What kind of cfls can i use to flower my 2 plants. I have 50 bucks to spend.
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justparanoid
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http://www.1000bulbs.com/42-Watt-Compact-Fluorescents/
You could use 42 watt bulbs, they are about 15-16 dollars a piece. Im using two right now on some bag seed.
You could use 42 watt bulbs, they are about 15-16 dollars a piece. Im using two right now on some bag seed.
matt theft1
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Right now im using 4 CFL's for flowering my 2 plants. All of them are 26 watt but i have 2 6500k and 2 2700k. You can pick them up at lowes or home depot (i find lowes like a thousand times more helpful with finding things to get your indoor grow going). They have 2 packs of the 2700k 26 watt CFL's for about 7 dollars but they only sell the 6500k in singles at $4.50. I'm about 2 weeks flowering and its looking might fine my friend
saaaweeet!!! man thanks bro i really appreciate it. do you know the name brand and can i use these bulbs on any type of lamp fixture?
GanjaFresh
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For my first grow, I bought 6 in total used 3 for veg. and the other 3 for flowering. Cool white, and warm.
ODERUS URUNGUS
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You can get a 2' T5 from home depot for $25. This way you can add more lights to your setup as you can afford them. I have a 16 bulb T5 I made from the Home depot lights. I have been vegging in them though, works great for that but you want to keep you plants short, otherwise the light will not reach the bottom of the plant. I am sure they would work OK for flowering, never as good as HID though.
matt theft1
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Uhh the brand is Bright Effects, but when you buy them make sure that they're the energy star ones because they get more penetration so therefore more light on your plants lower limbs 
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Sr. Verde
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I got my flowering CFLs at Home Depot
They are 2700k, 42 ACTUAL WATTS, and cost like $7.30 a piece or something
I'm using six right now for two plants, they love it
They are 2700k, 42 ACTUAL WATTS, and cost like $7.30 a piece or something
I'm using six right now for two plants, they love it
jr22hockey
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I JUST came back from Home depot and I was checking out their CFL's. A 42 watt bulb was 7.50 and a 63 watt (or close) was 15 dollars. If I gad room for it I'd go with three of the 63 watt bulbs. They're huge but you will get MUCH better/more bud with them since they penetrate further and you lose less light between the spirals.
crusty420
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I just picked up a 6 pack of those bulbs for 11 bucks and some change but @ lowes
sickstoner
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no one like anything over 42 but my 65's from lowe's rock!
sickstoner
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for vegging yeah flowering is a diff story all together how many plants
sickstoner
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keep them close to the tops and try to get a few more you can get the dubble sockets that has a plug end and put the into a power strip hanging over the plants
Pipe Dream
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The 6500 K are better for vegging but you can add them together no problem. I'm not familiar with your plants but i would advise you to get even more lights. Preferably more 2700 K ones. Look at the lumen output on the bulb it should be somewhere around 1500 each right? Well if your suppyling each plant with 2 lights thats only around 3000 lumens each and unless they are very small I don't see how that would be ideal. I guess the rule of thumb is something like 7000 lumens per sq foot is really what you need to strive for and 5000 would be more like a minimum. Look in the electrical department at lowes for the y connectors with light bulb sockets and also their are light bulb sockets that plug straight into an outlet, those can be used to get more light without having to buy multiple lamp sockets.