Hello - first time grower and was hoping for a bit of advice. Just setting up my grow space for my first grow - just going to try the one plant to see how it goes before doing anything more heavy duty. Have been researching lighting and trying to figure out what works best. Decided to go with cfls at first (cost) but have gotten myself in a bit of a muddle with with wattage and lumens...
ended up purchasing 11w that equal 60w only to then read that the 60w is useless as its the 11w that counts. Was looking at the lumens though and over 600 for each lightbulb which would give me 3000 with 5 which was the plan. The light spectre is 6500k as well which was my main focus. Not looking for a big yield - more wanting to grow the first plant and then improve.
My questions is whether i can go ahead with the above light bulbs or whether I would be best to return them (when they finally arrive) and get ones with a bigger wattage. I do have a couple of 2700k 40 - 60w bulbs as well so I could mix it up?
my seeds are feminised northern lights and planning on growing in soil if that helps....
Any advice greatly appreciated
ended up purchasing 11w that equal 60w only to then read that the 60w is useless as its the 11w that counts. Was looking at the lumens though and over 600 for each lightbulb which would give me 3000 with 5 which was the plan. The light spectre is 6500k as well which was my main focus. Not looking for a big yield - more wanting to grow the first plant and then improve.
My questions is whether i can go ahead with the above light bulbs or whether I would be best to return them (when they finally arrive) and get ones with a bigger wattage. I do have a couple of 2700k 40 - 60w bulbs as well so I could mix it up?
my seeds are feminised northern lights and planning on growing in soil if that helps....
Any advice greatly appreciated
