I bought 3 packs of 4 phillips 23 watt / 1600 lumen bulbs from home depot and used every lamp/bulb adapter and extension cord i had in the house- I do have a grow log going called “CFL Closet - Round 2”
8 of the bulbs are 2700k and 4 of them are 6500k
Using FF big bloom / tea / molasses for flower.
Wow that’s interesting to hear… I thought the 1600s were a bit much on the heat as i want to literally touch them to the light because of the CFL penetration but i feel like i have to keep them just far enough away to not get good buds (not to mention the non-focused lumens going in all directions.
Did a lot of leaf gymnastics making sure as much surface area was being hit as possible to get those results…very happy with 3 of the plants… the others came in small due to not enough 3+ gal pots but i cloned them and will be flowering out the last 4 clones better.
Going to try solstrips for an LED solution next - I’ll have to look into LED heat buildup as i just sort of htought it wasn’t all that much… i know its not as bad as HID at least though.