smotpoker
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I just bought some lights tonight, got home and noticed I got two different kinds of bulbs... All three are the spiral micro-flourescent bulbs.
My grow cabinet at the base is 2 square feet.
One of the bulbs is a 42 watt, 2600 lumen bulb. The other two are rated at 14,19,and 32 watts and 450,1100, and 1950 lumens... I am not sure whats going on with the variable rate on there. Can anyone explain that to me?
With the one bulb going at 2600 lumens and the other two at 1950 lumens each that puts me at 6500 lumens... I've read that you want to shoot for being in the 3000-5000 lumen range per square foot, is this correct?
How can I assure that the bulbs that have the variable rates are putting using the full 32 watts and putting out the 1950 lumens each?
Is my lighting sufficient for the square footage I am dealing with? Thanks for any help you can provide.
My grow cabinet at the base is 2 square feet.
One of the bulbs is a 42 watt, 2600 lumen bulb. The other two are rated at 14,19,and 32 watts and 450,1100, and 1950 lumens... I am not sure whats going on with the variable rate on there. Can anyone explain that to me?
With the one bulb going at 2600 lumens and the other two at 1950 lumens each that puts me at 6500 lumens... I've read that you want to shoot for being in the 3000-5000 lumen range per square foot, is this correct?
How can I assure that the bulbs that have the variable rates are putting using the full 32 watts and putting out the 1950 lumens each?
Is my lighting sufficient for the square footage I am dealing with? Thanks for any help you can provide.
