Quick questions

Kevonics

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I have a couple questions. I am using a potting soil medium, and it has a weak fertilizer in it, but how long from the first sprouting should I wait to add nutes? Also, for lighting I have two 3' fluorescent tubes that I was going to use but is it ok for incandescent bulbs? Obviously incandescents are horribly energy inefficient and produce a good bit of heat but I only have a couple seedlings that are sprouting up. I figured a cool and warm light mix would be healthy as long as the plants weren't too close to the light source.
 
i would wait till week 2 or 3 to add some nutes to the watering and always start out using way less then what it says on the bottle then build up to it
 
hahaha about the bulds they would work but i say go buy a daylight cfl buld way better i use those for veging
 
Thanks, I keep checking my tallest sprout everyday to see any changes, it has the 2 leaves and it's getting a nice tall stem going.
 
You cannot use a regular household light bulb (incandescent) to grow plants. I've never heard of any 3 foot fluorescent tubes? It seems you may be confused about lights. There's some pretty good info here, in the GROWFAQ under "lighting" or similar.
Good luck.
 
one of my newbie friends used 3 incandescent bulbs far away from plant and they did grow just not great better off going to store and getting a cfl DAYLIGHT i use it for veg everytime there great they get hot but dont produce heat around it just like half an inch of heat comes off bulb
 
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