Leaving for 3 days

[spededdy]

I just planted all my germinated seeds in some soil, i am gonna be leaving for 3 days, the plants havent sprouted yet, should i water really good and will they be ok? and btw i got 3 cfls on like 10 of them lol, but ill move when they sprout, how many plants can i use with 3 cfls? thanks?

spededdy Reviewed by spededdy on 05-22-2009. Leaving for 3 days I just planted all my germinated seeds in some soil, i am gonna be leaving for 3 days, the plants havent sprouted yet, should i water really good and will they be ok? and btw i got 3 cfls on like 10 of them lol, but ill move when they sprout, how many plants can i use with 3 cfls? thanks? Rating: 5

[fluid69]

many watts are the cfl's? and what's your square footage?

[spededdy]

23watts, and 4 square feet

[fluid69]

23watts, and 4 square feet

you'll need atleast a couple more IMO. check out the cfl link in my sig, should help you out. I think you're getting about 1200 lumens per square foot, the bare min. is 2000 lumens. really the more the better. as far the # of plants I'd say 2 or 3 maybe.

[spededdy]

well, is it ok if i water them before i leave for 3 days?

[fluid69]

yeah they should be fine.

[Italiano715]

should i water really good and will they be ok?

too much water is bad too IMO.....Also how close are these lights going to be when you leave because if they are too close, whatever does sprout might end up getting burned by the light, as they seem to be a bit lanky when cannabis first sprouts.

Also I wouldn't really worry about only having 3 CFL on them for now as that should be plenty efficient for your sprouts.

[spededdy]

ya, there about 2 inches from plant. i will have to move them to maybe 5 inches? Also, i used some shitty soil, and it is realy chunky it does have peralite though is this ok?

[syde00]

going away right when they are sprouting isn;t really a great idea.. i imagine its unavoidable though.

the problem is they will sprout and stretch up really fast right away to get close to the light.. you'll probably be fine around 5 inches though.

you are going to need ALOT more light later on if you want to be satisfied with your grow, 3 CFLs isn;t going to cut it.

oh and *typically* 23w CFLs are 1600 lumens a piece, i've seen them upwards of 1750 though, 1600 is the most common around where i am though.

[spededdy]

i came back and they stretched a little, not much though im excited thanks