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Currently I have 3 daylight 6500k CFL bulbs goin for 5 plants, but I wanted to be prepared for what type of light I should get for flowering. As I understand, it's best to have a light in the red spectrum of light for flowering? Also, i know the HPS lights are generally the best to get, but...

is the 250 watts the incandescent lightbulb equivalent or the actual wattage? it depends on the set up of your plants; if they are gonna be spread out fairly far from each other, having multiple lights is a must. you cant just have one big guy in the middle of those and expect every plant to get...

I honestly don't know how or why that would be a halogen bulb as it had no indication of that anywhere on the packaging or the bulb. I specifically looked for a non-halogen bulb. Either way, i have the new CFLs goin right now about 4 inches from the plants. do two 26 watt CFLs for 5 seedlings...

for how many plants?

ya i have them about 6 inches away now (about as close as i can get em with what i have), both CFLs. plants are lovin it ;)

pointswest, if you or anyone else knowledgeable of this topic is on... I bought two 26 watt CFLs (which the box describes them as "daylight 6500k") today, and I set up 1 in the room along with one of the other bulbs which is a 150 watt. seems to me that the plants are leaning toward the CFL...

well heres the same thing i think, same shape and look of it at least. its basically a flood spot light, so i think its giving off plenty of light (and there are two of them for 5 plants). there is a good amount of heat produced by them as well (not too hot though), so they seem to be ok. last...

Not sure how to get the pic on here but im trying

what it seems like to me as im reading the posts is it could be a heat problem. the plants dont seem to be to be heat stressed or anything but it feels rather warm in there. also there is one that seems to be bent a bit (without touching). i feel as if there is plenty of light, so it could be...

i know that halogen is not the way to go so i didnt get those.

so i looked at the lights and there is one 150 watt and one 130 watt, the other thing they both said was "reflector" and "flood"

what do you mean umbrella lights.

we have two, what i think are called dome lights, that are about 125 to 150 watts and i lowered them further today. it seems like the heat is a little too much with them so close but the plan is just to try it out and see how it goes obviously. thanks for the help guys, any other ideas?

on about the 6th day for my seedlings and they seem to be growing too tall (3-4 inches tall) and are maybe a little weak as the stems aren't quite straight (as i understand, spacing between the top soil and first node is indicative of how the buds will be spaced, therefore it would be ideal to...