florescent lights for flowering?

Your gonna need 2700k CFL'S, I use the 42watt ones from wal-mart and yeah you can use a y-adaptor to make two bulbs per one fixture. The rule of thumb is a minimum of 50 watts of HID lighting per square foot so I would double that for CFL'S

Peace
K-town

get as meny as you can as close as you can 1 to 2" if poss. you can use flos to flower, but i wouldnt recomend it.

k-town said:

Your gonna need 2700k CFL'S, I use the 42watt ones from wal-mart and yeah you can use a y-adaptor to make two bulbs per one fixture. The rule of thumb is a minimum of 50 watts of HID lighting per square foot so I would double that for CFL'S

Peace
K-town

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I have looked on those packages and did not see 2700K listed. How did you find this info?

Most of them won't say it on the package,but after I bought mine and figured out which was which, I noticed that the 6500k CFL's come in a blue box and 2700k CFL's come in a orange box well actually it was just a blue or orange peice of paper in the plastic that the light bulb was in. But they shoud put the damn spectrum on the box, the first time I went looking for the damn things it took me like 30 minutes to figure the shit out.

Peace
K-town

thats what that daylight, cool white, bright white means on the box. its a refrence to the color.

yea and usually really small on the back,it will have the "heat rating".....thats where it will say 2700 lumens i think...at least on the home depot ones thats how they roll!

look for ones that may say "soft white" or "warm white" I know they are 2700k spectrum.

Thanks for some info guys. I just cruised a couple web sites and found out that these bulbs are GE Energy Star CFLs. Wally World sells one for about $10. Now they are introducing 2-packs for $16.88. The info on the web site tells all kind of info but the Kelvin number. But, now on the GE web site it says they only have 42 watt Energy Star bulbs in 2700K. But that could change next week.

So, long story short, these should be perfect for buds.

Also, on the same GE web site they say they will soon be introducing organic light panels. These are big sheets of plastic that are cut in various sizes. It's plug and play technology. It may obsolete LEDs.

I rigged up 2 real nice CFL lamps, I made two units which each hold 4 -42 watt CFLs horrizontally. I dont think its enough tho so im using a 400watt HPS for the last 2 weeks of flowering>