are my lights okay?

salty

Active Member

• Jan 12, 2009

• #1

Hi, I got 2 68watt 4200lumen bulbs for 2 plants in the veg stage..and I have 2 27watt 1400lumen for the flowering..will this be okay for 2 plants? I was gonna get the 2700lumen bulbs I found for flowering but they were soft white..so I got the day light 1400's..Thanks for any help

 

salty

Active Member

• Jan 12, 2009

• #2

anyone anyone?

 

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skunkyLEMon420

Well-Known Member

• Jan 12, 2009

• #3

What is the kelvin reading on your bulbs. You need around 6500k for optimum veg growth with cfl. Kelvin is the measure of the light spectrum. Higher for vegging, lower for flowering. Cfl's are kinda bunk. I prefer hps myself, but good luck post some pictures of your set up

 

salty

Active Member

• Jan 12, 2009

• #4

skunkyLEMon420 said:

What is the kelvin reading on your bulbs. You need around 6500k for optimum veg growth with cfl. Kelvin is the measure of the light spectrum. Higher for vegging, lower for flowering. Cfl's are kinda bunk. I prefer hps myself, but good luck post some pictures of your set up

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Oh ok I was looking at it wrong lol..umm the kelvin for both 68 watt bulbs together would be 5400k for the 27watts idk because its not on the box lol..i'll try and get some pics.

 

salty

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• Jan 12, 2009

• #5

http://img1.hidemyass.com/img/ra68B.jpg
http://img1.hidemyass.com/img/bBhZ2.jpg

I have not started to plant yet..so the planters are empty