Your pot could have very harmful chemicals in it. If it's HG(home grown) organic... and you really need it for some crazy reason, ask your doctor first. Otherwise, forget it. Even caffiene is bad for babies in the womb. You should avoid all chemicals and eat a wholly(at least 90%) organic diet...
Look for the 4-pack or better. Usually around $2 a bulb for 26 actual watts/bulb. Then again, I've only found this great of deal on 2700k bulbs(which are the most popular for indoor lighting, and they're what you want for flowering).
13 actual watts is the lowest wattage CFL bulb you ought to...
You can grow multiple strains together, but they will very likely reach peak maturation at very different times. So you'll want to keep on eye on them and harvest them at the correct times.
Yea, mutated, exactly. Not a big deal, it's fairly common. The more uncommon varieties will consistently produce even numbered sets.
FYI, most plants(like MJ) don't really care about gradual light change. MJ doesn't even need darkness until flower(and autoflowers don't even need darkness then).
I had a friend once who bought some fake weed(he thought he was buying legit weed).
Completely worthless. Didn't even taste anything like weed. Zero high. Fucking horrible.
Depending on the T5's(VHO 100 lm/W)... they could stomp MH(80-90 lm/W) watt for watt. CFLs(65-75 lm/W) aren't nearly as efficient. T8's do pretty decent veg too(HO are over 90 lm/W).
It'll make little difference. The lumens are about identical.
You really want 2200k-3000k color temps.... You're going to be dissapointed with MH or daylight CFLs.... They do not flower well. They lack the proper red spectra.
It'll likely release some sexing hormones. You might end up with preflowers. Not a big deal. 2700k spectra also promotes flowering. Darkness isn't really a big deal for a couple days or so. I had this male I left in total darkness to see how long it'd survive... lasted over a month(closer to...
Put the pot on it's side, slide the plant roots out onto a garbage bag(not in it, you could use a tarp, just a sheet will do, 'double ply' might be good, though). Use the garbage bag to lower it safely into the hole(sort of like a hammock?), then 'slide' the bag out of the hole. Viola.
Right, that'd achieve 24 hour darkness and may negligibly shorten flowering time. More light may negligibly increase flowering time. The choice is yours.