Lighting enough light ???

[old hippy]

Hi all, my first grow so im as green as my ladies I have 2x65w equivalent(325w) 2700k in a 1x1x2.6 metre cupboard do you think that's enough light for 2 plants. By the way they produce 4300 lumens each any advice you can give , will be welcomed

 

[Happy Horticulturist]

Generally you want 50 watts per square foot

I've never flowered plants with CFL so I can't really comment but I personally wouldn't use CFL for flowering. I've used it for veg before no problem. Generally though I would have like... 100+ Watt (real watt) CFL's like... 4 - 5 of them for about 1.2 x 1.2 meter space and even then I wanted more...

 

[namvet25]

Are those the ones with the bigger socket?Are you going to have reflectors for them?

 

[Feenix]

Are those the ones with the bigger socket?Are you going to have reflectors for them?

Moguls. Not easy to find sockets for them everywhere.

 

[GoAuto6]

This was grown under 300 actual watts of 2700 cfl's

So I can say, yes you can cfl all the way through
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[old hippy]

Hi chaps , glad to hear CFLS are up to the job. The bulbs are massive but have a E27 fitting (large screw in)and I got the adaptor to fit what I'm using of the same site. No reflector yet, as I got a bit ahead of myself. ( like a kid at Christmas when seeds turned up) just wanted to start my grow, anyway thanks for all advice it's much appreciated. Exellent site AFN im learning all the time:clap: