using cfl's. how best to place them

[midlifecrisis]

hi my plants are in flower and im using 5 cfl''s over 3 plants white widow. thats two 30 w cfl's and three 20 w cfls. thats about 420 whats from all lights i think. buds are not huge at this time about 4 weeks flowering. any tips or hints would be greatly apreciated and welcomed. thanks

I think you might be getting your watts confused, 420 watts is probably the incandescent equivalent your cfls put out.....you want to go by the actual watts of the cfl 2x30 + 3x20 = 120 watts....that is not much for three girls.

Most hardware stores will carry 43 watt cfls (about 6 bucks ea.)....warm color lights for flowering....

I have a two plant cab with 385 watts of floros and I still want to add more lights......

Good luck to ya...

[Garden Knowm]

brook.. send me lots of pictures NOW..

iloveyou

[justaseed]

cfl's are great for small scrogs. this was my 335 watt cfl only scrog cabinet(2ftx2ftx2.5ft). it yeilded a qp regularly and the buds were pretty dense. i was extremely suprised with the quality/quantity at my first cfl harvest!

[halospaceboy]

hi midlife, so i need more lights? i can only find 30w and they cost around 16euro. how much light do u think i need? for my girls. hay just a seed how manyy plants in there looking very good.

[hudson88]

Hi halo, i'm using around 150w of cfl's in a space 2ft x 1.5ft. I'm near harvest now you can check my grow thread at http://boards.cannabis.com/showthrea...40715&posted=1 to give you an idea what sort of results to expect. My buds arn't as big as i'd hoped so for my next grow i'm gonna up the lights to about 250w. The regular cfl's can get expensive as you need a lot, i've got a 125w envirolite which cost around 30 euros, It saves on wiring loads of cfl's too. Just something to think about.

Yeah justaseed your grow looks really good, hope my next grow looks as good!

Peace :rasta:

[midlifecrisis]

wow...16 euros, that's $20 US....my wallet feels sorry for you...over here a 6 pack of 26 watt floros is $16 US...
I would try to get at least 100 watts per plant, my first grow was with 3 - 43 watt floros on two plants and it did ok....I added 85 more watts on the next grow and it did better, now I'm up to 400 watts and they're looking better still....
The envirolite that Hudson mentioned sounds like it would be your best bet.

[Volker]

cfl's are great for small scrogs. this was my 335 watt cfl only scrog cabinet(2ftx2ftx2.5ft). it yeilded a qp regularly and the buds were pretty dense. i was extremely suprised with the quality/quantity at my first cfl harvest!

Woo hoo! That gives me hope for mine. Mine total 290W. Looks like same basic concept, slightly different approaches. Currently most in 2700K cuz im starting bud next week.

[halospaceboy]

hudson man u got a pic of that envirolight so i no what to look for
thanks everyone for ur help

[hudson88]

Hey halo, here's a link to a 200 watt envirolite system, to show you what they look like, i got a 125w bulb for £20 and paid £10 for the fitting and cable from a local hydro store. Most hydro shops will sell them or there's loads of companies online that sell them, just do a google search for envirolite, also you can get them from ebay.

Peace :rasta:

[midlifecrisis]

http://www.envirolites.co.uk/

http://www.3countieshydroponics.co.u...envirolite.htm

http://www.starlitesystems.co.uk/aca..._Lighting.html