Quote Originally Posted by kdspecial
You will alsop want to find out what kind of CFLs you got cuz the wrong ones at the wrong time can really Messs with your grow, You want 6500k For vegging and Lower 2500K for flowering,,

Or in Lamins terms Cool colour(White) for Vegging and Warm (OrangyRed) for flowering

read the Thread on Compact Flurocents It will really help then go to Walkmart website and find out what you gotzzz so you dont waste Time with those precious seedlings... And you want Cfls Close to your plants the closer the better 1.5 to 3 inches at all times of the grow

kd
This is "wrong"...I use walmart 8 dollar cfl's no particular spectrum for all my cloning and early rooting and have seen as good or better success than with my 250hps. The walmart cfl's are more on the blue/white side of the spectrum I would guess though...as are most fluoro's unless you spend the money for enhanced agri' cfl's. peace:smokin:

p.s. It is a misconception that you have to go through all that trouble to match spectrum for seedlings...Or, that you have to veg with MH and flower with HPS...It enhances the grow a bit, but from my experience, the plants grow great in either spectrum. there are still quite a few Northern and european growers that swear by MH all the way.
latewood Reviewed by latewood on . I am so stoked! All four of my Redonda Red Hair (if that's really what they are) germinated in less than 36 hours. Ireally only want three plants but I plated them all. Now I only hope one of 'em's a girl. They're in 8" pots under four 42W cfl bulbs in a mylared cabinet. I also put in a little computer fan. It's only like 88 cfl? Anyway I plan on putting in a 150 fan sometime. The 88 computer fan I have is a little weak so I got a desk fan blowing too hoping to keep the temp less than 90F. By the way, sdhall Rating: 5