CFL FLowering
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Argentino619
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Ya go for it. It wont be much but treat her right and shell do you for some good weed
bestbuds09
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you can but the buds are not going to be big or fat for that matter as they would with an hid lamp, but if you want to really use cfl's make sure that the plant has atleast 10,000 lumens that way it would be worth a nice bud, i myself have started seedlings (lsd and bluecheese from barneys) and am using cfls with approx. 6000 lumens for seedlings and so far so good but once i start flowering i will add a 150w hps with the cfls as well.
Argentino619
Active Member
Yea im using a total of about 14000 lumens for my one plant flowering. about 290 watts cfl i hope i get a good yield
Krawnik
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With that much lumens, you'll definately get a good yeild if you follow all the basics to growing. Good luck, bro.
bestbuds09
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14000 lumens is very good, remember the minimum per plant is 10000 so you really dont want to go less than that, just make sure that when flowering change if you can afford it change the cfl's from daylight to warm white or soft white that way it gives it that orange sort of color like hps. and you might want to leave like two daylight and the rest warm white that way it has both color spectrum. keep us posted on how its doing, some pics would be nice,
luckydog82
Active Member
Well i'm using 1 200w CFL 2700k for 3 plants, I don't know what to expect yield but am hoping for at least half oz of each plant i might add more lighting if i can.This is my grow
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/250504-new-growing-2.html
getyolubeready
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the minimum amount of lumens per square foot is 3000 for minimum plant growth. For best plant growth you need 6000 lumens per sq ft. And keep those cfls real close. like 1-2 inches
RanTyr
Active Member
To debunk all the misinformation in this thread:
Minimum lumens required for a cfl grow: ~3k
Generally accepted lumen output for a cfl grow: ~5k
The point where more is overkill using cfls: ~11k
These approximations are per plant or per square foot when dealing with micro grows.
Also, comparing lumen outputs from different lightsources is completely useless. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Especially them HPS/MH fanbois.
Minimum lumens required for a cfl grow: ~3k
Generally accepted lumen output for a cfl grow: ~5k
The point where more is overkill using cfls: ~11k
These approximations are per plant or per square foot when dealing with micro grows.
Also, comparing lumen outputs from different lightsources is completely useless. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Especially them HPS/MH fanbois.
