Enough Light?

I currently have one plant, its just under 2feet tall. i was growing it by the window, but i have noticed that there hasnt been much sunlight lately.

I moved it into the basement with 2 -26watt CFL (100W equivelant each.)

I was wondering if this is enough light for the plant? or do i need more lights??

Depends on how much you want to get from the plant. For veg that might be ok. I would get a more powerful day light CFL if you in veg. If you are thinking of flipping it to flowering and want to stick with CFL's. Then go to home depot and pick up two of the 63 watt/300 equivelent soft white bulbs.

Lord Dangly Bits said:

Depends on how much you want to get from the plant. For veg that might be ok. I would get a more powerful day light CFL if you in veg. If you are thinking of flipping it to flowering and want to stick with CFL's. Then go to home depot and pick up two of the 63 watt/300 equivelent soft white bulbs.

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yeh im around 1week into flower. lots of pistils already showing. the lamp fixture i got right now can only take 50watt maximum per socket. so i was thinkin of puttin in the 42watt 2700k. im looking for atleast 5g. im growing it so i can test the buds while my plants are growing outdoor this summer. not rlly looking for high yeild on this, just the cheapest option to finish these and get a bit of smoke.


background on the plant - it can grow well in low light condition. last year i finished this strain in 9weeks with 6hrs direct sunlight per day.harvested around 25grams.

the plants been "thriving" in a way. its doing very great for 1week into flower. especially since theres barely any direct sunlight for the past 2 weeks.

TokeSmoker420 said:

I was wondering if this is enough light for the plant? or do i need more lights??

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nope You want about 150-200 actual watts WITH REFLECTORS otherwise you're loosing 75 % of your light.