Help i effed up my lighting!

Hooker

Hooker

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Ok so today I went to ace hardware and bought two 48" fluorescent fixtures that hold two 40 watt bulbs each. BUT I CALCULATED IT WRONG!

You see, I was thinking 48" is two feet for some wierd reason or something like that... And now I only have 160 watts for 4 sq. ft. I dont think that's enough! Please help... here are the pix of the setup right now. (dont laugh I'm obviously new.)
 

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Hooker

Hooker

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What if I put a 32 watt CFL in the middle and put two plants on each side of it? Cuz I have one...

Would this maybe just barely be enough to do sea of green? Grow them to two ft. tall and force them to flower with warm-colored bulbs? They put out 3500 lumens each so all together I have 14k lumens in a 4 sq. ft area. =[
 
whoreable

whoreable

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Hooker said:
What if I put a 32 watt CFL in the middle and put two plants on each side of it? Cuz I have one...

Would this maybe just barely be enough to do sea of green? Grow them to two ft. tall and force them to flower with warm-colored bulbs? They put out 3500 lumens each so all together I have 14k lumens in a 4 sq. ft area. =[
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Those Fluro's will veg PERFECTLY you into Week 3/4.

Then you will need some better lighting to see any buds from the females you may obtain.
 
Hooker

Hooker

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Alright good... even better if I add an extra 2100 lumens with a 32 watt cfl right? Can I get them to flower with these fluorescents if I switch the lighting to a warm light and force flower with 12/12 lighting?
 
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dublin420

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If you want big dense resinous buds, dont flower under the fluorescents. There simply is not enough lumens. You could veg with the fluourescents but flower with an HPS.
 
Hooker

Hooker

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dublin420 said:
If you want big dense resinous buds, dont flower under the fluorescents. There simply is not enough lumens. You could veg with the fluourescents but flower with an HPS.
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Ok ok I get it fluoros aren't better BUT IT'S WHAT I HAVE AND I DONT WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY RIGHT NOW ON LIGHTING.

Can I flower with warm-spectrum fluoros when the time comes? And will I get popcorn fluff buds, kinda ok buds, or decent enough buds?
 
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nosliw

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Hooker said:
Ok ok I get it fluoros aren't better BUT IT'S WHAT I HAVE AND I DONT WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY RIGHT NOW ON LIGHTING.

Can I flower with warm-spectrum fluoros when the time comes? And will I get popcorn fluff buds, kinda ok buds, or decent enough buds?
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your buds will be shitty. light and fluffy. you'll be pissed, and you will wished you had listened to us when we told you so.

my advice- don't even bother flowering under flouros or cfls. start veggin under those (they will work fine) and start working overtime so you can buy an HID.
 
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