Question about mini flourecents?

[bruiser]

I was wondering does the mini spiral flourecent lights any good for vegatative growth,for example I have 4 flourecent tube lights over my plants now and was wondering would it be worth my time or money to hang a few mini spiral flourecent lights between the plants?..........the spiral lights I am talking about are soft white/23watt/ 1600 lumens.....I figured maybe if the lights were decent I would encourage some lights below the branch's of my MJ plants kinda giving light under neath the leaves what do you guys think??????? dumb idea? or a waste of time? your call lol

[The Student]

Hello,

Yes, I do this also. It helps out in areas below the canopy.

Hope this helps.

Peace

[notanovice]

i agree with student, those extra lights below will light up the branches which dont benefit from the above lighting, good idea bruiser!!!!

[yourbud]

I have had good success with them. The more lumens the better. Just becareful because some brands really over estimate the power of their bulbs.

[bruiser]

Thank's guys for responding, much appreciated!..........Ya I thought a little more light underneath wouldn't hurt!,now that I know it's a good idea I will certainly fill the voids between my plants with mini-spirals and of course maintain a comfortable distance between the lights and plants,even thou I held the mini- spirals in my hand for several minutes while plugged in and my hand felt warn even left the light on for several hours and touched the light still just warm.

[Crowman]

soft light usually means more of a red spectrum while in veg you want blue.I suppose the extra lumens never hurt though

[bruiser]

Yes friend you are right,I must also go on to say that I have sevel blue along with sevral full spectrum flouro's...stronger on the Blue side but a little red through out.....