What type of CFL?

[SmokinRandy420]

im looking at CFL's online for my growbox and theres all kinds of cfls like stark white , cool white ,warm white , and daylight which are the best cfls for a grow from start to finish?:smokin:

SmokinRandy420 Reviewed by SmokinRandy420 on 07-18-2006. What type of CFL? im looking at CFL's online for my growbox and theres all kinds of cfls like stark white , cool white ,warm white , and daylight which are the best cfls for a grow from start to finish?:smokin: Rating: 5

[jrw]

Dual spectrum are the only ones suitable all the way through.

[notorious P.O.T]

you should pick up sum daylights for vegging and some warms for flowering... its the only way to go

[TxRooster97]

We found some nice Daylight 2000 lumen 6500K at our local mega-mart. Decent price too. It's a replacement for a 135W but only uses 30W. The manufacturer is Lights of America. Good luck to you!

Peace! :stoned:

Tha Rooster

[orangeman]

Day whites are better than cool whites?

[SmokinRandy420]

so let me get this right i need 2 different types of cfls daylights for vegging and warm whites for flowering.....

how many CFLs of each would i need to buy to grow 2 plants?

thanks everyone for all you help.....

[jrw]

For growing you need a lamp with around ~6000 Kelvin.

For flowering you need ~2500 Kelvin.

High Kelvin means more white.

Go for lamps of at least 130W, and if you cant afford evenly strong lamps, go for the flowering as the strongest.

I myself plan on getting a 2100 Kelvin 125W growing lamp and a 6400 Kelvin 200W flowering lamp for a cool n' tight closet setup.

[SmokinRandy420]

i plan on using 4 or 6 30w daylight cfls and same amount of lamps for flowering but im gonna use 32w warm white cfls...

do you think this will allow them to yeild very well?

and can anyone tell me if these will work also?
http://www.1000bulbs.com/products.php?cat=Air-Purifiers

[notorious P.O.T]

yeah i would say just buy like 3 bathroom fixture strips with either 5 or 6 light outlets in each and slap in a couple if daylights for veg and when it comes time to flower you can just swap em out for sum warm ones.. but you will need to wire it yourself .. but thats not hard at all ... then you should be set for lighting... you can get the fixtures at any hardware store