temps actually don't change. I usually have the light as high as it goes and the temps are at 84ish. I bought a window ac and that took the temp down in the tent to 76 inside the tent.
sweet
But sure enough after like 2-3 weeks a plant is ready to benefit from an HID. Very small window, but if your doing grow after grow after grow Floros for seedlings/clones becomes more and more ideal
Yea, I noticed when I grew with CFL's that it grew great the first few weeks then it didn't go as good as I thought it would using CFL's for flowering. It didn't take off like those hps grows do, even 150w hps seemed to grow faster and bigger than my 200 watts of cfl bulbs. 3 more weeks under the HM, I MAY switch to a few cfl's but i highly doubt I will. It's a hassle to figure out how to mount those things. I'd almost rather buy a big ass cfl bulb, but for 80 bucks. I'm doubting it.ahh window ac OK
wait til you get your first fan leaf then it will take off and develop into a bush in a week
and yeah a lot of people that have been doin this for a while don't veg with HIDs... they use floros for the clear cut type of operations... that being said I used MH for my seedlings last run and they did just fine... However I am buying a small floro setup to veg out my seedlings next... I figure less power, closer/cooler light, & tiny compact nodes in veg.
The light is a little easier on their tiny little baby leaves
HID won't harm them at all, it just isn't 100% the kind of light you want for seedling babies.....
and yes this is probably why your CFL's did marginally better at this stage.... though once you get the fan leaves under the HID they grow like they NEVER did with cfls
.....future future..... of course...
you may go down the same route who knows
Yea, I had a really hard time finding a cool tube that could fit into a 20x36. It JUST fits, but it fits.Yeah I wanted a cool tube but I couldn't find one that would fit in a 2x2x5.3 ... so i figure i'm just waiting until I get a 3x3x6 and just buying new everything
btw: cfl/ real fluros...
ideal with lots of seedlings.. im going to get one half that size for veg for 2 plants, and then flower under 250w hortilux hps... this is what im choosing to do after vegging with MH once
I think next time around I might grab a 200w cfl and throw it in the cool tube.
looking great and root look healthy
Thanks I'm pretty excited to see a root poke through the bottom. Still nothing yet. Plant still seems to be suffering from a bit of nute burn as far as I can tell. It does appear to be doing a lot better though. At least I learned something. No nutes for the first couple weeks. Something I was unsure about in the beginning and now I know.
Thanks, this morning a root was poking through the top of the rockwool aiming for the bottom.
Thanks for the sub. It's said to have a huge yield so I'm excited to see and grow strawberry diesel. I could not find one good grow journal on it so I guess I'm breaking new ground for those who wanted to see it.
