Quote Originally Posted by lulu64
Hello Pushit,
I'm using a Hydrofarm Jump Start System which came with a 24" tube. It's 24 watt, T5, 6400K full daylight spectrum lamp with a reflector. I thought I'd use this until the plant is 12" -14" tall then switch over to 12/12 and then use a warm spectrum tube. I'm hoping for 1 girl. Since I'm new at this I didn't want to invest a lot of money. Do you think this would work, suggestions?
I use something pretty close to that for seedlings and clones. Even with the little ones i get alot of stretch until they go under the cfls. What im getting at is that youre not gonna have enough light. If you just want to grow 1 plant with ok results, I would suggest getting several cfls for it. Put a couple up top with the T5 and several going around the plant. Since you are only vegging til about 12" you might be able to get away with just 2/26watt cfls at the moment. But come flowering time, I would definitely add some side lighting. You can probably get the extra cfls, ext cord, and ys for under 25 bucks. You can also just get a couple a week and you wont really notice the money gone. Other than that it sounds like you are on the right track.