13 watt CFLs?

[jonas]

Currently I only have 4 13 watt CFL's to work with, and judging by the manufacturers site it should give me at least 3200 lumens. This is going to be in a one foot wide 2 foot tall box lined with aluminum foil and a fermentation CO2 system, single plant grown in soil. Would these lights and setup work for growing and maturing a plant pretty fast with at least decent yeilds?

[TheMetal1]

This is a good read:
http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-lighting/140735-answers-about-cfl-hps-how-much-light.html

But more specifically:

2000 lumens sq. ft./21500 lumens sq. m. = Absolute minimum for growth. You won't get much from this, especially after the plant has grown a bit. Not really enough to flower well.

3000 lumens sq. ft./32250 lumens sq. m. = Pretty Good growth. Enough light for the entire light cycle, although your yields may be lower.
4000 lumens sq. ft./43000 lumens sq. m. = Very good growth. Once you pass around 3500, growth rate and ability goes up fast.

Over 5000 lumens sq. ft./53750 lumens sq. m. = Optimal growth. Dense growth in all stages.

So... figure out your
Length x Width = Area
Divide your total lumens by your area
See how you stack up to the suggestion :jointsmile:

[BeFree]

Sounds like a quick micro grow.

A do have a friend that successfully vegged a plant to 8 nodes (roughly a foot* without stretching. Including some massive green fan leaves with only one 13watt 2700k CFL. I really think it might have been the constant foliage mist watering. :jointsmile:

but I'm like :stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::bigsmoke: to the bone. :thumbsup:

Might try a couple 6500k bulbs for vegging for shorter thicker foliage.
Then switch back to your bulbs for the flowering of the little super dank nuggie. :thumbsup:

Be Safe:jointsmile:

[BeFree]

Oh yeah.

Lose the foil and paint it flat white. Way cooler and a lot brighter. :jointsmile:


Too baked for my own good at the moment. :stoned:

[jonas]

How does one paint a cardboard box lol.
I ended up using the dull side of foil. I know its probably not the most efficient way but this box really isn't supposed to be top of the line.
Also, how much did your friends plant yield?

[BeFree]

You're not going to yield much at all with 52watts. =P You might get 10-15grams of dry hairy nugget. At the most. It's such a little space and such a small amount of light. Micro grows result in micro yields. Hehe.

Be Safe:jointsmile:

[jonas]

Heh, maybe I'd be better off doing a micro sog. Either way I'm happy with my yield whatever it is,this is supposed to be a stash supplementer not a kilo a month drug factory :)

[BeFree]

the micro sog would be very interesting too. =)

If it's just stash supply then why include the 'fast growth and decent yields' part?:stoned:

I'm currently growing with intent to learn meself howta grow a plant from seed to natural death and hope for some smokable smoke in the end. ;)

If you have yahoo or aim or something along those lines, I'd like to share information without having to post a million replies on your thread.

Be Safe:jointsmile:

[jonas]

What stoner doesn't want lots of weed fast :rasta:
Anyways, you can add me to your YIM at [email protected]
Looking forward to talking to you :hippy: