Starting my seedlings?????+rep

capecodkid

capecodkid

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I just started germing my seeds. I have a 400 watt hps/mh and i here it is to hot to start seedlings when they sprout. My ? is i dont have the spare cash to go out and buy a few good fluoresnt bulbs but i have 2


40 watt 48" T12 Medium Bi-Pin (G13) Base Gro-Lux Wide Spectrum Rapid Start Fluorescent Sylvania Light Bulb

sitting around will this work for the first 3 weeks? As for the distance i can probly put these lights 1-2 inchs from the seedlings cause the light doesnt throw to much heat.
Thx

Keep smokinbongsmilie

 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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capecodkid said:
I just started germing my seeds. I have a 400 watt hps/mh and i here it is to hot to start seedlings when they sprout. My ? is i dont have the spare cash to go out and buy a few good fluoresnt bulbs but i have 2


40 watt 48" T12 Medium Bi-Pin (G13) Base Gro-Lux Wide Spectrum Rapid Start Fluorescent Sylvania Light Bulb

sitting around will this work for the first 3 weeks? As for the distance i can probly put these lights 1-2 inchs from the seedlings cause the light doesnt throw to much heat.
Thx

Keep smokinbongsmilie
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the seeds dont need light untill they sprout the surface.

LUDA
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/176359-starting-your-seeds.html
(good luck).
:mrgreen:
 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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no i dont think so.
not enought wattage and it sounds like an incandecent fluro tube you have.
and not a correct cfl with the right colour spectrum.

LUDA.
 
nickfury510

nickfury510

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capecodkid said:
I just started germing my seeds. I have a 400 watt hps/mh and i here it is to hot to start seedlings when they sprout. My ? is i dont have the spare cash to go out and buy a few good fluoresnt bulbs but i have 2


40 watt 48" T12 Medium Bi-Pin (G13) Base Gro-Lux Wide Spectrum Rapid Start Fluorescent Sylvania Light Bulb

sitting around will this work for the first 3 weeks? As for the distance i can probly put these lights 1-2 inchs from the seedlings cause the light doesnt throw to much heat.
Thx

Keep smokinbongsmilie
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yes the t-12 flouros will be sufficient for seedlings and short veg period before switching to the hps. i used to keep a mother plant under t-12s just keep them close to the plant.
 
capecodkid

capecodkid

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nickfury510 said:
here are some clones and a few starters that i kept under 2 24" 36w tubes

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Thank you. Im just going to start the seedlings under the 2 t12s. How long do u think i should keep them under the t12s b4 i switch to the 400 watt mh? I just dont want to burn my sprouts up.:eyesmoke:
 
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BAYTECH

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capecodkid said:
Thank you. Im just going to start the seedlings under the 2 t12s. How long do u think i should keep them under the t12s b4 i switch to the 400 watt mh? I just dont want to burn my sprouts up.:eyesmoke:
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Hey dude what's good?? your T12's will be enough to get those babies going!!!you can keep em under there untill the light doesn't penetrate to the bottom leaves then i would switch it up...i personally veg with flouro's the whole way then switch it to hps or natural sunlight for flowering here are some pics.... I only used two flouros for this plant..she's flowering beautifully now
 

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nickfury510

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BAYTECH said:
Hey dude what's good?? your T12's will be enough to get those babies going!!!you can keep em under there untill the light doesn't penetrate to the bottom leaves then i would switch it up...i personally veg with flouro's the whole way then switch it to hps or natural sunlight for flowering here are some pics.... I only used two flouros for this plant..she's flowering beautifully now
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:joint: yup........ill go along with this. indica dominant plants seem to do well longer under standard flouros than sativa dominant due to the indica being squat and able to keep the light closer to more of the plant surface:joint:
 
Xeno420

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Maaaaan, don't listen to these dudes. Well, yeah listen to them because they know what's up with lighting and they wouldn't even think about doing a whole grow with fluoros. Truth is that many successful growers use fluoros the whole way and get a good product. Mind you that it wont be as good as MH and HPS but with enough lighting, temp reg, humidity reg, and the right nutes, you can get some pretty good bud. Back in the 80's when people were starting to experiment indoors, fluoros is all they used and got some damn good killer bud... if you do go this route, make sure that you have minimum 2700K bulbs for seedling and flower stage and 5600K for veg. Honestly, it would be easier to buy 2 or more double bulb ballasts and place vertically on either side of your plants when they starts getting tall... and don't forget the mylar plastic and some red saran wrap to cover at least one of you're tubes on every ballast to get better lighting Peace! (the wrap idea is a joke, lol)
 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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Xeno420 said:
Maaaaan, don't listen to these dudes. Well, yeah listen to them because they know what's up with lighting and they wouldn't even think about doing a whole grow with fluoros. Truth is that many successful growers use fluoros the whole way and get a good product. Mind you that it wont be as good as MH and HPS but with enough lighting, temp reg, humidity reg, and the right nutes, you can get some pretty good bud. Back in the 80's when people were starting to experiment indoors, fluoros is all they used and got some damn good killer bud... if you do go this route, make sure that you have minimum 2700K bulbs for seedling and flower stage and 5600K for veg. Honestly, it would be easier to buy 2 or more double bulb ballasts and place vertically on either side of your plants when they starts getting tall... and don't forget the mylar plastic and some red saran wrap to cover at least one of you're tubes on every ballast to get better lighting Peace! (the wrap idea is a joke, lol)
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great advice.

LUDA.
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allybam

allybam

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if ya got a 400 watt mh use it fuck the t12s just keep it a bit further away ive used em and there crap grows far quicker useing ur mh/hps from the start just keep it a bit higher and by the time the strect to close to the heat theyll be able to cope and grow like mad compard to retarded t??? lights
 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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Straight up G said:
Well, that guys basically calling you a tard and the other PRICK posting pics of rats and stuff a while back, y do they always go after you?
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click on my signatures and have a laugh.
and its the same user that keeps coming back with a different name.
its a jealousy thing with a lot of people with green envy towards me(cant see why ?????).
they cant stop or beat me down so they just get annoyed instead.
silly people.

LUDA.
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newb19547

newb19547

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@LUDA- nickfury said you don't know anything because you said the OP was using an incandescent flouro tube........they are two different things. There is no such thing.
 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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newb19547 said:
@LUDA- nickfury said you don't know anything because you said the OP was using an incandescent flouro tube........they are two different things. There is no such thing.
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what different things ????????.
there are incandesent flouro tubes (no good).
of pure cfls(both have different light spectrums).
the lamp spectrum matters and if i did not i would be better using car headlamps to grow with :lol:.

LUDA.
 
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