Lumens per plant?

[mobay]

thank you jdog7000 when turtle responded i thought i made a mistake, but the way i read it was ( god damn i wrote you last night) talking to atom bong and the part ( and my posts are still getting erased, WTF) was going to the mods.

[postmandave]

some ones stressed out lol and i totaly agree 1500 is no were near enough,unless its a misprintand thats the way mobay

[calibabe]

damn karmaxul this is a new guy trying to get some help, ease up, atom bong started here 3 years after the WTC attacks, he has only 64 post since 2004 and you have 892 since last month, so let the guy ask all the questions he wants.

you got it wrong there , I think he was complaining about posts being deleted not mouthing off,so read his post properly, kiss, kiss calibabexxxxxx

[Zandor]

Depends on the size of the area. 1500 lumens per sq. foot. There are other factors aswell such as CO2, spectrum, and envirnment. (god damn I wrote you last night and my posts are still getting erased, WTF)

Mothers will last forever on 24 hours light. That is why 18/6 is no good. The hormones get burnt out.

Your numbers are way off dude. I have tried to keep mothers for ever but they did not keep. 5 years was to long and she died on her own. The clones were fine from her but she had problem recovering the last year.

1500 lumens per sqft is not even close, you must have lumens confused.

Plants do best with 10,000 lumens to each plant or more. The old rule of thumb is 50 watts for every sqft but in truth that is still a little low but works.

18/6 light cycle is fine it saves a little money on the power and gives the plant a little rest. There is no measurable difference between a plant vegged at 18/6 and under 24/0 light. Advanced nutrients answered this question many years ago under lab conditions.

[mobay]

1500 lumens ? shit theres 2300 lumens in a fluoresent light 125w. he has to be thinking 15000.

[Atom Bong]

Hah, im not that new to this, i was a member on overgrow until i woke up one sad morning, ive read just about everything any of these sites have brought to me and that was the one thing i never saw. SO have you guys made up your minds yet on what it is? im not asking lumens per square foot, im asking how many lumens would it take from start to finish, at its least while the plant still lives happy until harvest comes around and i murder it.

[BlueDragonSmoke]

a small HPS would do the trick ...start to finish if you had 2....lol...

[Atom Bong]

problem with hps, is heat and no room for a ballast, stealth grow goin on here

[britewire]

210W smartlight... I haven't got a clue where to buy one of those abroad.

[Zandor]

There are some CFL that give off some good light. Check some of BobBongs threads or harddons threads they like using CFL and look like they do fine with it.