Question about mini flourecents?

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

Hello,

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

Hope this helps.

Peace

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

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.

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.

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

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.....