Cfl grow lights

[TURBoz]

When growing auto flowering plants can you use blue cfl lights or do you have to use red ones and there is no vegative stage for auto flowering plants so theres none of this 12\12 light crap please any info will help me make a choice on which cfl lights to pick

[humblepie]

if its an auto buy a red bulb and use this for the whole grow as these are for flowering and yes autos dont need 12/12. leave it on 18/6 for it whole life.
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[123]

Just because there isn't 12/12 doesn't mean you wouldn't need a red bulb to flower your plants to their best. You could use a blue bulb put you will get 'empty bud' no density and will be considerably smaller. I don't know much about autos but if i were i would probably use blue for about 2 weeks just at the start as i know the plants love blue cfls for veg then switch to a red for the rest of the time. Hope this helps, 123

[javadog]

you can use blue. its fine.

[allmix]

i would combine a red bulb with the blue or get a dual spectrum bulb
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[mellowed]

They will flower with a blue cfl mate but the yeid won't be great and you could veg on a red cfl but it will be slow. So ideally you want one of each.

They will also start to flower regardless of what lighting cycle they are on aswell.

[The Ashman]

blue = veg, red = flower, but i dont think it matters too much with autos as long as they get 18hrs it should be ok.
At the mo im growing autos (lr2) but im using both 250w blue cfl and the same red.
If i had to pick only 1 i think it would be the red 1, as theres more flower time than seedling/veg time.

5 replys by the time i wrote this, go-on thc, what a site.

[123]

blue = veg, red = flower, but i dont think it matters too much with autos as long as they get 18hrs it should be ok.
At the mo im growing autos (lr2) but im using both 250w blue cfl and the same red.
If i had to pick only 1 i think it would be the red 1, as theres more flower time than seedling/veg time.

I agree if you cant buy both buy red but if you can buy both and you might need it for when you grow a strain that isnt auto ?

[The Ashman]

I agree if you cant buy both buy red but if you can buy both and you might need it for when you grow a strain that isnt auto ?

yeah m8 spot on, thats why i got both, im doing autos coz its my 1st grow and their meant to be a piece of psss to grow, and their going to be ready 1 week before cristmas, but after that i fancy trying some none auto.

[TURBoz]

Thanks for the advice everyone i think il get both types of lights