enough watts ?

Hi , I have a 20 inch by 2.5 ft by 3.5 ft cabinet and I have 3 26 watt cfl's in it for 3 plants , 1 is 6500 k and the other 2 are 2700 k . Just started flowering . Do you think that's enough watts ?? Plants are in a DWC system ! Thanks !

you need, at least, 86w per plant..................... there gonna stretch if you dont, and give you nasty grass smelling bud

fatty nug sack said:

Hi , I have a 20 inch by 2.5 ft by 3.5 ft cabinet and I have 3 26 watt cfl's in it for 3 plants , 1 is 6500 k and the other 2 are 2700 k . Just started flowering . Do you think that's enough watts ?? Plants are in a DWC system ! Thanks !

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I would say bump your system up to 8-10 cfl's. It's not really about 86 watts per plant like the previous poster said, don't let him scare you. You need bare minimum 50 watts per square foot of floor space.

You want as many lights as you can cool in your situation. If cooling weren't an issue then you'd want the equivalent of 17 of those bulbs to properly light that many plants with that square footage.

There is no way that 17 will fit in there . I don't even think 8 would fit

IAm5toned said:

you need, at least, 86w per plant..................... there gonna stretch if you dont, and give you nasty grass smelling bud

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hmm? stretching doesn't cause that.

Chlorophyll and other chemicals.. but mainly Chlorophyll is what gives buds their "fresh cut grass" or "hay' smell.. this is why its very very important that you dry the buds before smoking them.. (and curing them).. but some people don't bother with curing.. which IMO is a mistake.. because their buds would smoke/taste WAY better if they were to give the buds some curing time. But each to their own..

just wanted to point that out for everyone.

peace.

fatty nug sack said:

There is no way that 17 will fit in there . I don't even think 8 would fit

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You're the one trying to put 3 plants in four square feet, so the answers you get are going to fit the problem you've presented. You need at least 7 of your 23 watt lights just to produce some pretty wispy nuggets, and a lot more light if you want dense Nuggs. Practically speaking, you need a 23 watt light for each of the colas you want to turn out decently, those are just the facts.

i had a box that big for my first grow and i ran 750w of cfl's in there, 2x 250watters and 11x 23watters, use your imagination and any things possible

Thanks guys , I put 2 more in there and ill put more when I get some more $ .
Thanks again !