CFL wattage and with Clones

bonuslazer

bonuslazer

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I just picked up a few clones from a local dispensery and put them straight into soil about 4 days ago. I put them in my veg cabinet which currently has 3 23w CFLs, although I think the clones are getting light from pretty much two of the bulbs and the third is providing light to some other clones I took from my mother plant. I'm wondering if I should throw a 40w CFL in there or if the clones are too young at this point... the lights are about 2-3" from each clone at the moment.
 

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SensiStan

SensiStan

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MORE LIGHT MORE LIGHT :bigjoint:


plants love light the more the better just control the heat and ul be laughing, as a rough rule of thumb each plant will want 2-10000 lumens . with cfl's wattage x 60 will give you the amount of lumens you have . u currently have 414 lumens roughly
 
bonuslazer

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just added a 42 watt so I suppose I'm providing around 1445 lumens now... I just don't want to fry the youngsters, although I'm pretty sure they could handle more, just being overcautious
 
SensiStan

SensiStan

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what you need to remember is theres no practically no limit to the amount of light they can handle, just heat caused by the lights. and although i said 2k to 10k lumens ur plants will do fine under 1445 lumens they will just take a bit longer to grow. what colour temp are ur lights ? ideally you want 6500k blue spetrum bulbs for veg and 2500k red/orange/yellow spectrum for flowering
 
bonuslazer

bonuslazer

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6500k I think one of the smaller ones is 5500k but they should be in the correct range...
I also have a mother in the flowering cycle with a 400w hps, but the spectrum is wrong and 12/12 isn't right for the clones... unless I pop them in there for a few hours every night... I think I'll stick with the CFLs for now
 
SensiStan

SensiStan

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you realise you CAN veg under a 400w HPS and get better results than the cfl's, just set the hps for 18/6 iv seen it done with fantastic results :bigjoint: just have a little browse on the forums and find ppl who have done it. i know it can be done its just not 100% ideal
 
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wiseguy316

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if ya have extraroom in your flowering room put them under the 400 when the light is on and run the cfl's for the other 6 hours.
 
bonuslazer

bonuslazer

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Only thing is... I need to keep the HPS on a 12/12 schedule...

I think the CFLs will be fine for now. I started the mother plant on CFLs and she did great in the early stages of veg.
 
SickboyDilligaf

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bonuslazer said:
I just picked up a few clones from a local dispensery and put them straight into soil about 4 days ago. I put them in my veg cabinet which currently has 3 23w CFLs, although I think the clones are getting light from pretty much two of the bulbs and the third is providing light to some other clones I took from my mother plant. I'm wondering if I should throw a 40w CFL in there or if the clones are too young at this point... the lights are about 2-3" from each clone at the moment.
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100w equivalents 23w 1600 lumens each.
 

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