How close 2 put a pair of 32w cfl 1.4k Lums >> fresh sprouts

Hey all, how close should I put my lamps to my new weed sprouts?

I'm growing a Blueberry strain in Poland and I read that blueberry doesn't like lots of nutes to be added, which is all good with me, but if anyone could please provide any tips based on personal experience, or info which you think is correct about how to grow this strain, that would be appreciated.

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the lamps are currently a few inches away. I don't want them too close as to avoid burning the plants, obviously, but how close is too close, and how far is too far?

within two inches with a fan blowing over them

oh shit yea, thanks I forgot about the fan! lol

gtg!

btw, i have two cool lights, Does anyone recommend I also put in a red light?

will red make the plant better?

Highlowazupkush said:

oh shit yea, thanks I forgot about the fan! lol

gtg!

btw, i have two cool lights, Does anyone recommend I also put in a red light?

will red make the plant better?

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back when I grew with cfl I ran a mixed spectrum. to each their own

alright, ill look it up a bit.

The plants are too small for the fan atm it seems. They don't sway.

as close as possible

never to small for a fan the blowing will strengthen them

The fan blows away pieces of soil though. I can't have pieces of soil flying around in my grow room.


... I was checking out this light...

http://zoolight.pl/product-pol-1003-40W-120cm-HAGEN-REPTI-GLO-10-0.html

I can't figure out if its bright enough. It doesn't say anything about lumens and yeh.. can anyone help plz?

Remember your plants will bend toward the light so keep a check on them, or you might come back to see a burnt one touching the CFL bulb; if you want them that clone it's advisable to have some mesh around the lamp to prevent plants touching them.

Highlowazupkush said:

The fan blows away pieces of soil though. I can't have pieces of soil flying around in my grow room.


... I was checking out this light...

http://zoolight.pl/product-pol-1003-40W-120cm-HAGEN-REPTI-GLO-10-0.html

I can't figure out if its bright enough. It doesn't say anything about lumens and yeh.. can anyone help plz?

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move the fan further away it shouldn't be like a wind tunnel in there just enough to make them wiggle


thats the right light but the wrong spectrum too much purple imo fluros avg about 60 lumens per watt so its about 2400 lumens base around 1k 4-6 inches away

Thanks for the input peeps.

Iv added a couple extra lamps of the same sort for extra light, but I'm a bit worried about the low amount of lumens - There are now 4x 1400 lumen lamps.
I was thinking of getting a tube light (with the correct spectrum of course... w/e the correct spectrum is, idk yet) ...the fluro tube light seems like a better idea because it can just hang above all 3 of my plants and distribute light evenly and its much easier to create a reflector for it to reflect light. (or at least I imagine it is)


http://allegro.pl/zarowka-lampa-hps-growbox-120w-uprawa-veg-cfl-i3254891174.html


I don't wan't the electricity bill to skyrocket, but I do want the plants to get what they need... *dilemma*


Cfl's seem impractical vs tube lighting (just my opinion). So i'm feeling inclined to venture the way of tube lighting. question is Is just a single 6000 lumen (100W) tube light going to be enough for 3 Blueberry auto`s? (with lots of plain-mat reflective material around the plants)