is 84 watt 5600 lumes cfl good enough?

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420weedvibes

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im trying to grow 2 plants under 2 cfl that puts out 84 watt 5600 lumens together will they be fine all the way till harvest or should i add a third light?
this is my set up please respond :)
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the bigger plant is 11 days old
 
achaser87

achaser87

Active Member
no like 2 or 3 times that. I have 28,400 lumens, 420 watts of CFL on 1 plant and find its not enough
 
GanjuhDubz

GanjuhDubz

Well-Known Member
i would keep the lights and think theyre fine until the plants are significantly large and flowering, at which point id get at least a 150 hps like i did.. 100 bucks and worth it man
 
Sand4x105

Sand4x105

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If you think that you have enuff light... well, I think u insane in the membrane....
Answer to your question:
If that's all the light u can fit in that box of your's then, that's it....
If you can fit more, put more it there... that plant looks sad....
Good luck....
 
brewing up

brewing up

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cfls are crap tbh i found a 70w hps better than a 125w cfl, to your question 420weedvibes that should be ok to veg so far but i would look into hps or like achaser87 says you need allot more cfls
 
MediheaLed

MediheaLed

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Yeah, like Cherry said, not enough light. Upgrade to hps, its the best.

Too little lumens, too little buds. Huh, Cherry.
 
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spek9

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I agree with achase... proper spectrum. At your stage, I doubt HPS will do you any better than more CFL bulbs, so long as they are all 6500k (daylight). If you are going to go HID, then you want Metal Halide for your veg stage.

However, with the area you depict, HID is not feasible, so add in 4-6 more 6500k CFLs, and get some airflow through there.

-spek
 
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