Quote Originally Posted by kwaaluudekid
arthur...welcome to the site...they're usually pretty helpful here...I haven't tried cfl's yet (contemplating it tho), but you'll also need the color temp, like 2700k. If you have the box, it should say on that...some bulbs have it printed on the side of the base. If not, you'll have to look up make/model to find out.
correction i got 3 CFL's total. one 45W cfl which is 6700k and two 45W cfl's that emit 2700k. a combined total of 7080 lumens.

size of cabinet is 50cmx50cm (1.6ft squared at the base and height is just over a meter but i got my homemade reflectors which work pretty well about 2 inches from my plants, the overhead is pretty dark so they are getting most of the light)

will i need more light?

also whats the problem with foil paper? people seem to not like it. i put it up on the opaque side and it seems to be reflecting alot its seems alot brighter than the white flat paint i had before.

also what is a good website to order seeds at i moved to argentina and the previous one i used is having a problem delivering here.

thanks for the reply and sorry for hijacking the thread i dont know how things work around here in my old forum they used to hate when you started a new thread so im still adapting