Is this adequate to root clones?

[Beachwalker]

Need something small to light my clone tray, will this work?

Poll closes at midnight when I place my order, or not depending on your votes, so vote early and often
-thanks

 

[CobKits]

a $5 "100W replacement" led screw in bulb from walmart or home depot is at least as good for clones

 

[Beachwalker]

a $5 "100W replacement" led screw in bulb from walmart or home depot is at least as good for clones

This is stronger than the 13 watter I'm using now which isn't working, so you think this would work as well as that silly bendy light in the top picture? (I'm actually out of twistys and could use the four pack, It's 2700K) thanks for your input

 

[CobKits]

the 15W $5 LED puts out as much light as that $10 CFL, lasts virtually forever, and isnt full of toxic mercury

 

[OldMedUser]

For clones you don't want 2700K. 5000K LED bub will work fine or better yet a 23w, 6400K CFL bulb.

I mostly just root my cuttings with them off to the side of my veg garden if I have one going or in the bedroom closet under 1 CFL, You do not want strong light on them before they have roots or they will continue trying to grow leaves and never set roots. Even with just a 23w cfl I'll put a paper towel over the dome to cut back the light intensity and that works well.

 

[Beachwalker]

For clones you don't want 2700K. 5000K LED bub will work fine or better yet a 23w, 6400K CFL bulb.

I mostly just root my cuttings with them off to the side of my veg garden if I have one going or in the bedroom closet under 1 CFL, You do not want strong light on them before they have roots or they will continue trying to grow leaves and never set roots. Even with just a 23w cfl I'll put a paper towel over the dome to cut back the light intensity and that works well.

I usually just root them in my veg tent under mh, but I've got no room so I'm setting up temporarily in my drying chamber, I thought the 2700k was red which was what I thought I wanted to promote roots?

Edit: so this..?



Re-Edit (it's a thing) great info old-med user, I just looked into it and it's exactly what you said, I'm going to order that bulb above thank you again for your help

 

[Nutria]

Get a white led bulb. Stop using CFLs

 

[Beachwalker]

Get a white led bulb. Stop using CFLs

Too late, bought the CFL. Plus I bought one last week, screwed it in and it broke apart in my hand? CFLs will do fine, I use one all the time for seedlings but the 13 watt/2700k bulb I have didn't pull the roots out of the cuttings

 

[Coloradoclear]

2' LED strips from Home Depot. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-1-Light-4000K-3-ft-White-Integrated-LED-Shop-Light-with-5-ft-power-cord-SHOP-3X1-840-HD/305059320

 

[Beachwalker]

2' LED strips from Home Depot. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-1-Light-4000K-3-ft-White-Integrated-LED-Shop-Light-with-5-ft-power-cord-SHOP-3X1-840-HD/305059320

Thanks for the link I looked at those but ultimately I'm just going to use the bulb till I can get the tray back under the the light in my veg tent, shouldn't be too many more trays that I have to do like this

 

[Prawn Connery]

a $5 "100W replacement" led screw in bulb from walmart or home depot is at least as good for clones

^ This. I use one of these for cloning. Happened across it by accident - no room in my veg tent one day, so I had to try cloning under my desk lamp, lol! It worked a treat and I've used it ever since.

 

[Prawn Connery]

BTW, 2700K works just fine. I wrote elsewhere that it's a bit of a cannabis myth that bluer/cooler light vegs and clones better than redder/warm light. Try it and see.

 

[Beachwalker]

BTW, 2700K works just fine. I wrote elsewhere that it's a bit of a cannabis myth that bluer/cooler light vegs and clones better than redder/warm light. Try it and see.

Thanks for the input I've used a 13 watt 27k bulb with success for seedlings but it's not working on these cuttings, so time to try something else