Question on preflower

To the well knowen growers out there. My planes are two weeks in to preflower there about 6' tall yea. I have pistols from the base to the top. They look good. How mush longer tell flowers for buds. I'm running 2 300w CFL and 4 150w CFL. There on a 12/12 cycle. Temp is. Lights on 80 degree and lights off 65-70 degrees here's some pics. They stretched like crazy. Do I add more or less lights. Thanks

Your likely gonna need some more light. Cfl's arent great for deep penetration of light with tall plants. Your tops may do decent but your lower flowers will suffer greatly. My advice would be to get a small hid light to replace the cfl -at least for flowering, then go back to the cfl's when veg/cloning etc. If this isnt an option,remove all foliage on the bottom 1/3 of the plant. This way it will concentrate its efforts and bud production up top where you actually have light. I've chopped/pruned and lollipopped all the way up to my 3rd week into 12/12 with no issues at all. Good luck!

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Texx said:

To the well knowen growers out there. My planes are two weeks in to preflower there about 6' tall yea. I have pistols from the base to the top. They look good. How mush longer tell flowers for buds. I'm running 2 300w CFL and 4 150w CFL. There on a 12/12 cycle. Temp is. Lights on 80 degree and lights off 65-70 degrees here's some pics. They stretched like crazy. Do I add more or less lights. Thanks

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2 x 300w + 4 x 150w = 1200w ..... Is this actual watts or equivalent watts? .....can you post some pic's of the room

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ISK said:

2 x 300w + 4 x 150w = 1200w ..... Is this actual watts or equivalent watt

ISK said:

2 x 300w + 4 x 150w = 1200w ..... Is this actual watts or equivalent watts? .....can you post

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My room is 36x36x7'. In the pic. Since then I took out the middle light and put 2 -300w CFL. The plants are twice as tall I know I need to add some more down low.

Do I take out the 4-150w CFLs and put in 4- 300w CFLs in it place. That would be 6-300w CFLs in a 36"x36"x7' box

Texx said:

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My room is 36x36x7'. In the pic. Since then I took out the middle light and put 2 -300w CFL. The plants are twice as tall I know I need to add some more down low.

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Those CFL's look like they are the equivalent to 300 and 150... I had used some 250 watt cfls and they are as big as a 2 liter bottle. I would add more for sure, as many as you can handle... You should be near 5000 to 7000 plus lumens per square foot and moving the cfls closer will be a huge help. Light reading... http://www.growmedical420.com/how-many-lumens-or-watts-per-square-foot-of-light-do-i-need/

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Do I take out the 4-150w CFLs and put in 4- 300w CFLs in it place. That would be 6-300w CFLs in a 36"x36"x7' box

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i would get a 400 watt hps personally

Texx said:

Do I take out the 4-150w CFLs and put in 4- 300w CFLs in it place. That would be 6-300w CFLs in a 36"x36"x7' box

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personally I would use one 600 watt HPS in a room your size, as I'm not a big fan of the large CFL bulbs.