enough lighting?

[clayboy]

Would a setup with two 30w CFL's at 1800 lumens per be enough to produce a decent crop? I'm not looking for a mega yield, just enough to keep myself happy. :thumbsup:

thx

[meds02093]

If you were to grow a lowryder then yes it would give quite a decent yield but only on lowryder.. I once grew a lowryder in an emptied out pc case with the inside painted in matt white with just one daylight 30w spiral cfl bulb and it was 17inch tall and the resin production was very high.. when dried and cured I got 42g and made 17g of hash and was very potent and tasty too..

[meds02093]

I just wanted to say that two 30w bulbs will be ok for any smallish plant in a small enough area but make sure they are daylight colour because the plant will think it's more like the sun.. any bigger plants 2ft or higher will need 125w or 200w enviros.. good luck anyway..

[clayboy]

I have them in a small hydro cabinet setup with the inside lined with white Styrofoam. Also have the lights in a bat-wing reflector. Coming up on 2 weeks now, plants are about 3-4 inches high. I started off with only one 30w and I just added the 2nd 30w yesterday. I'll check back in as I go... first time grow too!

[meds02093]

Great.. keep it going! Which plants are they by the way?

[clayboy]

leftover bag seed from a homegrown crop I got from someone, not sure of the exact strain but it's great stuff

[UMrocksmysocks]

im not expert, but you could get an ok amount i'd imagine. granted ur oonly growing 1 plant, right?

[fishman3811]

WOW santa u got 42g from a 30wCFL thats pretty good

[clayboy]

My plants will be 3 weeks old this sunday, how close should I be putting the lights now? I have the lights about 7-8 inches above, should I lower now?

[Z*z]

so if u have 2 30w cfl's and ur on ur frist grow.well same here man i got 3 15 watt cfl's and 1 20 watt cfl and i been growing for a full month and there about 4 5 inchs.I got one that is like 7 inches..but im gonna grow them for about another month or just another half month and then plant them outside:rastasmoke:

[clayboy]

I recently upgraded to two 42w CFL's on just one plant, seems to be doing pretty well

[meds02093]

Yea fishman maybe it was because the growing room was so small that the light just all went on the plant and the walls were matt white so it was great anyway. I still have about 10g left and I have about 3g of lowryder hash left lol..

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

Med (Santa), you gave me hope that I can yield at least something out of my CFL grow. 42 grams is a hella lot for a newbie CFL grower like me so thanks for the inspiration bro.