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i have 2/40 watt flo lights, and i also have 2/300 watt clear lights, question is which 1 do i use on a 1 week old plant? in a 4x6 grow room.4 plants

You really need all of the wattage you can get bro. I really don't think those lights you have are going to do you any good at all but I get into the expensize stuff myself. Take a look here at what I use. www.bghydro.com Now if you are starting out cheap or just trying to get the hang of growing you could use those spiral fluro tubes as seen in this thread http://boards.cannabis.com/showthrea...t=31150&page=1 until you decide to step it up a bit. In closing here's a free but not real detailed reference on cannabis growing you can use www.weedfarmer.com
Hope I was of help to you in some way or another. Remember if you fail don't give up just try harder. This shit takes alot of trail and error. I've been doing it for over twelve years trust me I know. :)

your 'clear' lights sound like incandescents, if thats true then throw them out.. they are useless

your flo lights will be ok for now, i have seen many small grows do very well under just flos ... but you will need alot more than 80w for 4 plants
by the time you buy enough flos to get a good grow going you could have almost bought a small HID system .. both have their advantages and drawbacks, most people go HID, i have done both, am in the middle of an all flo grow now, but my MAIN setup is a hps light with some extra flo tubes on the walls for side lighting

if your set on flos, then get at least triple what you have now and distribute it evenly between the tops and sides of the plants ... keep all the flo lights within a few inches of the plants if ya can

Mighty I'm just curious do you use a tube fluro for side light? I use a 1000watt DayStar AC to just penatrate the compound leaves instead of iluminating the sides but I figure either way is just as effective. What do you think bro?

thanks for the info. iam looking to order this 1000w hps chrome reflector system from inside sun for 200.00 . does that sound like what i need?

here are some pics

Hi there Mobay. You may be interested in this here. Let me know ok. Thanks.

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=40336

You have to keep in mind you don't ever want to put 1000 watts into a small area or you will roast anything in the space.

my grow space requires 840 sq ft, so i would have to go with 1000. is that right?

Oh yeah. Sorry I thought you had a small grow space. 1000 watt would be right.