Will a Red CFL bulb work for flowing?

Hey,

Does anyone know if an actual colored Red CFL would work good flow flowing?

Uh, what's Flow Flowing, is that some kind of new technique or something, JK, LOL! To answer your ? no I don't think so, someone explained it before in another thread and if I remember correctly the actual color we see has nothing to do with the spectrum, its the 2700K spectrum you want for flowering and if you look at 2700K CFL's they have a pink hue not red, so no I don't think a red colored bulb would help. I have on the other hand seen people use green colored bulbs to light there flowering rooms during dark periods, apparently since cannabis is usually green it reflects most of the green light so its doesn't effect the plants during light out, some will argue this however.

The color in which the light is tinted does not determine the ability of the light to produce certain wavelengths of light. The sun emits almost every wavelength of light; however, the visible spectrum is mainly responsible for the nutrients that are required for plant growth. The color in which is emitted from the CFL without the use of a color film does chance depending on the wavelength emitted, therefore lights which are used for vegetative growth will be a different color than those used for flowering. Ideally you should use 6300-6700 nanometer wavelength CFL(s) for vegetative growth. These lights emit a soft bluish color. For flowering 2300-2900 nanometer CFL’s are sufficient, and they emit a light reddish/pinkish color.

Yes you want 2700k for flowering, 5000k for vegg. But you have to realize you're gonna need a lot of CFL lights for flowering if you want any kind of yield....they are very low penetration lights, so you are best off keeping plants short

Not trying to hijack here but which is best for veg, 5000k or 6500K? I initially thought 6500k was best but Ive heard a few people say 5000k is better, is this just a CFL thing or what?

either 5000 or 6500 will work for vegg....I give my plants full spectrum for vegg (2300k and 6500k bulbs) though and get great results