First timer, doing ok- switch to HPS from t5 for flower?

[Morbidangel]

Damn... reflectors are expensive!! Gotta pay to play I guess. I should have built a reflector out of scrap wood and mylar.. Anyways:

I hung the t5's on end for side lighting and hung the HPS relatively high to start, just to see what it does to the temperature. I'm glad I put in an extractor vent to the attic the other day, that should help a lot.

One more quick question: About 4 days ago, I transplanted all of them into 4 gal containers filled with fox farms original (i know... I should have used ocean forest). Anyway.. Should I let them veg for about a week to get the roots into the new soil, or will that happen anyway? I'd like to go to 12/12 pretty much right now.

Along with that- I understand the soil has enough nutes in it for a few weeks. Can I add "Big Bloom" now, or give them a couple weeks of 12/12 first? I also have been reading into molasses, so I might add those in weeks 4-7 of flower.

not bad so far for my first time i think. i seem to have enough lights now at least ;-). hard to take a pic, that HPS washes out the contrast quite a bit

IMHO i would wait a week or two after transplanting to make sure your plants dont go into shock and what not after transplanting them. Trying to flower a plant that is in shock is no good.When i transplant into new soil i just water with water/molasses for the first week or two untill the new soil is used up! Then add your nutes, no point in adding nutes the first week or two and run the risk of burning your plants.

Morbidangel Reviewed by Morbidangel on 11-18-2010. First timer, doing ok- switch to HPS from t5 for flower? Hey guys/gals... long time reader, first time poster. I've been around the interweb quite a bit trying to figure out if my lighting is adequate for flowering, and I'm coming up a little short. I started growing bagseed the 1st week of September, no idea what strain or species. Started in the garage with halogen work lights until they started to lose color and thus my new hobby began... reading, learning, patience, etc... The first thing I did was buy some t12 lights from a big box store Rating: 5

[gypski]

My two cents, you can give the Big Bloom anytime. It won't burn your plants and does help with the root structure and other nute uptake. And for flowering you want Tiger Bloom and a shot every now and again of Grow Big during flower if you are using FF. :smokin: