seeds arrival!

[RastaKaze]

i got my CD (WINK WINK) today, 10 hindu kush 10 big bud.. I placed the two strains between seperate paper towels around 5 pm today, they are sitting on saucers in top of the grow closet... its 8:42 now im going to give them a lil' water around 12 and call it day.. hopefully to be greeted by some newborns in the morning i will create my log after the first day of 18/6

RastaKaze Reviewed by RastaKaze on 08-25-2005. seeds arrival! i got my CD (WINK WINK) today, 10 hindu kush 10 big bud.. I placed the two strains between seperate paper towels around 5 pm today, they are sitting on saucers in top of the grow closet... its 8:42 now im going to give them a lil' water around 12 and call it day.. hopefully to be greeted by some newborns in the morning :) i will create my log after the first day of 18/6 Rating: 5

[RastaKaze]

oh and i changed a few thing with the closet i have my flowering room on the bottom, then, directly above the shelf and homeade reflectors is the vegging room. i have a row of 4 20w plant light florescents, each puttin out 9000 lumens each so i got what 3200 altogether then a 400w hps for flowering

[RastaKaze]

oh and i changed a few thing with the closet i have my flowering room on the bottom, then, directly above the shelf and homeade reflectors is the vegging room. i have a row of 4 20w plant light florescents, each puttin out 9000 lumens each so i got what 3200 altogether then a 400w hps for flowering

not 9000 lumens each, sorry, im stoned, its 900

[HARDDON]

How big is your room?

You want no less than 2800 Lumens per sq foot and 5000 per sq. is ok, but, ideally 7000 or more is what the plants needs.

At 3200 lumens you can grow a portion of a plant. IF ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON HER AND HER ALONE.

Not trying to be a dick, just asking you if you have thought this out.

4 20W flo's just arent going to make you happy and you have some very nice seeds you are going to grow but the yelid will be sadly low. UGLY LOW.

And also, I think your box is lying to you. A 20W flo will NOT put out a true 900 lumens of light. It might say 20W = 60W equal to 900 lumens.

Also, what is the Kelvin temp of the bulbs? I can assure you a 20W has a kelvin of standard 2500 or less...unless they are FULL SPECTRUMS, which at 20W is very difficult to do...they are out there but no more expensive that heavier duty 50W CFLS.

This wont cut it either.

In my own opinion, I would:

Either get some real CFLS, or,
TRIPLE your current lighting setup, or,
Use your 400W HPS as your base light until you can do either of the above.

Yes, you can grow what you want. but they will be stick plants with a few fan leaves every 4 inches and almost zero secondaries growing.

Sorry bro but you dropped the ball on the lighting situation entirely.

You just really underestimated the light you need.

I would again calculate the bare minimum lighting requirements and then assess your sq ft and see for yourself.

I will help if I can, but please, dont try your new seeds with only those lights.

You wont be happy and neither will your kush....


Good luck with your efforts and you know I wish all the best

[matty]

dont listen to this dick.i have a plant under 1 20w florescent tube and it is looking lovely.so if you are using them just for vegging then you will be fine.

[RastaKaze]

well thanks both of you, but harddon, what if i had the floros and the hps on?? anyway my lights are called "natural sunshine" or something so im guessing they're not regular floros. I've seen as many as 50 clones under 4 46" tubes and they were perfectly healthy, I will only be planting 12 under 4 36". I'm pretty sure I'll be alright, I'll be sure to update you all along the way

[RastaKaze]

heres a lil something from my light package: "simulates natural, fucll-spectrum light." also heres the info.. light output:850 lumens energy used: 20w
life: 9000 hours color rendering: 92 color temperature: 5000k

hope this helps

[Nochowderforyou]

dont listen to this dick.i have a plant under 1 20w florescent tube and it is looking lovely.so if you are using them just for vegging then you will be fine.

Okay. We won't listen to Hard-On, who obviously knows his shit, and we'll listen to you instead, a 20W floro grower <----That is sarcasm, dick

There is no reason to call him names man. If you open your eyes for a minute, you can plainly see that he is a successful grower, unless you have something to show us?

Keep us updated on that 20W grow of yours

[RastaKaze]

Keep us updated on that 20W grow of yours

stop it lol your getting me worried about mine lol... u think four 20w tubes is ok? i have thc seeds grow vid and he shows his vegging room where mind you, all plants look extremely healthy, and all he was using was 4 48 tubes, he had nearly 40 clones under them