which ones better a 25watt cfl or a 23watt with equivalent of 120w cfl? please help!

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icebox7420

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which one's better? a 25 watt cfl 1727 lumens?

or a 23watt=120w equivalent cfl (i dont know what lumen out put of this bulb).

please help, i think im gonna have cash tomorrow and im gonna buy lights.

please help
 
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icebox7420

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help please, i have no idea what equivalent means.

i just went to a home depot yesterday morning and i saw some of these bulb with 23W=120W equivalent writing in its box.

and i remembered my CFL with 25watts in it but has no writing of equivalent or whatsoever, so what is this equivalent about and

and what is much better to buy? a 25watt cfl or the bulb with a 23W=120W equivalent. the brand name of the 23W=120W equivalent is omni by the way.

please help me out, so that i can replace my other newly bought bulb with that bulb if it is much better.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Do you know the kelvin rating? 2700...6500....somewhere in between? The higher actual wattage bulb is most likely better, as long as it's new and the proper color. Forget about the equivalent wattage number, only go by actual watts.
 
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Depends what time of the cycle you are in.Yyou 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.
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-fluorescent-lighting/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html
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myself i go for the bigger 23w 2700K (WArmer)CFL bulb (cause i couldnt find the 42w 6500K at my lowes and depot) and also use a smaller softer white buld (14W) but i use 4 Big 23w (bout to mount 2 more soon) and 2 soft white ( bout to mount 2 more also ) buuuut i used this
http://www.420magazine.com/forums/do-yourself/115884-diy-cfl-reflector-how-simple-cheap-effective.html
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and made that reflector for my CLFs and made my own adjustments to what i had to work with but takes less then an hour to assemble and works great and cost me $20.73 n all. works Very nice in small spaces or to just hold you over till u get the funds for a HPS bulb.

Keep Growing. <3
 
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icebox7420

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Metasynth said:
Do you know the kelvin rating? 2700...6500....somewhere in between? The higher actual wattage bulb is most likely better, as long as it's new and the proper color. Forget about the equivalent wattage number, only go by actual watts.
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yes sir, i know kelvin rating, learned it from the people of RIU. thanks sir and ma'am.

i was just confused because of the equivalent wattage, i hate some salesman here at the home depot in my place, they confused me they told me that the equivalent watts are better because it produces more light, they told me that, but i was high and i didn't listen to them i followed my insticts and still bought the 25 watts cfl, i now again have 3, ( i accidentally dropped my other CFL, i'm sometimes clumsy). can i put some warm lights 2500k-2700k
together with my 6500k's and still veg, and use it for flower. (i think i'm gonna buy two 25watts 2500k warm daylight)
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Sure, you can flower with a mixed spectrum. As a matter of fact, I preferred it when I grew with CFL's.
 
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icebox7420

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F A B said:
go with the 25w a few more watts wont break your wallet
disregard equivalent watts
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alright sir,

i wanted to ask if i can buy 2500k-2700k lights and mixed them with the 6500k lights and still use it for veg, and also use both 2700k and 6500k
in flowering.

or is it much better if all lights are in 6500k for veg and if in flower all lights are in 2700k.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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I think it's better to use both 6500k and 2700k mixed together in both veg AND flower...I vegged with a ratio of two 6500k/one 2700k, and I flowered with a ration of two 2700k/one 6500k. So in veg, for every 2 6500k bulbs I had, I was burning one 2700k, and switched for flower. Perfectly fine, with work wonderfully.
 
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icebox7420

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Metasynth said:
Sure, you can flower with a mixed spectrum. As a matter of fact, I preferred it when I grew with CFL's.
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alright thanks sir!

so i'll be just buying some warm lights tomorrow, oh yeah.

i'll try to put ten 25 watts CFLs, but one at a time, and up to now i still don't have cash.

by the way is ten enough?
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Fuck, I forgot about your other thread, and this calling me "sir", are you sure you're not just trolling? Didn't you ask about using the bug zapper lights to grow?
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Ten CFL's? How many plants, you could probably grow two smaller plants, or one decent sized. I mean, you COULD grow 5 plants,but they wouldn't be happy fighting for light. Better to situate the CFL's by surrounding the plant with them.
 
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icebox7420

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Metasynth said:
Fuck, I forgot about your other thread, and this calling me "sir", are you sure you're not just trolling? Didn't you ask about using the bug zapper lights to grow?
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yes im the one that asked about the bug zapper lights, i asked them because i really have no idea about lights before.
i didn't used my bug zapper, i followed what you pros told me. and im quite thankful for it. why should i troll around,
i'm here to learn and exchange ideas, help out other people in the future, ask problems regarding with my babies. :)
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Well, first offf, I don't think any "pro" would grow with CFL's...lol...and most of us are hobbiest growers, not professionals.
 
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icebox7420

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Metasynth said:
Ten CFL's? How many plants, you could probably grow two smaller plants, or one decent sized. I mean, you COULD grow 5 plants,but they wouldn't be happy fighting for light. Better to situate the CFL's by surrounding the plant with them.
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right now i have 2 plants and one seedling, i have a newly set up growbox, removed it from the antique closet and just put them in a clothed closet.
 
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F A B

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icebox7420 said:
alright sir,

i wanted to ask if i can buy 2500k-2700k lights and mixed them with the 6500k lights and still use it for veg, and also use both 2700k and 6500k
in flowering.



or is it much better if all lights are in 6500k for veg and if in flower all lights are in 2700k.
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use as many light as u can in veg use more the 6500 k in flower more 2700k but add all u can
 
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F A B

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forger using bugzaper

see how your plants all leaning toward center where light is thats not good u need better light spread
 
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