cfls what are they

can you use any cfl light to grow with, can you use the cfls lights that you put in a garage or in a house or are they different? thanks

When look at compact fluorescent lighting, as with any lighting, you want to look at the number of watts and lumens. When growing, you want at LEAST 3,000 lumens per square foot (bare minimum). Also look at the temperature of the light. 6500k is used for vegetative growth while 2700k light is used for flowering. But its best IMO to have a mix of these for both stages.

Any cfl can be used. Different sizes work better in different applications. Spectrum matters too, cfls generally are 2700k or 6500k.

theres a CFL tutorial here on this site somewhere, ill find it for you

https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html

"A Compact Fluorescent Light is a type of fluorescent that was originally designed to replace the standard E26 Edison Incandescent Lamp. The reason being, CFL’s will put out the same amount of visible light using much less power and a significantly longer rated life span. Even though the price of the CFL’s is higher than Incandescent bulb’s, they are generally rated to run anywhere from 8,000 to 15,000 hours. There many advantages of using CFL’s. Maybe you are growing personal smoke, or you can’t afford an HID system, or an HID system just isn’t practical. For some, HID lights aren’t available in their area. However, CFL’s are sold almost anywhere (Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, etc&#8230. CFL’s are in general a much cheaper growing solution, and their just plain simple to use –self-ballastedand it screw’s into a regular light socket. I’m NOT saying CFL’s are better for growing than HID‘s, but in some cases it’s the only thing that will work."

KaleoXxX said:

https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html

"A Compact Fluorescent Light is a type of fluorescent that was originally designed to replace the standard E26 Edison Incandescent Lamp. The reason being, CFL’s will put out the same amount of visible light using much less power and a significantly longer rated life span. Even though the price of the CFL’s is higher than Incandescent bulb’s, they are generally rated to run anywhere from 8,000 to 15,000 hours. There many advantages of using CFL’s. Maybe you are growing personal smoke, or you can’t afford an HID system, or an HID system just isn’t practical. For some, HID lights aren’t available in their area. However, CFL’s are sold almost anywhere (Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, etc…). CFL’s are in general a much cheaper growing solution, and their just plain simple to use –self-ballastedand it screw’s into a regular light socket. I’m NOT saying CFL’s are better for growing than HID‘s, but in some cases it’s the only thing that will work."

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thanks for that guys problem solved now thanks again