flowering cfl question

can my plants flower with 6500k on 12/12 if so when do they show there sex they have been on 12/12 for 6 days
or do they need 2700k what are they helpful for?

u need to get 2700k for flowering....you can throw in th 6500ks too but u need the 2700k

so i need them or they wont flower?

when u switch the like to 12/12 they will flower...but if u dont have the proper Kelvin (2700) ur plants wont produce

i put them on 12/12 6 or 7 days ago when should they show flowers
i added a 2700 today il add more as it needs them
i just want to know if it will flower with out them

no it has to be 3000k or less to flower anything over it will only slow its veg

anyone else got any answers

wanabe said:

anyone else got any answers

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Im not sure if it wont flower at all with 2,700k's or not, but I have seen all through this site people growing with all kinds of different spectrums (2,700k,3,000k,3,500k,6,500k...) I have read that 2,700k's for flowering and 6,500k's for vegg..

Me, personally Ihave used 2,700k's through out my whole 8 week of vegging and everything seems to be going good.. Im adding 4 2,700k's this week for flowering because that seems to be th correct light for fall (flowering time)..
If you could put some 2,700's in the mix with what you already have..

Hope this helps!

2,700 and 6,500 are just the main light spectrums the bulb emits. They got a pretty wide spectrum so it will help, just would be less efficient.

im blooming with 125 W CFL 6500 K right now
it do produce buds

They all will work BUT the MOST USEABLE VIEWABLE light spectrum's are 6500-5500K for Veg and 2200-2700 for flower..OPTIMAL.Will the other work yea JUST HOW WELL?

it will produce just your yeild will be smaller than it could have been.

I use 6500 for all.

Stroker said:

I use 6500 for all.

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first time? if not, how much yeild did you get out of one plant. aprox

I had some seeds that took just over 4 weeks to show any signs of flowering under 600 hps. So everyone says what they say about the lights, but it might and might not be your lighting. It could just be it takes that long for them to flower, the strain you have.

wanabe said:

i put them on 12/12 6 or 7 days ago when should they show flowers
i added a 2700 today il add more as it needs them
i just want to know if it will flower with out them

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Some people show right away, some people take weeks.

A quick transition into bloom phase requires a proper nutrient change and of course, the lights.

Bloom nutrient mixes should have more Potassium and Phosphorus and less Nitrogen, as opposed to your veg mix which would have more Nitrogen.

Your lights should be in the 2200-2700K range ideally, but YES they will still flower under 6500K...it just won't work very well. As in, you might yield 7g or something like that.

thanks eveyone so they will flower?
once they show there females i will buy the 2700k i dont feel like buying them if there all males since i invest most my cash on my outdoor monsters

LVTDY said:

A quick transition into bloom phase requires a proper nutrient change and of course, the lights.

Bloom nutrient mixes should have more Potassium and Phosphorus and less Nitrogen, as opposed to your veg mix which would have more Nitrogen.

Your lights should be in the 2200-2700K range ideally, but YES they will still flower under 6500K...it just won't work very well. As in, you might yield 7g or something like that.

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7 G's ? well we'll see about that!

you can get full spectrum lights ...but for Veg they need BLUE for FLOWER They need soft orange or red(red is the best). IT will flower under 6500 but you are not giving it the light it needs to produce full buds.

honestly if you are going to put that much effort into growing get as much as you can.. 2700's aren't that expensive.. you can get a pack of 4 for like 10.00