your missing the point, a cfl will never be as good as an hps for flowering, 8 cfls equaling 150 watts, you can get a 150wtt hps that will give you so much better results. 150wtts isnt gonna get you a 1/2lb on 3 plants thats over 2 onces a plant. A newbie grower isnt going to achieve high results with minimal supplies. read up, this topic is a repeat over and over. Sticky threads are ones that actually have good important info. cfls or hids is a no brainer, you just work with what you got.
JackdaWack Reviewed by JackdaWack on . HID vs CFL in a small one plant situation, given light spectrums being ballanced between each situation and all other factors the same, would you see a difference between ~300 watts of CFL, and ~150 watts of CFL supplimented by say a small 50 or 75 watt HID? my main areas of concern are with potency, density, and mass, as well as time till maturation. Rating: 5