Best to use 6500k alone, or with 3000k?

[ryanhayn]

Here's what lighting i have for my small box setup: 2 warm white 42watt cfl's i think at 2700 lumens each, and 2 cool white 30watt cfls each at 2000 lumens.

should i buy more cool white for vegging or can i just throw all four or combination of to get more light in there? or should i only use one spectrum at a time?

ryanhayn Reviewed by ryanhayn on 11-26-2006. Best to use 6500k alone, or with 3000k? Here's what lighting i have for my small box setup: 2 warm white 42watt cfl's i think at 2700 lumens each, and 2 cool white 30watt cfls each at 2000 lumens. should i buy more cool white for vegging or can i just throw all four or combination of to get more light in there? or should i only use one spectrum at a time? Rating: 5

[BONG0]

If you have it in a box use the cool white, it is too contained of an area for any heat, keep it to a minimum. have good ventalation, you should get a High Pressure Sdoium to bud with, it wont be worth your time if u dont, u wont get good yeald.

[ryanhayn]

i'm limited to cfls right now. should i bud with all 4 or just warm white?

[BONG0]

it is good to have a spectrum mix of 70% Blue and 30% red BUT in your case because of the closeness of the lights and the small box you want to use ALL COOL WHITE dayligt CFLs.

[BONG0]

Return your warm white to the place u got it from and use the store credit to get some more cool whites, they should give u a card to use with the amount returnd on it, if its at like Walmart or Target

[ryanhayn]

i'm stuck with the bulbs i have now. the warms were bought from home depot and the cools from the navy exchange.

i was thinking of starting with 2 cools and 1 warm. would this be okay?

[BONG0]

yea that could be acceptible if u can keep tempertures down, u can return stuff to home depo, tell them u want a store card of the amount returned and u wanna use it tword cool white CFLs