what cfl do you recommend for flowering?
488423
Depends on what and how much you're trying to grow. For one plant this is great, as the number of plants increase you will eventually need more lights.
488424
You MUST use a bulb with a lot of red in it. If you use cfl's, stick with warm white (sometimes called soft white). The important thing to look at is the color temperature. For flowering you want a 2700K bulb. No higher than 3000K. Avoid middle of the road spectrums altogether. Anything with "daylight" on it probably won't work for flowering OR vegging. Just remember that vegging is blue (5500K or higher) and flowering is red (3000K or lower).
2073152
Yes, you can use CFLs. I put small flood bulb in mine to use as a task light. Works and looks great.
2060784
I have not tried on CFL's only in use on chandelier lights with 25-60W candelabra standard bulbs.
1233984
Hello! There is nothing extra that's needed to compliment this light's spectrum for flowering as it is already the absolute most complete spectrum that you can create using LED lights once both switches are used for flowering purpose. We use our proprietary 11-band spectrum which has been tuned, tried and tested for years with incredible results. If you're looking to not compliment the spectrum but compliment the *overall light footprint*, then that's a different story! 2 of these in a 4x4 tent would allow a very tight panel height above plant tops and only yield more and more. Or, step up to the 150x3w model.. Hello! There is nothing extra that's needed to compliment this light's spectrum for flowering as it is already the absolute most complete spectrum that you can create using LED lights once both switches are used for flowering purpose. We use our proprietary 11-band spectrum which has been tuned, tried and tested for years with incredible results. If you're looking to not compliment the spectrum but compliment the *overall light footprint*, then that's a different story! 2 of these in a 4x4 tent would allow a very tight panel height above plant tops and only yield more and more. Or, step up... » Read More Hello! There is nothing extra that's needed to compliment this light's spectrum for flowering as it is already the absolute most complete spectrum that you can create using LED lights once both switches are used for flowering purpose. We use our proprietary 11-band spectrum which has been tuned, tried and tested for years with incredible results. If you're looking to not compliment the spectrum but compliment the *overall light footprint*, then that's a different story! 2 of these in a 4x4 tent would allow a very tight panel height above plant tops and only yield more and more. Or, step up to the 150x3w model.. « Show Less
385481
Yes the ipower hps 600 watt is a great light for the price I use them myself plus i keep two on my self for spares. I use 2 ipower 600 watt cool tubes and they great for flowering
2165488
You can select a 2700K bulb for this fixture when you check out. Although I haven't used this particular light for that purpose, I'm sure the 2700K bulb would do great for the growth and flowering stages.
1047429
Not sure what a cfl bulb is. I don't no why you would want anything other then a 3 way. It's a great feature. Tell what a cfl is and I will try it.
1536333
Well CFL would be if you're using compact fluorescent bulbs, and INC would be if you're using normal incandescent light bulbs. So switch it on whatever type of light bulbs you're using.
1175123
Yes, one of the better options for doing so. For vegetative growth I recommend you have full spectrum or "blue" spectrum bulbs. 5400 Kelvin? That's from memory. If that's off the answers are a Google search away
2017492
I have two of these lamps. My bulbs are still good but here what i would do-- I just searched amazon for "300w cfl" and several products came up. I would probably get the "Square Perfect Professional Quality 85 Watt Compact Fluorescent Full Spectrum Photo Bulb Photography" Best of luck to you!
1378348
The bulbs are really good quality CFL which I did not expect for CFL. It is a Soft White 225W equivalent using only 45W. Light output is 2600 Lumine at 5500 K. I had great performance with my digital but took a while to figure best flash configuration. The whole set of equipment is very good with exception that white backdrop is a little thin needing double-up (of course black/green backdrop was not a problem).
1036510
you could use HPS bulb for both veg & flower, but your plants will tend to stretch more during the veg phase. If you could, I would recommend using the mh for veg
1756403
I have CFL bulbs soft lighting with matching wattage of 40 watts per bulb and it gives a nice glow but perhaps too soft for homework but I think if I upped the wattage in my fixture to 60 watt equivalent it would be fine for homework. It is a lovely fixture.
1561997
This would be a good bulb for rooting and growing clones or seedlings. A flowering plant would prefer a color temperature of under 3000k. To provide enough light to a 2'x2' space, I would recommend 4 of these. That is, if you are trying to maximize plant development.
840360
Yes, CFL works, but I don't like the "warm up" time it takes them to hit their stated lumen output. The unit clearly states the maximum watts the unit can handle - which is pretty high.Like a previous responder, I switched over to led's. More expensive, of course.
71575
try this link.http://www.lightexports.com/servlet/the-7504/Compact-Fluorescent-27w%2C-CFL/Detail
693910
It comes with a 25-Watt CFL bulb. The instructions state that is the highest wattage CFL to use, and that a 100-Watt incandescent is the highest wattage of that type to use.