Which CFL for decent hight/width box

[sizzlasia]

I have a 4'h x 4'w x 20" deep box that I am using for closet... I bought a 6 bulb 36" wall fixture that I plan to put CFL's in..

I was planning on buying 6 42 watt 2700 lumen deals from walmart.. but I keep reading more and more and people say stuff about different light spectrums and what not.

So I was thinking, I could buy some 30 watt daylight to swap in there, or maybe even add another 2-3 bulb fixture lower to cover the foilage and mix the daylight with the 42 watt bulbs.

any help will be appreciated, I was debating where to mount the brackets etc .. the box is done, and the fan and intake are also done with the walls painted flat white.

sizzlasia Reviewed by sizzlasia on 05-13-2007. Which CFL for decent hight/width box I have a 4'h x 4'w x 20" deep box that I am using for closet... I bought a 6 bulb 36" wall fixture that I plan to put CFL's in.. I was planning on buying 6 42 watt 2700 lumen deals from walmart.. but I keep reading more and more and people say stuff about different light spectrums and what not. So I was thinking, I could buy some 30 watt daylight to swap in there, or maybe even add another 2-3 bulb fixture lower to cover the foilage and mix the daylight with the 42 watt bulbs. any Rating: 5

[Earthy Dank]

I would use the blue(5900k) cfls and the daylight(3900k) cfls for vegetative and the 42w (2900k) cfls for flowering. You'll want about 60 to 70 watts of CFL per square foot of space.

[sizzlasia]

They dont make a blue in bigger then a 20ish what do they? that you can buy at local stores

[onequickmove]

42w's used to be relatively available; but now i only find 26w at walmart; but if you go to walmart, get yourself $6 utility clip fixtures and get a deal on a pack of 26w'ers (100-equiv.) you should be doing pretty well

"cool white" is best for veg; "warm" for flower, you may only be ablle t o get "soft"; "soft" is WARM-ish and not best for veg, some folks avoid it completetly, not sure why, puts out standard lumens, and are usually cheapest by far

[sizzlasia]

Why buy 26 watt when I could buy the 42 though?

I have a 6 bulb 36" bracket that I planned to put 6 42's into..

Should I add another bracket to add some daylights? or just use what I got and mix daylights in there?