got some questions for my cfls, plss!

i am trying to st up a decent veg light system. my little closet is about 4 x 4 and 5 feet in height
i wanted to know how to stack the wattages. for ex does thirteen 20watt cfl bulbs equal one 250 watt bulb? How much light would I need for that space.

It would depend on how many plants you want to grow, is this your first grow? looking for Personal use? Or max yield for first time? Can i ask why you would consider 13 bulbs over one 250watt? thats a lot of plug sockets! or 2 x 125watts? You sure these 20watt bulbs are the right spectrum? I.E blue for veg? as opposed to Red for Flowering?

You got 6 plants per bin? I see root problems in your future! Yes, the lights stacked do equal out.
Ex: 2x50 watt = same as 1x100 watt.

got any suggestions to your predicted problems friend?
any help is greatly appricated

danielatl05 said:

got any suggestions to your predicted problems friend?
any help is greatly appricated

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Separate each plant into its own pot if its early enough not to damage the roots...

I would run with several lower watt bulbs opposed to one or two high watt bulbs for a couple reasons...

- high wattage bulbs are not as efficient I believe the lumes per watt degrades after about 40 watts
- if you use several bulbs you can place then throughout the canopy to allow for better distribution of light
- you can also change the colour temp regularly and experiment with what works best if you use one big bulb you are stuck with a single colour temp