cfl lumen question

loolagigi said:

hey everyone. i have a grow cabinet with cfl's. i also have a 400 hps hortilux setup. right now vegging i am using the cfl's and things are hunky dory. my q is, when i flower would it be worth switching to the hps? i just worry about raising temps. the cfl's i have are 8-5500k, and 8-2700 24 watters. what are the lumens from that compares to the hps? thanks for the help.

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whiterhyno420 said:

hps put out way more lumens and more light = more bud think about it and ask ur self again is it worth it

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whiterhyno420 said:

hps has way more light and lumens per sq feet. ok say wut one 24 watt cfl puts out 1600 per sq feet and u need at least 3000 per sq feet so............. hps > cfls no compairison

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