Quote Originally Posted by smokeallday
hi i have 5 seedlings, 1 is a week old, lightened with 2 X 23w cfl (100w equivalent) soft white, and i have one 23w cfl for the other 4 which are only 2 days old. is it enough, would getting another 23w cfl for my one week old one be too much, or not even enough. is it better to use more 23w cfl or buy just one 100 or 125w cfl. Is it even possible for a plant to get too much light (lumen)


thank you guys
The longer you veg the plant the more light you will need. The lights you have will work for about 2 weeks.

I would upgrade to the 125W (true watts not '=' watts).

Also more important as lumens with CFL is the Kelvin temp of the bulb. you want at least 6400K.

The lumen issue you can help address by placing theCFL within an inch of the surface of the leaves.

But you cannot help or otherwise improve on the Kelvin of the bulb itself.