Am i giving them enough light?

i have 2 sunblaster 20 watt lights florescent that make 2350 lumens each 1 lg 20 watt regular florescent with a blue bulb that generates 1000 lumens. is this enough for a 11 week old and a 3 week old?

seedlings maybe

alright well i cant have hid lights, but i can buy flouro's or led's at a local hydro shop, what should i get?

Get More CFL's 32 watters and up ... is that 11 week Old into flowering yet??

yeah its been flowering for about 3 weeks and only produce about an eigth, where could i 32 watt lights, home depot only carries 26 watt and 13 watt

Look closer ...they have them

Home Depot has 23 watt cfls and cheap lights that come with alluminum hoods... You can easily hang these lights if you take the hoods off... More of these lights evenly spaced out are better for your flowering plant than a larger cfl because cfls loose so much of their light in a matter of a foot or two.

do they carry cfl's of a higher wattage? ill get a 105 watter or two if i can find em

u can get 32 watters at home depot... for 10 bucks a pop .... get warm white try not to flower with soft white although u can but warm white is better .....

they have 42 and up but u gotta get the ballast that goes with them ... u can also buy some online at http://http://www.1000bulbs.com/Compact-Fluorescents/

they pretty cheap fast delivery!!!!

I have found that at $10 a pop the 32 watt cfls are not worth it...

You can get a 4 pack of 23 watt cfls for $8
Light sockets with 6' cord for 2 x $3 = $6
Socket spliter 2 x $1 = $2

Meaning you could get 4 - 23 watt cfls for a total of $16, less than the cost of 2 32 watt bulbs...

Not to mention
4 x 23 = 92 total watts
2 x 32 = 64 total watts

You are also able to cover the plant more evenly and get the lights closer to the budding sites with 4 light bulbs instead of 2...

Right now I am 7 weeks into flowering using only 23 watt cfls...
I have 10 x 23 = 230 watts of cfls producing

6 x 1750 = 10,500 lumens (soft white cfls)
4 x 1600 = 6,400 lumens (daylight cfls)

For a total of almost 17,000 lumens, which is apparently adequate for my one flowering lady...
She is about 2 feet tall, 24 inches, with the ten 23 watt cfls all around her from top to bottom.

Is my thinking correct, in any case, my first grow has been a success, and I know if I was going to grow more than one plant at a time it would definitely be worth it to invest in an HID or HPS lighting system.

Has anyone else tried to grow with only 23 watt cfls here?

Check this HPS system out

http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=7&FGNumber=E-MT6H151G

That is another option to grow instead of CFL's.

Thats a 150 watt HPS, fixture and bulb for $20???

If I ordered this, what else do I need to buy before it will be working?

flood lights???? ... naw u can get a 250 HPS/with MH conversion Bulb Growing light Kit for under 160

just take out the box hang your reflector and plug it in ... and your off

UberSpike said:

Is my thinking correct, in any case, my first grow has been a success, and I know if I was going to grow more than one plant at a time it would definitely be worth it to invest in an HID or HPS lighting system.

Has anyone else tried to grow with only 23 watt cfls here?

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im veggin with 5 clf 26w 6500k blubs ... walmart .. 2 pack 7$
and my custom hood

You'll need an extension cord (3 prongs - 1 is ground), electric tape, and wire nuts. With a little know how you can set this up yourself. It is $20 + shipping. My total was $30.