1.5 weeks into Veg and realized im using 2700k lumen CFL's

CaliMedicated

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if i switch out to 5000k would i mess anything up. these are all clones.. they range from 4 -12 inches tall. i would like to keep them in veg but if its too late ill have to put them in the flower room. soil medium. looks like little flowers are starting come out..

please help!
 

bfq

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i am thinking that with CFLs you want as many as possible... and while the plants prefer blue spectrum for veg and red spectrum for flowering they like both spectrums during their whole life....

more, more, more!
 

CaliMedicated

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if i add more cfls at 5000k and mix w the 2700k what is it going to do to the plants... keep them in veg or move them into flowering?
 

bfq

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they would top out at about 3 foot tall or so... i flower well before they hit 1 foot tall and i get good results out of my itty bitty plants ;)
 

CaliMedicated

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they would top out at about 3 foot tall or so... i flower well before they hit 1 foot tall and i get good results out of my itty bitty plants ;)

so then i can leave the 2700k cfl on and that should be fine until im ready to move them under the hps. right now my light is on for 18hrs... should i keep it that way or go 12hrs. id like to veg for another week or so.
 

bfq

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you can veg for as long as you like... just keep in mind, the more veg time you give them the more space you will need for them in flower.

they also will do ok if you leave the lights just as you have them... as long as the plants arent stretching out due to light starvation they will be fine.

remember, there is always a disparity between perfect world and reality... in a perfect world we would all be growing fields of our plants in our back yards under full Sun light and let them be all they can be ;)
 

CaliMedicated

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very true my friend! if you build it, they will come...right?

so using the 2700k bulbs im okay to let veg then... ? i just need to keep them on for 18hrs
 
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