Just bought some lights, quick question please.

Rambro

Active Member
Ok i just bought a 6 pack of 26 watt CFLs. How many plants should i put under these? and it doesnt say anywhere on the pack about daylight, cool white, soft white or anything like that so how to i know how much K they produce?
 

Bubba Kushman

Well-Known Member
If the bulbs are not marked with the K rating dont buy them! How will you know? Lowes has them marked. You need 6500k for veg and 2700k for flower.
 

Rambro

Active Member
im gonna plant 7 and hope for 3 females. i plan on buying some more lights as soon as i kinda figure out what the hell im doing
 

Rambro

Active Member
ok i just pulled this chart from the FAQ sticky:
here is some helpful cfl info since some manufactures dont use a "k" rating

daylight white = 6500k
bright white = 5000k
cool white = 4100k
neutral white = 3500k
soft white = 2800k
warm white = 2700k


And this is what it says on walmarts site about the lights i bought : GE Energy SmartTM light bulbs save energy, save money, last longer and provide the same quality of light as conventional Soft White incandescent bulbs and are ENERGY STAR® qualified. These light bulbs use compact fluorescent technology
(CFL).



Ok so im guessing that these are 2800 range, can i veg with these for a week and a half or so before i start flowering? im looking to be done with this grow in 3 months or less, is this possible?
 

fatpanda350

Active Member
im growing with 2 of them and it is doing just fine i have 3 sproutes granted i will need more but it is working just fine for me
 
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