Help with my lighting and cycle

Hey,
my seedling is starting to get its first leaves and i was wondering how many watts of light is ideal for my plant? i currently have 150w aprox. 8 inches above my plant.
is that sufficient for now? and should i be on 24/0, what should my hours be.
don't go posting acronyms for all this stuff please, i only know what a few things stand for

150w of what exactly?? cfls? thats about bare minimum you want....u may even want to upgrade when it comes time to flower...



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box said compact reveal bulb 150 watts/1600lumens full spectrum so i figured that it gave the correct light since it said "full spectrum" but,
eh, you never know these days

150 actual or equivalent?

You want the bulb to be 6500k (kelvin) it should say on the box and yes 150w is enough for one plant, but more is always better...

actual i assume, i will check, i mean this shit is bright as hell. i cant open the door without getting blinded by the light it puts off

kmksrh21 said:

You want the bulb to be 6500k (kelvin) it should say on the box and yes 150w is enough for one plant, but more is always better...

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how do i measure kelvin.
it doesent say anything on the box

Also you can go 24 hours of light down to 18 hours of light with 6 hours of darkness...

Fijiwater said:

how do i measure kelvin.
it doesent say anything on the box

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Most bulbs have it labeled on the packaging somewhere, I'm still not exactly sure what bulb you have, but 6500k is the spectrum needed for vegging (for best results)

Check this out ---> GOod info ---> https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html

in that guide i would be using the Full spectrum light bulb.

so im guessing i have 5k kelvin reading that guide, it says thats good for veg, but i need more like 2k-2600 for flowering. true?

Fijiwater said:

in that guide i would be using the Full spectrum light bulb.

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That'll do...

Fijiwater said:

so im guessing i have 5k kelvin reading that guide, it says thats good for veg, but i need more like 2k-2600 for flowering. true?

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Yes, 2700k seems to be the most common...

alright i have 2 cfl's i found. there both 10w it says on the side of the bulb, im guessing i should just stick with full spectrum since its 150?

this are the bulbs i have there actually 13W i have 4 but can only use 2 currently

Wait...is the 150w bulb incandescent or CFL?

incandescent if i understand correctly i have 4 CFL's but they say 13W=[

so incadescent is fine?

No, Incandescent is bad, you don't wanna grow with it, it puts off more energy in the form of heat than light...If you'[re growing cheapy, get all CFL's, 23 actual watts or higher, I like the 26 and 42 watt bulbs...Also it's easier to identify the kelvin rating on CFL's, it's usually on the packaging somewhere...

how many cfl's for one plant