Is natural light on a cloudy day better than a 13w florescent?

Is it?

About 1,000,000 times better.

teh sUn is the bomb

This is why i love new people.

The sun on a cloudy day is better than a 1000 watt HPS

ROFL, that's awesome! I love you too ivory, I know, its a true noob question.

Eh, we all gotta start somewhere

So need help with choosing the lights or something?

If you do, I'm here

OK, I'll bite... another noob question...

The weather here has been shit, pretty cloudy/rainy, about 15c (60f)... so I've been growing seedlings under a 400w HPS to get a head start.

At those temps, on a cloudy day, am I wasting power leaving them under the light? They will eventually go outdoors to veg and flower...

Also, they would be under one of those mini plastic greenhouse-thingys.

Thanks.

Not so sure what you mean by mini plastic grennhouse thingys. but um

No lots of outdoor growers start there plants inside, and then "harden them off" and plant outside. It is very common practice as a little plant has a 1oo times chance of surving more if started inside and then transplanted...

Thanks for that... it "mostly" confirms what I suspected...

As for the greenhouse-thing... it's one of those rectangular boxes, about the size of two pieces of paper stacked end-to-end. The bottom is black plastic, the top is clear. I think they're used to get seeds started.

I just transplanted into bigger pots, and will leave them under the 400w HPS for now. The weather is meant to improve next week and hopefully the little guys can come outside for some of mother nature's best!

Thanks.

Goodluck! I would love to see a diary if you get one going...