5x 13w soft white cfl for veg?

hydrochetta

Active Member

• Jun 12, 2009

• #1

As the title say, 5 13w soft white cfl bulbs is what i currently have available. would that be able to veg a single plant right into flowering? i used paypal to sell virtual goods and i got scammed, needless to say i got $75 out of in ebay purchases and i got my virtual goods back. so yeah im wondering if those would do as for i have no cash atm. Thanks as always.

-THyC-

 

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kevdeb

Member

• Jun 12, 2009

• #2

I'm farely new at this but from my exp you need at least 4x23 watts to have a proper grow and even then I aded a couple extre 13 watts to cover all imp areas. I have 3 flow. in those cond right now but even for just one decent plant you would need aprox the same amount of light.

 

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kevdeb

Member

• Jun 12, 2009

• #3

btw at walmart they have 10cfl's for 20$

 

Savedbythesmell

Well-Known Member

• Jun 12, 2009

• #4

at walmart i saw some 6 pack of 26w CFL.


only like 18 bucks or something like that

 

Hairy Bob

Well-Known Member

• Jun 13, 2009

• #5

You'll want 3000 lumens per square foot minimum to make plants grow, optimum is 7-10,000. I don't know the lumen output of the bulbs but it should say either on it or the box. I would have thought they'd be maybe 1000 lumens apiece, possibly less.