200 Watt Compact Flourscent Bulbs

[lumbo]

I have good luck vegging with compact fluorescent bulbs, so I was delighted to see that you can now buy 200-watt equivalent models. I switched out my 100-watters a week or so ago, and the plants are loving it. In fact, they do better than some others under a 600-watt MH. Go figure. They cost about $12 a piece on Amazon and draw 43 watts each, so it’s still a cost-effective alternative to a MH setup. I’m more concerned with results than cost, but these things win out in both cases.

Here’s a photo. As a “new member” I can only post one, apparently.

Great to see Overgrow back in business, BTW. I was member when it went down, and have missed the opportunity to share and learn in the years since.

[lumbo]

Here’s close-up.

[LemonadeJoe]

Hi lumbo, welcome to OG!

I’ve experimented with CFLs a lot, be sure to checkout my CFL thread

Experimenting with Compact fluorescent lights (CFL)

I've made plenty of experiments with goal to find best light type for keeping mothers and young plants in vegetative state. CFL's I've tried were available in two outputs: 115W and 180W and two colors (three including combination of both) of spiral spectrum: 2100°K (flower) and 6500°K (grow). I've used both power outputs and also experimented with flowering under 2700°K More powerfull type: [image] Establishing new mother plants under CFL: [image] [image] When using for grow phas…

p.s. hang around being logged in (read some topics) and your member status will upgrade to full member automatically - then you can upload more photos into single post…

[lumbo]

Thanks, LJ. Not to be a pain in the ass, but here’s what the MH grow looks like. They’re all getting switched over to the 600 watt HPS when they’re big enough and/or sexually mature. Bastard strain of feminized seeds, strictly organic.

[HydroPower]

Looks like nice and vigorous indica strain!

[SomeOldGuy]

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[LemonadeJoe]

@SomeOldGuy you are right, incandescent equivalent numbers are pretty confusing.

[lumbo]

Fair enough. Let’s just say the 43-watt bulbs I recently installed appear to be about twice as bright as the 23-watters they replace. The plants are responding accordingly.

[Stonervet68]

Hey there Mr.Lumbo, I am a newbee here also. My CFL’s come from Amazon also, 250 watts,6500K,manufactured by a company named Revolt. On the box it says the light generates 15,000 lumens from 250 Watts. However, this light cost around $55 instead of $12. I have a pair of them and they work perfect for my small scenario. I hope this info helps.

[LemonadeJoe]

Anyway, when it comes to blooming it is still HPS who is the king

[SomeOldGuy]

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[lumbo]

^^^^

I’m curious how often you need to water a plant that big in a small pot. I’m guessing, based on my experience, every day or two, which can get a little tricky. Of course, under CFLs, they’re probably less thirsty than with an HPS.

[SomeOldGuy]

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[lumbo]

Here’s an updated photo of the grow at the beginning of this thread, a week into flower under a 600 watt hps. This strain produces really big buds and these are exceptionally vigorous plants, so I’m expecting a decent yield in about 6 weeks.