Bloom an lighting question...?

[legitroller]

Thank you to everyone that has replied to my past threads with such good feed back so yet I post another lol so I have one more question. Ok so right now I have this mother plant under a T8warm fluorescent 32watts 2800 lumens color temp 3000k an one T8 daylight fluorescent 32watts 2700 lumens color temp 6500k now I have another shop light like that but using it for my clones now if I take the one warm from the one shop light so I'll have 2 warm for bloom will that be enought to bloom an will 2 daylights be enough for my clones thanks again.....

 

[Straightjacket]

So let me get this straight, you wanna flower under 2 T8's? That ain't gonna get ya much.

 

[legitroller]

So let me get this straight, you wanna flower under 2 T8's? That ain't gonna get ya much.

Ok so should I use 4 T8 then or that still won't be enough

 

[sorethumb]

you can flower vegg with t12 t8 t5 all flourescents even with 6500 white warm light they just florish in a good red amber 3000 3500 kind of light like a good hps but i use a t5 and t8 and the t12 works the same t5 is the best one though. wish i had a huge one but i dont it be just longer to grow is all with weak lighting hope this helps later

 

[sorethumb]

if cfl works why wouldnt the big shop flourscents right there you go it will grow them flower them just slower

 

[legitroller]

you can flower vegg with t12 t8 t5 all flourescents even with 6500 white warm light they just florish in a good red amber 3000 3500 kind of light like a good hps but i use a t5 and t8 and the t12 works the same t5 is the best one though. wish i had a huge one but i dont it be just longer to grow is all with weak lighting hope this helps later

Thanks bro but I know the shop light ballist is for T8's bit can I put a T5 in there or would I either burn out the bulb or the ballist...an are 4T8's enough for one plant at 32watts 2800 lumens an 3000K thanks

 

[Straightjacket]

For flower you need at least 5000 lumens per square foot to get a decent yield. So 2 bulbs is about 5000 lumens spread over a four foot length. maybe if you get about 10 of em you will get some return for your effort. If you use florescent keep em just an inch or 2 from the tops of the plants. Good luck

 

[sorethumb]

Ok im flowering right now with one t5 and it works great if you know how to tie the

 

[sorethumb]

Down useing low stress training ill post pics later if u want to see