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Flower With 6500K CFLS ?

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prop215

Has anyone ever flowered with 6500K daylight CFLS ? Would 6 42W 6500K cfls flower 1 plant in a mini scrog well enough? Before you say "get 2700K bulbs" dont waste yours and my time by telling me this as it isnt an option at this time.. I have 1 G13 Labs Diesel plant in a mini scrog under 6 42W 6500K cfls and would like input on how well the plant will flower under them.

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cork144

yes they will still flower, i think bud dencity will rise but the yeild wont be too badly damanged, cfls still give out some of the flower spectrum.
 
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prop215

thanks alot for the reply.. Im using 6 of these 42W DAYLIGHT CFL's for a 1 plant 2'x1' mini scrog >

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I was going to add a 400W hps but I had some unforseen expenses ( damn car broke down ) this month so I cannot get the 400W HPS/6 inch inline fan/carbon filter like I was planning ( not right now , but I am in a few months ) .. By the time I buy more CFL's/adapters/cords etc I may as well just buy the HPS ( found a 400W hps shipped for 120.00 im gonna buy in a few months ). So I just cannot justify buying more CFL's just for flowering since im going to get a 400W hps next grow anyway.. You know what I mean? And besides its just a single plant mini scrog.
 
bluebublelove

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Yeah man, you can flower under those lights, however you will not get the same light penetration you would get from other hid lights.

you may want to consider offsetting a few of the bulbs in other parts of the room to insure that light gets to all budsites like around the sides of the box or somthing.
 
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prop215

bluebublelove said:
Yeah man, you can flower under those lights, however you will not get the same light penetration you would get from other hid lights.

you may want to consider offsetting a few of the bulbs in other parts of the room to insure that light gets to all budsites like around the sides of the box or somthing.
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penetration is not an issue as I said im doing a mini scrog. My little box ( for this scrog grow ) is only 2' x 1 1/2' x 2'...I will be getting an HPS at a later date.
 
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prop215

Barney Fife said:
Yes, I ended up with alot of stretchy branches and fluffanoogin buds.
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lol.. well thats two diff replies.. the guy above you said it will cause denser buds but less yield.. And you say it will cause fluffy buds.. I tend to agree with the fluffy bud theory, but I will see I suppose. I dont have a choice in the matter this time. I was just wondering if anyone has flowered with 6500K cfls and what the outcome was.

thanks for the replies guys
 
grow1620

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I've had good results under 6500k cfls. dense buds and a good yield, I presonally think thast it might be a little strain dependant...I have one strain that seemed to do better under 6500k but all my other strains do better under ~3000k .. yield is usually comparable but tric development is the main difference I noticed....like all my strains but the one practically exploded with trics a few days after being moved under "warm whites" from "daylights"

I like to think that I've tried both...and as far as one vs the other I would definitely go with the lower K to flower with. Ideally I think the 2 spectrums should be mixed at 1:2 ratio, ie...3000k 3000k 6500k
 
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cork144

prop215 said:
lol.. well thats two diff replies.. the guy above you said it will cause denser buds but less yield.. And you say it will cause fluffy buds.. I tend to agree with the fluffy bud theory, but I will see I suppose. I dont have a choice in the matter this time. I was just wondering if anyone has flowered with 6500K cfls and what the outcome was.

thanks for the replies guys
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if kept close to the plants, it shouldnt cause fluffy buds, with a scrog youll do fine.

6400k causes less stretch, so the guy who posted lanky branches probably didnt have the bulbs close enough, or used too much nitrogen
 
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cork144

well even if i might be wrong on that, your wrong that 6400k causes more stretch, the stretch and fluffy buds were probably phenotype dependant, not due to the spectrum of bulb
 
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prop215

yea my plant is super duper bushy.. I am running 24/0 so im sure that helps keep it short and tight nodes.. I know its gonna stretch like crazy in flower though..
 
magiccannabus

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If you could at least add as many "soft white" as "daylight", you'll get better results. Still, what you have looks good.
 
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prop215

yea I know, but i'm just gonna hold off and put the money towards an HPS instead of more CFL's/adapters/cords/strips etc etc..
 
b00m

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Hey bro, you will do fine with those bulbs just keep them close and you'll be impressed. Happy Gardening.
Peace.
 
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prop215

Do you guys think a space that is 24'' wide, 30'' tall and 14'' deep will be too small for a 400W HPS? I plan on using a 6 inch 435CFM inline fan for exhaust. I am using a low profile container for the soil and the scrog screen is 20'' from the top of the cab. Ambient temps will be around 60F-65F. I am going to utilize a central AC floor vent in the room and a stragically cut hole in the bottom of the cab to cool it by placing the cab directly over the AC floor vent ( in the summer ) ..Actually its a modified 3 "chamber" dresser .. the middle chamber is for the plants, left chamber will be for the cool air/floor AC Vent intake going into 2 - 4'' intake holes into the middle chamber that has the plant(s) to cool the cab and the right chamber will be for the exhaust fan/carbon filter etc..But I wont be doing this with the floor AC vent until next summer ( lol ).. But like I said I can easily keep the ambient temps down to around 60F in this room during this winter by simply closing the heat vents. So this winter I am just going to use cool ambient air intake . Do you think I can get away with a 400W HPS or will the space just be too small?
 
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