3- 23 watt CFL for auto Blue mystic

I just got 3 CFLs 23 watt 6700k for my autos. i was wondering about the light schedule. they have just sprouted to the seed shell, are in moist soil now under light. im thinking 18/6 for veg or more? have amended the the soil and it has veg nutrients. help would be dope

You can do 24/0 18/6 16/8 but 3 23watts is barley enough for one plant so id get some more gl tho

hamstoner8004 said:

I just got 3 CFLs 23 watt 6700k for my autos. i was wondering about the light schedule. they have just sprouted to the seed shell, are in moist soil now under light. im thinking 18/6 for veg or more? have amended the the soil and it has veg nutrients. help would be dope

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Well for one get some more lights on that girl and secondly way to early to be adding any kind of nutes.

Now as far as your lighting schedule I would do 20/4 for auto's as they don't need to be changed to 12/12 to start flowering. Just read what the breeder recommends on light schedule but most auto's do well under 20/4 their whole life.

nice thread

nice thread

I might be wrong but... well... daylight = 10k lumens veg requires from 5k to 10k lumens... apparently more lumens is always better my 25w CFL 6400k light give off 1250 lumens from 1 foot distance... so things that are 1 foot away from a light are getting 1250 lumens (lumens given is always from 1 foot distance).. lumens multiply twice as fast as distance. so if you multiply the distance by 2 you divide the lumens by 4 so from 2 foot away you are only getting 300-350 lumens but... from 6 inches away you are getting 5k lumens which is just enougth...... I have ensured that all my plant is at least 6 inches away from the lights with the closest being 2 inches away.. I have also positioned sheets of mat white hardboard as close to the lights and the plants as I can just for a bit more light. this is for vegging... for flowering I intend to keep the same number of bulbs but up the wattage for extra lumens for better distance/penetration. in flower ideally you want 10k lumens.... 2700k light gives of more lumens per watt than 6500k light also so you'll get a bit more penetration per watt anyway I might be wrong.. just trying to understand everything myself. I guess get lights as close as possible for 23 watt you should be able to get the light a couple of inches away at most. Lumens do not multiply btw.. you cannot stick two lights on the same spot to get double the lumens. Add more lights as the plant grows to cover more spots...