The 2 month old plant is officially dead :(
But with death, there is new beginning...... my seedlings have sprouted!
4 or 5 little sprouts popped up today... unfortunately I only have room in my set-up for 1 single 10 inch diameter pot. Perhaps I will try to transplant or kill the 2 or 3 weakest and then leave the 2 healthiest-looking plants growing together in the pot.
The seedlings are in the 60% - 40% peat moss and perlite mix with two 40 watt CFL's and one 23 watt CFL, for a total of 100 watts and 7150 lumens, under a 20 hours on, 4 hours off light cycle.
I am wondering if I should remove the 23 watt CLF, thus reducing the wattage and lumens to 80 watts and 5400 lumens. I ask this because I have read that in flowering, there should be at least twice as much light as the plants received in veg. In my small set up, I think I will only be able to fit enough CFL's to provide around 11,000 or 12,000 lumens maximum. So would it be better to veg under the current 7,150 lumens and then flower with 11 or 12 thousand, or veg under 5400 lumens, so when I switch to 11 or 12 thousand it will be double what they received in veg?
Also, how long can the peat moss/ perlite mix sustain the seedlings before I need to begin fertilizing? I am guessing I shall start feeding after 2 weeks? Then start flower stage after 5 weeks?
Still not much of a vent system: I had a small fan running at the bottom of my grow bucket, with the top of the bucket open for air to vent out I guess... unfortunately the fan runs on batteries.... after visiting every store in town, I could not find ANY small fans...
