Should i begin to flower?

Nusky

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You need a different bulb for flowering than you do veging. Also its probably a 120 watt equivalent which is actually like 20 watt or something. I run 3 20 watters. Get some more lights and look into the CFLs. I'd google the info for you but my google isn't working right now.
 
idk it said on the package it was a 120 watt daylight cfl but you're probably right. so basically i should go to home depot and grab a few cfls then start flowering huh?
 

Nusky

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yea grab a few more, read this

You might see a lot of different labels when shopping at the store for CFL’s. Label’s including Soft White, Warm White, Cool White, Bright White, Halogen White, Daylight White, Full Spectrum. And also label’s like 2700K, 3000K, 3500K, 4000K, 5000K, 6400K, and 6500K. These are all the color temperature of the light you are using. This is a measure of how warm or cool the light given off by a lamp appears, with warmer colors having a yellowish tinge and cooler colors being tinged with blue. What confuses some people is that the warmer a color is, the colder its color temperature is. (ex. Warm White = 2700K). Bulbs ranging in the 2700K-3000K spectrum are usually labeled Warm White or Soft White, bulbs ranging in the 3500K – 4000K spectrum are bright white or cool white, 5000K is labeled Full Spectrum, and finally 6400K – 6500K is labeled Daylight. You can grow an entire crop with CFL’s if you chose the right spectrum of bulb’s. For Vegetation you will want to use 6500K or 5000K, and when you flower you will want to switch to 2700K or 3000K . The reason being, throughout the year the plant’s outside receive more 6500K light because the day’s in summer are long and hot and as Autumn/Winter get’s closer the day get’s shorter, and gradually receives less 6500K light and more 2700K light as the plant flower’s. Do what you can to avoid bulbs within that 3500K – 4000K because they emit very little light that Is useful to your plant. Notice here the difference between the CT of these lamp’s
 

Nusky

New Member
you water when its dry all the way through. Easiest way is to lift it when you know its 100% dry then remember that feeling. Lift it every day and you'll know when it's dry or not.
 
alright fasho, so i think im gonna head to home depot tomorrow. how many watts cfl should i get? and what type of y socket u think?
 

Nusky

New Member
well mine are 23 watt actual and 100 watt equivalent. So if yours are 120 watt equivalent its higher than 23 which should work just fine. Just pay attention to the type of light it is and get the 2700Ks for flowering. Dunno about Y sockets
 

Nusky

New Member
no they just come with the bulb and ballast (under the bulb). They sell these light sockets that hook up to a wall socket though, buy a cheap power bar and you can get 3 CFLs on.
 

ylem

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i picked up a few 200 watt cfls at rona for $ 20 each. they work awesome for starting seedlings and rooting clones. heres a pic of a plant i started under it. i think this is about day 8 or 9 by the looks of it
 

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