1st Cfl grow +400W Hps later on

2x36W Daylight 4ft tube
1x15W coolwhite + own socket
1x18W warm white + own socket
i heard if u have cool white and warm white it creates daylight is that true?

Day 1 ( First pic)
The sprout just came out.

Day 3 (The seedling looks stretched)

should i take those 2 U cfl tube off? One is 4100k n 2700K. I have more 4ft cfl ballast. they cant fit in my grow room. but i have a 2x18W 2ft cfl. Don't have any daylight tubes for them. For the 2Ft tube can i just buy 1 cool white + 1 warm white to vegetate? I know i need more light. After 1 week for the seedling i think i will pop them into my DWC

Change the setup abit.
2 2x26W Daylight 4ft CFL
2 1x18W 4100k WILL get stronger but have to order.

use what you have. I use 2-100w cfl's and a 40w tube.

Thanks for the reply stumps.
I just went to the store today and bought daylight tubes. For 1 4ft tube 6500k and 2 2ft tubes 6500K.
It is day 5 and it is going well. Here is my setup with the long tubes.


The 4ft tubes cannot fit into my grow room, so i had to make it go on a 45 degree angle then place a text book under the seedling box to make it closer to the 4ft tubes and their is a 2ft going horizontal along the seedling tray. (grow room 1m x 0.7m x 1. -(L x W x H) this is a rough estimation of the grow room but it is close. Once i get some cash i will probably get a tent. Since my black cover isn't that much light proof. But it still does a good job. the tent i saw on ebay is 0.9x0.45x1.6m it will fit into my grow room around total around 130 with shipping. I got 2 ES and BC clips with some cfl spiral/U's light, that i need to connect to wood so it will be facing down the plant. They have nothing to sit on to be stable. Does this look enough for vegetation?

So the grow room has
1 2x18W 2ft
2 2x36W 4ft
total of 180W
fan
seedling tray

use as much 6500k light as you can.

how much is the minimum that you could use for a plant or three? I will add some cfls spirals/U's later. Probably find a 4in1 holder for it

I think 100w per plant. more is better. if you got to a 400w hps. only let them get 12" before flower. 3-4 under the 400w works good. I've had more and it turns into a pain. I also was going 24". its a waste imo.

Ok thats cool then 100 p/p i got 180W over just one 1 plant anyways. I can boost it with two extra bulbs.

I have right at 280w in my veg. I just got a few of my clone under the 400 mh they sure love it.

Should i try Lst since its only one plant. Can i do it now or is the stem to weak atm?

just added 20W cfl bulb. 200W total for just one plant. It has its set of leaves the four leafs. Should i transplant them soon? Or wait for a total of 1week 5 days until i transplant the to DWC

The amount of light needed usually isn't measured in watts. You should look at the amount of lumens it puts out. Minimum amount is about 3000 lumens per square foot. Ideal is between 7-10,000 per sq/ft.

When I transplant is it okay to use the 4ft Cfl on the side of the wall and the 2ft on top horizontally hanging off something plus some cfl along with it?

For pH water need help with it.
Do i have to buy the solution to make it go up or down, or can i use vinegar etc to change the pH.

I use lemon juice to bring mine down. what is your ph?

above the 7's. lemons that grow on the tree?
Here some pictures
Day 14

The plant is now under 3 x 2 18W 2ft tubes. Not sure if they are T8 or T5 but sure it is a T8.
Any whom the plant is under cooldaylight/daylight. Found out cooldaylight is way bluer than the daylight.
I bought two daylight 2ft tubes and they rest are cool daylight. So. 2 daylight and 4 cool daylight.
The plant is stunted since it has been 2 weeks and it hasn't really gotten any bigger. Well i'll see since i just got the 3 twin batterns
hooked up just yesterday.
The plant is not in a proper dwc yet. Since i couldn't find any hydroballs and net mesh pot. I got 3 massive net pot but im using only 1 atm. Have to buy a tub. Since i just gotten a water heater that doesn't fit into the 10L bucket im currently growing 1 plant in.

Drop 4 seeds in water. In those party foam cups wrap with duct tape so no light can go through and kept away in a dark room. I hope they fken grow seriously only 1 seed has actually became a plant while the rest didn't even crack. Just some weird lookin hard around them. Is this fungi?

Problems need to fix: Ph lvl - buy ph fixer
Buy 2in nettie pot
Bigger tub. - Anyone from australia know any good dwc tubs, that can be bought from bunnings? If not i just look around.
Buy hydroballs whatever they are called.

Change the plant from the DWC to soil. Since my ph is not correctly known and the plant is dying. Going start it in soil until the end.
Here the pics just transplanted it. Some potting mix outside.

The plant has a problem. The lower leaves eventually turn from green to yellow then brown = crumble dead. The top shoot is becoming purple. I see two pistols below think its a female.