you can grow very good plants exclusively under fluorescents ... but, you should switch lamps out to a 'warm' spectrum, usually around 2700K or so, for flowering ... regardless, I have grown out very potent plants over the years using nothing but cool white fluorescent tubes for the entire length of the grow, which is NOT recommended (I didn't know any better) ... but, the plants still grew well, just not as good as possible ... after expanding to twelve 4-foot tubes (35,000 lumens), I finally switched to a 400hps, just due to the weight of adjusting the 12 tubes ... (in some ways, I still prefer the fluoro tubes) ... :smokin:
roadcam Reviewed by roadcam on . Appropriate lighting for flowering stage? I understand that flourescents are ideal for a couple plants but are not ideal for the flowering stage as they dont produce enough light for larger plants as demand is too high. What lighting do you reccommend i switch to once my plants are ready to bud?? .... keeping in mind that i only have 3 females help is appreciated Rating: 5