Start reading! Find any post by Stinky Attic and click on the link in her sig. Then, you might run a few terms through the search engine- "seedling", "light", "CFL", and "germination" would be a good start. Or just go to the grow forum and start with the stickies. Educate yourself! You have a wonderful resource in C.com, use it! When I grew for the first time (in the 70s) there was NOTHING! It was all guess work. Don't be lazy- READ!- Granny:hippy: