flowering with 6400k

[dreamci]

hello, i have 2 lowryders that started to flower , can i use 6400k cfls or i have to use 2700k. thanks

 

[IceColdCrickets]

you can use 6400K but the bud density and structure might become less tight and more airy. Which my make your yeild suffer... but it can be done. You will still harvest something good.

ICC

 

[punx777]

cough, get an hps.

but, idk, how many cfls would it take to get a decent yield?

 

[Lord Doobie]

about 7000 lumens per square foot...I've read this a couple of places...coils are so cheap, I'd switch to 2700k

 

[dreamci]

i can switch to 12/12 with 2700k or can use 18/6 with 6400k . what do you suggest , i have little space in my closet so cant get hps.

 

[dbfr3sh]

i suggest 24hrs with a mixed spectrum..why would you give auto flowers dark periods?

 

[dreamci]

because i have other normal plants going too

 

[S_a_H]

Here is a Blue Streak I did running 24/7 with 2 6400k CFL bulbs from start to finish.

S_a_H

 

[dreamci]

it seems great but i cant do 24/0 as there are other plants vegging

 

[dontae1000]

you can use 6400K but the bud density and structure might become less tight and more airy. Which my make your yeild suffer... but it can be done. You will still harvest something good.

ICC

the 6800-6400 k color bulbs actually make tighter bud, not looser.

 

[Denial N Error]

cough, get an hps.

but, idk, how many cfls would it take to get a decent yield?

My last CFL run was like 80-90G dry under 168W of CFL, so not too bad.

 

[punx777]

hellll yea denial n error, that ain't bad at all how many plants did you have goin?

 

[Eternaldust7]

My last CFL run was like 80-90G dry under 168W of CFL, so not too bad.

Thats awesome. I'm hoping for a similar yeild from my 5 AFs in hydro under about 300 watts of CFL (mixed spectrum, also mixed with regular strains)

 

[tejashidrow]

Hey dreamm... Go 20 hours on, 4 hours off....
This will keep your vegging plants AND your vegging plants and autos should be happy.
I have NEVER grown auto YET.. but gonna and done a LOT of reading. Go w/ 20/4 and DO NOT change the light cycle. (at least thats what ive read...) pax