even vegging in a pinch, but i know theres still people out there who argue their usefullness in flowering, its just not the right tool for the job.
Please show me something to prove me wrong.

its been done a million times mate , anyone who knows anything about growing weed will know that 9 times out of 10 hps will produce the best buds , cfls will produce good bood in the correct hands , i personally use cfl ( 250w envirolites ) and ive used hps in the past , my new situation isnt correct for hps so thats why i use the big wattage cfls and i also enjoy the constant tweeking and moving of the plants and light , some people hate that but i enjoy it .
my overall opinion is if you got the space , ventallation etc for hps then go with hps ,and you wont be disapointed otherwise try mastering the art of cfl growing and you will be equally rewarded .

Originally Posted by ThE sAtIvA hIgH

its been done a million times mate , anyone who knows anything about growing weed will know that 9 times out of 10 hps will produce the best buds , cfls will produce good bood in the correct hands , i personally use cfl ( 250w envirolites ) and ive used hps in the past , my new situation isnt correct for hps so thats why i use the big wattage cfls and i also enjoy the constant tweeking and moving of the plants and light , some people hate that but i enjoy it .
my overall opinion is if you got the space , ventallation etc for hps then go with hps ,and you wont be disapointed otherwise try mastering the art of cfl growing and you will be equally rewarded .

well put! +rep for being sensible when im looking for a fight!!!

I grew these two with only 3 to 4 27 watt 6000k cfls during veg and 2 42 watt 2700k and a 42 watt 6000k during flowering witch i am only currently through 2 weeks cheers ill keep you posted at the end..

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but dont forget about the good ol sun it can produce some of the finest buds around these were king cross clones i cut the others down damn monkey tree blocks their sun this time of season..
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