Fabulous thread, had to check in ... fairly new to RIU, I like it a lot 'cause I do like pot. Lousy rhyme but I had to do it. Anyway, I need batteries for the old digicam and will get some pics up in a day or two. I am in late seedling stage, three plants at 3 inches maybe, 10 days old, under 112w of CFL (wrong ones, 2700k, but only till Tuesday). Tuesday two things get delivered: 125w CFL w/reflector and four 42w 6500k CFLs, that's for vegging. Also coming is my NEW 150HPS which is perfect for me like for many of you ... I will put the 112w in 2700k CFLs with the HPS in the flowering closet for use in about (what?) a month, I guess.
I know growth will accelerate with the right lights. I mean, DAMN, look at Mr. Frosty's 13-day-old ladies! Wow! I am definitely in the right place, thanks for all the knowledge -- and wisdom, too, which is even better. I have Lemon Skunk and that freebie Thai Super Skunk going now. But dig this: A music fan in Amsterdam turns out to own one of the mid-size seedbanks and is sending me 10 WW Fem AND 10 Light of Jah. I have to get help here because I don't want to screw those up. My first attempt? Burned 5 Feminized Lowryder#2 in the sun like an idiot. Since then, I've spent months reading and lurking. Wow, RIU is like college. Thanks to all!
One last thing. I am going to put one of the plants (assuming at least two fem in this first batch) outside and the other into the HPS flowering closet. I am in the foothills outside L.A. and it is SUNNY and HOT up here, and one side of my yard is a straight 12/12 area by chance (or I'm blessed somehow). Only place in the yard that gets most of the sun most of the day. Check in soon with pics. Thanks again for the education, folks.