autos are easier and imo so it could be good to grow autos untill you learn the basics.
if you are going with CFL be sure to get bulbs between 2700K-6500K. but if i were you i would go with T5's and not CFL.
A 150w HPS in cooltube would probably give you preatty good growth.
The plant you show...
lower leaves yellowing and falling of is an indication of N deficiancy.. maybe add slightly more N and MG into your feed, but be very gentle with i since youre so far into flower.
maybe add a bit more nutes then.. personaly i would since it looks like u need more of all nutes cinda n/p/k/mg/cal etc:P. plants tend to eat most nutes in 4-6 week of bloom from my experience...
but hell i dunno, if you know when it finishes and it is close it might just be yellowing due to...
the bagseeds you got were probably femmed. ive heard of plants growing in total darkness, but i would be surprised if you could pull of an entire grow in total darkness lol ^^.
you wont be able to lights 2x600w lights with 1x 600w ballast... unless you want your house to burn down go get another ballast or just settle for 600w.
i've heard about making a 1000w ballast run 2x600 but people who pull it of have some serious electricity skills. Also i heard about some cind...
C99 hybrid is the next pack of seeds i will buy :). cant tell you before that tho.
Were did you hear of hermie issues? i never had any hermies from female seeds, but sometimes you can get unlucky i gues :).from my experience they are one of the better fem seed producers out there + they are honest.
their c99 is awesome stuff! ive grown both their older and newer batch and got nothing but fire :D. i would say medium/good yielder. My avatar is c99 btw
grew the ice for about a year and its a preatty nice relaxing smoke. good yielder but bud to leaf ratio could be better from my experience...
they look healthy but a little stretched. If you can move your HPS closer without high temps i think it would benefit you. Also get some bamboosticks and wire and build some cind of support for your branches. its not always needed, but when plabnts stretch its good to support them since they...
i had small plants purple, but it was due to cold temps since i had them on my balcony in early april. some plants purple even without colder temps. like i said, its a genetic trait. and whoever said purple plants are less potent well.. that just dont sound right.. altho i belive i read...
from my experience red dont have to mean there is a deficiency. My ICE plants from female seeds does it all the time. some strains just have that trait
yea i diddnt even have to read half the post to see all of the "intelligent" stuff you wrote buddy. Weed did not start existing to please you!
This post is the definition of ignorance