Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp
Thanks for the link DP! I checked it out quickly yesterday and it seems they have what I need and for quite more reasonable prices than what I saw at a different website.

As mentioned, I currently have some sprouts going - so I had to take action just to hedge my bet for the time being. Yesterday I went out and bought the best CFL I could find for vegging purpose. It's a 27W ("100 equivalent") 5500K, 14000 lumen 'True Color' bulb. I built a tiny, less than 2 sq. "bin" lined with white vinyl canvas I had laying around - just so I'm losing as little light as possible. The lamp droop's into the bin - however it (the bin) has no top, so I'm still losing light from above. That's okay for now, in my opinion.

I think I have 5 sprouts and then 1 plant thats a week and a half. The space seems okay for a short time, but the more and more reading I do, even for such tiny plants, I think I might need at least one more CFL until I build another enclosure. (Comments?)

I have no nutrients on hand... yet. However I do have a steady supply of fish pond water that is filtered through a homemade tri-layered sand filter at 2000 gph... Plus theres chicken grit as a ph buffer. ( Ie. this isn't disgusting water, personally if I was in an extreme bind, I'd drink from this water.) I presume this is a nutrient rich water supply, however I'm not sure how far it will go. I know it's not the best to start plants on a feeding schedule until a couple weeks old however I figured this was pretty natural water and I gave a tad to all of my kids last night. It seems like all responded well, all but one opened up tennie little leaves over night. Any opinions on that would be appreciated.