Need advice ASAP!

[DonGap]

Hey guys,

Im starting a grow, i have a 125w CFL blue for veg and a 600w hps for flowering.

The problem is my CFL reflector was meant to arrive today, but I have been informed it will not be here til monday, and my seeds are already germinating.

My question is should i use the HPS for 2 days or will it burn the baby plants? Or will a normal lightbulb in a highly reflective room work for 2 days until i get the reflector.

Please help me!

Sean

 

[scroglodyte]

run out to Home depot, and get one of those clip-on work lamps, and throw a 100W equivalent in it. you'll be fine. if you intend to indoor garden, you'll use the extra light you purchased sooner or later.

 

[chasta]

first few days you could use about anything i would think . If you use hps make sure it's up real high . I would run down and get a 26w cfl to hold you over . I had a tomato in a coffee can dwc under one 26w cfl for about a week before moving it into my room .

 

[DonGap]

Thanks guys! I have found a air cooled reflector without a ballast that seems to work with the CFL, the glass tubular ones, should I just use this with the 125w even though it doesnt need cooling? (e.g. without fan/ducts)

 

[Pat the stoner]

After I germinate seeds I put them in small cups under flourescent lights 2-3 weeks later I move them under a 600w mh to veg until flowering and then I switch them to 600w hps . I noticed that they grow faster under the flourescents for the first few weeks , the mh puts out a lot of heat and they cant get too close to it (about 3 feet) , while the flourescents can be 2 inches from them and flooded with light . I also have dimmable ballasts and I turn it down at first then gradually bring it up to full as I think the plants can handle the full light - about 10 days depending on how the plants respond to it . That's just me it doesn't mean that's the only way , just how I do it . I burned the shit out of some young plants when I first started using the 600 so now I take it easy and really watch how they respond to everything - watering , light , temp , humidity and ph . Hope this helps you . Also theres some vids on youtube -Jorge Cervantes - a very knowledgable grower who takes it step by step and you can watch them over and over in case you miss something - which is why I like them . Good luck .

 

[DonGap]

After I germinate seeds I put them in small cups under flourescent lights 2-3 weeks later I move them under a 600w mh to veg until flowering and then I switch them to 600w hps . I noticed that they grow faster under the flourescents for the first few weeks , the mh puts out a lot of heat and they cant get too close to it (about 3 feet) , while the flourescents can be 2 inches from them and flooded with light . I also have dimmable ballasts and I turn it down at first then gradually bring it up to full as I think the plants can handle the full light - about 10 days depending on how the plants respond to it . That's just me it doesn't mean that's the only way , just how I do it . I burned the shit out of some young plants when I first started using the 600 so now I take it easy and really watch how they respond to everything - watering , light , temp , humidity and ph . Hope this helps you . Also theres some vids on youtube -Jorge Cervantes - a very knowledgable grower who takes it step by step and you can watch them over and over in case you miss something - which is why I like them . Good luck .

Thanks man, really good information I also burned my first grow with a 600 hps This is my second, can i use a heat tube reflector with a CFL for a couple days?

 

[Pat the stoner]

I don't honestly know anything about cfl's bro .

 

[cannabineer]

DonGap, for the first coupla weeks you can run the fluorescent without a reflector. Placing it in a closed hood without a fan ... I can't recommend that since the bulb will get hot, perhaps hotter than design temp ... in which case it might burn out sooner. cn

 

[jesus of Cannabis]

run the HPS for the whole life of the plant

 

[DonGap]

DonGap, for the first coupla weeks you can run the fluorescent without a reflector. Placing it in a closed hood without a fan ... I can't recommend that since the bulb will get hot, perhaps hotter than design temp ... in which case it might burn out sooner. cn

didnt think about that cheers mate, i dont have a lamp for it and I live in the UK the only sockets i have to fit the bulb are the reflectors and the other is 600w ballast :[

 

[DonGap]

its been 24 hours and the seeds havent sprouted any roots in the tissue, they do however look like they have swolen up abit is this normal?