Lights for flowering

prebs

prebs

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Ok so I know 2700k is best for flowering and blah blah blah. Well I currently have 3 6500k and 3 2700k cfl lights over my one plant for flowering. Little popcorn buds are there and everything. Think it's good to leave all 6 of them there? Or take away 1 or 2 of the 6500k cfl's? I know it would be better to get more 2700k cfl's but I cant get out to a store and get any. So I have to work with what I have

Also, is it better to move the lights away a bit more for flowering or keep them close like in veg? about 2 inches away
 
Cane'Bosem

Cane'Bosem

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prebs said:
Ok so I know 2700k is best for flowering and blah blah blah. Well I currently have 3 6500k and 3 2700k cfl lights over my one plant for flowering. Little popcorn buds are there and everything. Think it's good to leave all 6 of them there? Or take away 1 or 2 of the 6500k cfl's? I know it would be better to get more 2700k cfl's but I cant get out to a store and get any. So I have to work with what I have

Also, is it better to move the lights away a bit more for flowering or keep them close like in veg? about 2 inches away
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Keep the lights close and any light is good light. I think a mixture is nice if you can do it. With CFLs the more the better. Good Luck!
 
prebs

prebs

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Alright cool, thanks guys. Yeah I wasn't sure if the 6500k would mess it up by any chance, but I guess that gives them all of the light spectrum. And I guess backing the lights up would make the buds stretch wouldn't they? Want nice, packed buds
 
Cane'Bosem

Cane'Bosem

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prebs said:
Alright cool, thanks guys. Yeah I wasn't sure if the 6500k would mess it up by any chance, but I guess that gives them all of the light spectrum. And I guess backing the lights up would make the buds stretch wouldn't they? Want nice, packed buds
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Some people on here will tell you that you cant get dense buds from CFLs but dont listen. I've seen tons of examples of different strains that did totally fine flowering with CFLs. Just gotta keep em close and the enough lumens. with tall plants its usually imposible to keep up with (you would need like 30 CFLs to cover all the bud sites of a 5 ft plant) but smaller plants that are easier to handle are totally fine flowering with CFLs.
 
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prebs

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Yeah I've got a short bushy plant that I did a lot of LST to, and she surrounded by lights, so Im good on the coverage
 
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