Lighting Cfl question

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Im just trying to work my lumens out. I have a mixture of daylight and warm white CLFs. My wattage for daylight bulbs is 115W total. (Thats there true wattage, not the equivilent) and i have 90W of warm white. Im just finding it hard to get my head round it, im terrible when it comes to this sort of thing. Any help would be appreciated. :)
 
If you still have the package they came in the lumens will be on the box.What wattage is each of your bulbs and how many are there?
 
Well i have 2X25w and a 65w at 6400k and 2X45w and a 20w ar 2400k. Dont have the packaging anymore -_- my grow area is 70cm high 80cm wide and 45cm deep. Im basicly just trying to work out if ive got a good amount of lumens for that size grow area. Looking to grow 3 short plants in there
 
Forget the lumens:)
Think about watts per surface unit.

I have a grow box 50x40 with 6x25W 6500K cfls, it proved to be quite the right light intensity for short plants.
It comes at around 650W per square meter, so if you put this number in your setup, you come at 570W/m^2, which should also be enough if light is reflected properly(get some good reflective material).

If you don't aim for huge plants, I think the lights should work, but if you want more, add some watts!
 
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