Hmm. Are you sure they are 60watts, or made to replace a 60 watt incandescent. 900 lumens seems low for a true 60 watt cfl. I'm thinking you may have a 18-23 watt furo. You can keep the fluros close to the plants within a couple inches. You want to use the 6000k spectrum for veg, and the ~3000k for flowering. When i use fluro's, I like the 26 watt (100 watt incandescent equiv). I would consider adding a few more to increase your grow potential. You can get a li creative and make your own light rail by using a power strip and get the plug in lamp sockets to have 3-4 fluros in a row. mix the spectrums of bulbs as needed. another option is to get a 3 way outlet and plug in 3 bulbs to it.
Well ya it uses 13 watts of energy, but outputs 60 watts and isnt the output what matters? Im actually pretty sure that its about 3000k. I dont think i will be able to get a third light in.
I ended up germinating 5 seeds so i didnt want to waste so much, so i planted 4 of them (just bagseed, not a big waste). Could the 2 lights work for that? I have 4 because im not sure what gender theyll be, so im assuming that (50/50) will leave me with 2 flowering female plants.
I have the lights like 2 inches above the dirt, just planted today. Should i be doing this?
