Do cfl lights have to be close to the plants always?

[KnowledgeIsPower]

Here is my plant grown under a 23 watt CFL:
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And here is my latest grown under a 3 watt LED:
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The trick is not closeness or the number of bulbs, but in gathering and focusing the photons. Remember that light travels the entire distance of the universe.

WOW!!! a 20 watt diff n virtually the same results! Is this at the same stage/week? If so, that's nothin short of amazing.

[tysonjf]

yo guys just said id add my toughts on this.. im a cfl grower myself. wow 12x26watt thats alot 312watt in total=1200watt equivlant you would run a 250watt hps cheaper than that plus your grow space aint that big so why so many lights? how many plants ya growing?? my grow space is nearly the same size as yours jiggsaw and im only running 5 x 26 watt cfl. 3 are 2700k and 2 are 6400k i find a mixed spectrum is better for veg and flowering ive used the same bulbs for both stages..my temps are usually around 30 degrees and thats wit just 5 cfls and you have 12 so your temps are goin to be alot higher and its a bad idea to point your fans dicretly at the plants because all your doin is blowing hot air at them witch will cause heat stress and stunt growing and decrease yeild. also i keep my bulbs 2 inch from my flowering tips witout burning them the results are much better. my plants are in week 4 of flower today and there are only 6 weeks old in total i only veged for 2 weeks before switching 12/12 because of space.. here ia a few picts of the ladies so far..[attachment=o286149][attachment=o286150][attachment=o286151][attachment=o286152] peace out and happy growing:rasta:

[jiggsaw]

Yeah dude they look great but it's all about lumens in flower. No disrespect but your yield is gonna suffer if you only have 5 lights. I calculated the lumens per sq foot on my first grow. I'm just at the threshold where I would be wasting money if I used anymore bulbs. For more than two plants , I would have to upgrade to hid or led. But for just two in a small space these bulbs are perfect. Check out my new grow, I keep it updated . My yield is gonna be awesome I hope, I'm thinking like 3oz dry on one plant. That's not anything to brag about , I know outdoor plants get like 1 lb per plant. But for indoor with little investment, like less than 100 bucks, it's not bad.

[jiggsaw]

For my first grow , I was writing things down and asking google all kinds of questions. Like how to measure sq feet lol. All I know is how to measure , but there's allot of free calculators for sq feet online. And there's a lumens guide in this forum somewhere. I did allot of research and this is my 2nd grow I just followed the basic outline of my last grow. The only difference now is I'm using a closet instead of a armoire. The lumens are off a little but I calculated for max lumens anyways so I'm still in the healthy range.

[green fingaz 666]

keep no mure than 3inches above

[green fingaz 666]

how many lumen perr bulb

[tysonjf]

yo jiggsaw 26watt cfl =1700 lumen x 5 cfl = 8500 lumen should be enough for what ive goin on.. im lookin between 2 to 3 oz dry aswell.. [attachment=o286186][attachment=o286187][attachment=o286188] yesterday woz week 5 of flower and these babies have 4 to 5 more weeks left so ther are goin to get alot thicker before harvest..