new light wattage

JQuick

Active Member

Feb 2, 2011

• #1

i had one plant under 3 18w cfls, they were very close to the main cola, small but starting to look good. just change the 18's to one 45w and two 28w and moved the light up a little. how much of a diffrence am i gonna see, and should i move the lights back down?

 

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yermom

Member

Feb 2, 2011

• #2

More light is always better, but to answer your question, need a little more info. How old are they? What spectrum cfl?(should be red). If the temp of the bulb isn't that high, it can be pretty close. Hang your thermometer right at canopy level and move the light down until it's the highest comfortable temperature they like. Cfl's aren't gonna give you the fattest or densest nugs, but you more than doubled your light output, so only good things can happen.

 

JQuick

Active Member

Feb 3, 2011

• #3

awesome thats what i expected, ill post tonite how they reacted at about 11

 

JQuick

Active Member

Feb 3, 2011

• #4

also its been a week since signs of flowering, took this pic yesterday before i added new lights

 

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seamore green

Active Member

Feb 3, 2011

• #5

I had 4 18w and 1 42w on the first mini scrog I did of bubblelicious and got 16g of it. Wasnt the greatest but using all 42w bulbs will help you a lot

 

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yermom

Member

Feb 3, 2011

• #6

She looks like a healthy happy girl.

 

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irieie

Well-Known Member

Feb 3, 2011

• #7

get an hps. you can buy a a 150 off the internet for less than $100. thats the cost of a quad but you will get a lot more than that in yield.