Nathanjiujitsu
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I have 660watts of CFL lighting for my four plants. They're 3 weeks into flowering, is this enough watts?
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How many CFL watts for four plants.
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billybob420
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Should be, if you veg them for, idk.... 4-6 weeks, not much longer if at all.
is that actual watts or equivalent watts
iCanadianGrower
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50 real watts per square foot..
WeeGogs
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it is enough watts....... but... is it enough as near natural sunlight as can be achieved? well........no...
cfl will never, and i mean never be as good as hid, i mean a kettle is 2000 watts but you would not put your plants under that would you,
i use dual spectrum 600w hps, ideal for 6-8 plants, for veg and flowering.
small fast plants are better than huge plants that take forever.
i grow my seeds/clones under cfl at 20/24 hours, after two weeks slow growing then i put them under the hps for 1 week at 18/24 hours at a height of 5 feet gradually lowering the light over seven days to 2 feet then a fast switch to 12/12 on the seventh day, and thats them flowering after three weeks,
although the plants flowering trigger will take up to a week to start, so feed them veg feed through this period and then a fast 8 week flowering grow.
Nathanjiujitsu
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No, I have 6, 100watt and one 60w. The 6 are actually 23w and the 60 is 13 I beleive
Nathanjiujitsu
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Okay thanks, HID and HPS costs too much for my budget but the CFL's are doing a pretty good job. My first time growing 
scroglodyte
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i use 14 23W bulbs for a 2' x 3' screen. you will not have enough light.................
Nathanjiujitsu
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Hmm alright thanks, looks like I will be buying more CFL's
Jeep4x44life
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you can get a 600 watt mh/hps for 170 on amazon... cheap and does the trick till you can upgrade. You will have spent almost that on CFLs... just my 2 cents tho good luck!!!
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