Quote Originally Posted by Cede2Weed
So I have my plants taking up about 4 1/2 square feet of space on top of a table. I have 6 26w (100w equiv) cfls on top of them with no mylar or any reflective material around them. Do you guys think I have enough light?

I believe it was Hudson that said I needed 50w per square foot. Is that assuming a highly reflective environment or will I be okay for now?
I've never liked the 50w per square foot rule. I always preferred to go by lumens.

When I first started I was taught thaat you want to try to get 5000 lumens per SqFt. This ideal and anything on top of that is gravy.