warm vs soft

Quick question on warm and soft. I just got my shipment of bulbs in and as I was checking my order I noticed that they are labeled soft white at 2700k. I checked my original order and it shows that I ordered 2700k warm white. Do I need to worry about this or is it ok, I am not so concerned that it says warm or soft, but more so that they are 2700k which they are. Can I keep these or should I send them back and get the warm. The part number I ordered for the warm white was M2802327 and they shipped S2802327. Does anyone see an issue with this?

I have an 8 bulb setup and I am planning on using 4 2700k and 4 5000k bulbs simultaneously.

Looks like the same bulb to me

Soft white usually corresponds to 5000k-6000k which I believe is the spectrum you want for flowering. Daylight bulbs give you the Veg spectrum.

You want the 6500k for veg and the 2700k for flowering.

krygor said:

Soft white usually corresponds to 5000k-6000k which I believe is the spectrum you want for flowering. Daylight bulbs give you the Veg spectrum.

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daylight 5000-6500k for veg
I use 1-4100k and 1-3500k per 4 ft fixture to veg

Yes you guys are right, I got a little reversed, my bad.

Ok people, this is not answering my question. I understand the K ratings, thats not the issue.

Let me try it again.
1) I placed an order for warm white 2700k

2) I received soft white 2700k

3) Is there any difference between warm and soft in this situation. Should I send the soft whites back and get the warm, like I originally ordered? Or will the soft whites be ok?

Warm and Soft are simply la men's terms for the true color spectrum of the bulb. So long as the kelvin rating on your bulbs is the one you're looking for, you're good to go. Your plants aren't going to go on grow strike because of a confusion in nomenclature,

krygor said:

Warm and Soft are simply la men's terms for the true color spectrum of the bulb. So long as the kelvin rating on your bulbs is the one you're looking for, you're good to go. Your plants aren't going to go on grow strike because of a confusion in nomenclature,

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Yep, just pay attention to the kelvin rating and forget the soft white, cool white, warm light crap.

krygor said:

Warm and Soft are simply la men's terms for the true color spectrum of the bulb. So long as the kelvin rating on your bulbs is the one you're looking for, you're good to go. Your plants aren't going to go on grow strike because of a confusion in nomenclature,

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I agree

krygor said:

Warm and Soft are simply la men's terms for the true color spectrum of the bulb. So long as the kelvin rating on your bulbs is the one you're looking for, you're good to go. Your plants aren't going to go on grow strike because of a confusion in nomenclature,

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Thank you. Thats all that I was wanting to clear up. All this warm, cool, soft, daylight shit is hard to keep up with. I was just checking to see if there was another difference between warm and soft that I was not aware of. Its kinda like the necessity of people to be totally hung up on lumens.

I know but lumens have alot to do with the yeild that you will get. I know that i need to add about 6 more 22watt cfls to mine for the next crop.

I have 6500k's and 3000k's running together for my veg. Why not give your ladies the best of both worlds

Hank.

Hank said:

I have 6500k's and 3000k's running together for my veg. Why not give your ladies the best of both worlds

Hank.

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Yeah, I thought about doing the 6500ks but they were a little more expensive and I am still a newb and I am experimenting. As for the 2700k's, from my research, its a little closer to a spectrum that the plants like better.

They like the 6500k better for normal growth. And they like the 2700k for flowering. But you can mix and match the spectrums if you want to.

buster7467 said:

They like the 6500k better for normal growth. And they like the 2700k for flowering. But you can mix and match the spectrums if you want to.

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I will probably do the 6500k next time, and like I mentioned, I was not ready to spend the extra 3-4 dollars per bulb, I am mix/matching them. I will be placing my little bean sprouts in the soil tonight.