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Huskerfan47

So this winter I plan to grow one, maybe two bhut plants and I have a couple of questions about indoor lighting.
Today I disassembled a lamp so I could get it to hang upside down and wondered if one plain old soft white CFL would be able to supply enough light for the plants at least while the plants are smaller. In addition to this I have a south facing window that receives sunlight for a few hours during the day that I will be able to use, will this be sufficient? Instead of a soft white bulb should I get a daylight bulb? (I've heard the daylight bulbs are better for developing foliage and the soft whites for flowering/ pod production
 
But would just one of these bulbs be sufficient light for one, maybe two seedlings, I have used the search function and mainly found people using fluorescent lights
 
Personally I think it would be better to acquire a T5 HO, it will save you a lot of frustration in the long run.

Hope things are successful for you.
 
T5 is alright I had similar results with a T8 but a mix of 2500K and 5000+K is better a GOOD led panel may give better results and maybe move them under a MH or HPS setup for a week or two to get flowers opening....depends what your desired outcome is a good start for next year or peppers indoors.
 
If your goal is to start the plants indoors then move them out later, I would go ahead and invest in either a T5 HO fluorescent fixture or a 400 watt metal halide. You can get a decent 400 watt MH for under $150, and it will efficiently cover say a 3' x 3' area for starting a few plants. You'll get very good growth out of it.

If you go the CFL route you'll end up nickle and dime-ing yourself into spending more money than you initially planned, and you still won't have as nice a system. If this is something you're going to be doing for the long term, you'll end up saving money overall by buying a good system up front.
 
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