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I have just planted my crystal seeds in soil and they have just poked there little heads out i was wondering when i should put them under my light which is a 400w metal halide (sorry about spelling) they are on my window ledge at the moment. should i wait untill they are a few inches tall i dont want to burn them any info would be great thanks.................:dance:
they wont be burned unless the bulb is too close, thus they get burned from the bulb's heat.. if u put them by ur window, u might get poor results.. if u put them under the metal halide, u'll get better results.. whatever's in ur capacity to.. u can get them started wit a regular cfl bulb.. 2 25w ones would probably be fine in ur case.. then u could use the mH later on, perhaps during flowering..
put them under the light now, just no to close
I second that. Get it off the windowsill ASAP and under the MH.
Just for reference, I keep my 400w MH 8 inches away. You have to raise the light an inch every day or 2.
thanks for all the info guys ill do that asap i have to have my light quite far away as it is a high bay so it makes alot of heat
Pricey, im problably wrong but is your name Billy? Dont worry if not, im probably stoned. and yeah, id say get your light onto it right now before they start stretching. They will take all the light you can possibly give them. Just make sure the light isnt too close. MH = 6-10 inches away. CFL = 1-2 inches away.
Good luck.
no mate my name is not billy but thanks for the post