Have I made a mistake with CFL?

First off my dimensions for reference:

Base: 57cm Length x 66cm Width
Height: 190cm

I originally wanted to grow 4 plants in this space and decided on CFL's. The press is small but I made sure to Mylar the whole space. I also purchased and installed a reflector which pretty much covers the top so its a 3 foot reflective space from top to bottom.

I'm using an 125w CFL for vegging and a 250w for flowering but now I am worried that this wont be enough?

Will it?

calculate your luminens versus square footage. if the numbers are good enough to let you sleep at night, roll the dice man. i've seen some strange stuff come out of a little bit of light....

getting your light setup and not changing it is pretty sweet. it can be a hard call

are those the true wattage or the equivelent wattage. it seems your telling me the equivelent wattage. you need to check the true wattage which is usually a lower number like 23 or 42 true watts. cfls are energy saving bulbs and use a small amount of power but put out the same amount of light equivelent to a regular bulb or more. so im getting you have two regular size cfls that fit into a regular light socket. no this wont be enough. you can use three per plant but most people use four and have them on movable fixtures to adjust the light according to the plant growing. when i had my indoor grow i had 4 on what plant

I have found True up to 175watt CFLs that screw into normal sockets. But it likely he is looking at equivs not true watts.

I would suggest lots of small 23w bulbs equaling 100+w per plant.

No they are grow lights so it is the actual wattage, they are about the size of a football.

This is the type:

http://www.thebigshop.com/ecolights-envirolights-propagation-lights-p-10.html

nice lights!

I second that. Always a great choice

EthanWolfe said:

This is the type:

http://www.thebigshop.com/ecolights-envirolights-propagation-lights-p-10.html

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I use the large spiral CFLs and they worked great

http://www.lampsplus.com/products/Energy-Saving-30-Watt-Twist-CFL-Eco-Light-Bulb__K7454.html
get 30 for 60$ and have more lumens than a 400w HID
I will leave it up to you to figure out how to place 30 sockets around your plant

30 CFL's or 400w is way to much power for what I need.