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11-18-2009, 03:44 AM #5Senior Member
fluros, which bulb is better?
Yes, those are correct. They've added some suffixes to be politically correct.
ECO = Ecolux. Their own designation. Less mercury, probably better efficiency, too.
CVR = shatterproof (CoVeR). Filters UV, too.
F40KB = 3000K Best for flower, but not powerful enough to do a good job flowering cannabis. These can cause stretching in veg if there's not enough blue to offset them.
F40CW = 4100K These are the best tubes you have for veg. Probably work fine. If in doubt just buy some F40D's @ 6500K. (probably stands for "daylight." But why that's bluer than "cool white" is beyond me --that's why I go by the color temps)
Those plant/aquarium bulbs are for looking at a plant under, not growing (unfortunately). They're 3100K, which'd be okay for flower, but they only have half the lumen output of the KB's. Flowers look real purty under them, tho'... :wtf:
oh and probably a dumb question but:
Conventional light sources emit combinations of different wavelengths.
To learn what they are, seek out the "Spectral Distribution graph" for each.
Ignore the "color rendering index" (CRI) that's just how "natural" the light supposedly looks to our eyes, compared to sunlight. Whose eyes, and what time of day in what part of the planet they're talking about is a mystery to me, however. :what:
Our eyes are most sensitive in the green / yellow wavelengths. Plants reject (reflect) those wavelengths, to a large degree, and that's why they appear green to our eyes.
HTH, HermieNeed advice wth plant problems?
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