Question about cfl's

So i was wondering if i could use 1700k soft white cfl's for flowering because i can't seem to find any 2700k lumen ones. would this work? or would it hurt my yield?

deff hurt yeild ,if u could get like 4 of those lights it would be fine and make a decent yeild

stonedoutcam said:

deff hurt yeild ,if u could get like 4 of those lights it would be fine and make a decent yeild

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alright thanks. another question is. say i get 2 40w 2700k cfl's. and have that as the main 2 bulbs in my y splitter above the plants. i also have 2 other lights comin down from the side. which bulbs should i use in there, the 2 26 w soft whites 1700k. or 2 26 daylights. or 1 of each?

Clowns said:

alright thanks. another question is. say i get 2 40w 2700k cfl's. and have that as the main 2 bulbs in my y splitter above the plants. i also have 2 other lights comin down from the side. which bulbs should i use in there, the 2 26 w soft whites 1700k. or 2 26 daylights. or 1 of each?

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use all the light you can u will have a good plant and good yeild with those light s

Again you have some confusion going about lumens and color temp. 42 watt soft bulbs just happen to be 2700 lumens and 2700k temp. There are no 1700k color temp cfls.

stonedoutcam said:

deff hurt yeild ,if u could get like 4 of those lights it would be fine and make a decent yeild

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Volume of incorrect light spectrum will not help...

I was about to answer his question but now after reading you's guy's responses... I'm all backwards...

everyone on here is wrong so far the 1700k is 1700 kelvin which actually is color temp

ImarriedMARY said:

everyone on here is wrong so far the 1700k is 1700 kelvin which actually is color temp

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dont include me in your 'everyone'.

Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, and other fields. The color temperature of a light source is determined by comparing its chromaticity with that of an ideal black-body radiator. The temperature (usually measured in kelvins (K)) at which the heated black-body radiator matches the color of the light source is that source's color temperature; for a black body source, it is directly related to Planck's law and Wien's displacement law.
Higher color temperatures (5000 K or more) are "cool" (green–blue) colors, and lower color temperatures (2700–3000 K) "warm" (yellow–red) colors

Woomeister said:

dont include me in your 'everyone'.

Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, and other fields. The color temperature of a light source is determined by comparing its chromaticity with that of an ideal black-body radiator. The temperature (usually measured in kelvins (K)) at which the heated black-body radiator matches the color of the light source is that source's color temperature; for a black body source, it is directly related to Planck's law and Wien's displacement law.
Higher color temperatures (5000 K or more) are "cool" (green–blue) colors, and lower color temperatures (2700–3000 K) "warm" (yellow–red) colors

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my bad except for you you had it i just wasn't paying attention

Thanks for all the help everyone. i realize now that on packages i was seeing 1700 lumens and was thinking that wasnt the right color spectrum. now i reliaze that it doesnt mean its color temperature 1700. its 2700. so i have 4 26 w soft whites now. should be more then enough light for my space. thanks for all the help

Clowns said:

Thanks for all the help everyone. i realize now that on packages i was seeing 1700 lumens and was thinking that wasnt the right color spectrum. now i reliaze that it doesnt mean its color temperature 1700. its 2700. so i have 4 26 w soft whites now. should be more then enough light for my space. thanks for all the help

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you should get more when you can. how big is your plant? and you'll want 6300 or whatever they make for flowering you'll want as many as you can the more the better for you, your plants, and your yield
but sounds good so far lets see some pix

ImarriedMARY said:

my bad except for you you had it i just wasn't paying attention

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No probs!

the 1700 refers to lumens the 2700 is the k sometimes not on the package but it seems most lights are 2700k

ImarriedMARY said:

you should get more when you can. how big is your plant? and you'll want 6300 or whatever they make for flowering you'll want as many as you can the more the better for you, your plants, and your yield
but sounds good so far lets see some pix

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Just for your info: 2700k=warm=flowering 6500k=cool=veg

Woomeister said:

Volume of incorrect light spectrum will not help...

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not at all blue spectrum is bomb for any veg

Woomeister said:

Just for your info: 2700k=warm=flowering 6500k=cool=veg

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that's what i meant 6500 but yeah i know that

edit: oh shit i keep getting it fuckin backwards lol thanks

i have a mix of both 2700 and 6500 for my plant it's growing quite nicely

ImarriedMARY said:

i have a mix of both 2700 and 6500 for my plant it's growing quite nicely

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yes it will like a mixture. Hope your grow goes well.

Woomeister said:

yes it will like a mixture. Hope your grow goes well.

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with the mix (from sprout) it is staying kinda bushy and small but growing quite fast (the nodes) i'm gunna put it into flower next week (it'll be a month old on the 3rd) i also fimmed it so i'm hoping for 2-4 tops