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CFL:how many watts do you use during flowering?

greenjumble

Well-Known Member
I used 3x42watts CFLs for flowering for two bag seed Indica plants and they were ready in 8 weeks with a yield of 1 oz.
I use 2x42watts for my mother now and I've switched over to a 250watts HPS for flowering.
 

aerogrowerman

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I used 3x42watts CFLs for flowering for two bag seed Indica plants and they were ready in 8 weeks with a yield of 1 oz.
I use 2x42watts for my mother now and I've switched over to a 250watts HPS for flowering.
nice, glad you said the actually wattage and not the 120 watts the packaging says they give off and then kids say they have 120 wat lights
 

greenjumble

Well-Known Member
Yeah I'm more interested in the exact type of watts and yield.
I'm still trying to decide whether or not to add some small CFL's down low around the plant and see if that helps much.
 

K1Ng5p4d3

Junior Creatologist
from everything ive read, the basic rule of thumb with chronic is - the more light you can get away with the better for flowering. If you have all the light in the world on your plants, as long as you can put your hand between the light and the plant and it not be TOO too hot for you, your straight. This is only what i have heard though, and i am only speculating on that info, so take from it what you will.
 

greenjumble

Well-Known Member
Yeah it sounds like it will be worth it. I'm just weighing and balancing with what I consume and if I want to continually grow or grow and stop kind of thing.
 

ImarriedMARY

Well-Known Member
i use 176 watts total 2 42w and 4 23 and getting more 42w soon
can i use to many cfl's? as long as i move them higher?
how how high should my light be from my plants i heard it raises by the amount of lumens (or something like that)
 

aerogrowerman

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Aero yes. Either 12/12 from seed or veg for a week/two then 12/12. Consider LST?
no i haven't considered lst

ya i was in veg for a month before flowering, next time im gonna go over to flowering at week 2 or 3, my plant is growing a solid inch a day, i dont know what i am going to do!:wall::sad::-(
 

mutantgargoyle

Well-Known Member
im usein just 120watt witch kicks out about 7200 lumens on 1 plant gona put another 120watt so will be about 14400 lumens
 
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