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12-11-2007, 11:27 AM #15
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Basic stuff - not answered in sticky
I did all my vegging under a pair of 40w T12 shop light tubes happily for years. You can grow some very nice plants, and a PAIR of shop lights totalling 4 tubes (cool white, daylight, or kitchen and bath- I use cool white personally) is even better.
Originally Posted by BroedOut
Keep them 2" from the plant tops at the most. The nice thing about the T12 cool white tubes is that they give off so little heat that your plnats can grow right up into the fixture and not get burned instantly like hotter lights. I'm a HUGE fan.
62 degrees is too low; when you get your lights up and running if you can keep temps at 68-80, you are fine. If you can't do that with just your grow lights, consider adding a seedling heat mat under the pots, that's a $25 investment that will keep the plants VERY happy. A heat lamp is also a possibility, especially if you can mount it under a shelf or something so it heats from below. If the soil temperature is correct, the plant itself can thrive under slightly lower temps than normal. Soil chemistry starts to suck royal ass in the low 60s and the roots can't function properly.
Don't listen to Klondike Bar; he's full of it. He's been banned before for posting piss-poor grow advice.
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