Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
24/0 is fine for vegging. it's up to you.
water when the pots feel light.
those tubes- are they 'aquarium and plant' tubes from the hardware store? if i were you i would switch to 'cool white' or 'kitchen and bath' type tubes for early vegging. you really want a lot of light i the blue range to help influence the babies towards femaleness.
yea they are the aquarium and plant lights, so i should swich to the cool white or kitchen now to promote early budding?? is vegging when they bud or when they are babys? what do you mean by blue range light? the 4 cfls im using are the daylight brightness ones "brightes that they sold they have "soft white, bright white and daylight"
cole Reviewed by cole on . hows this going now? grow box/first grow advice welcome so i got some scrap wood and built a little box, picked up a long tube light with 2 40 wt plant lights, and 4 100w equivalent (uses 27 w) and 1300 lumens each. Brand is n:Viion and they are the daylight brightness ones. for soil i went with earthgro topsoil , and osmocote indoor outdoor plant food.wich i mixed up with the soil before planting the sead, the plant food had this on it 10.0%ammoniacal nitrogen 9.0% nitrate nitrogen 6% avalable phosphate 12% soluble poash also the Rating: 5