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Originally Posted by keyunit  yep i think its 6500 from what i can google, is the grow any slower under cfl? might be moving house in about 2 and half months so dont really have extra time. if its the same then thats a nice cash saver!! |
not really as you then in the right spec of light for grow - you have less lumen per watt but higher energy density with a blue spec.
besides, bit slower grow rate buys you time and space if you look at this from the perspective of a MMG - you want quality buds and to get those you have to grow from matured plants. now maturing a plant takes 4 to 12 weeks normally and depends on the strains gens and not light sources or other environmental factors. now with a bit slower grow rate the size of the plant stays more manageable then one grown with HPS.
oh, and moving plants is no big deal - i move huge 6-8 plants already for quite some distance, just cover them up, if they still small pack em in a box and they good to go
you couldn't finish those in 2 month anyway if you want some bud out of this grow - just flowering takes between 7 to 16 weeks depending on the strain. so you will have to take em along anyways - either as plants or clones.
if you prune/top em well and do some LST (wiring them down so that they can't grow directly into height) you can keep em under 6" and get a huge an bushy plant with possibility for several huge colas in flower. and you get shoals of cutting you can clone.
and clones are great, they have the genetic age of the plant they cut from - so cut down the time of veg to gain a matured plant to flower, keep the plant sex you cut it from (so if you flower a clone you can determine the sex of your plant) and save you seeds, money and time later on.