42 watt soft white cfl's from home depot are perfect for all stages of growth, specially for flowering, because it contains the red/orange spectrum flowering plants thrive on. Of coarse their is better lights out there, but if you're on a budget, cfl's are the way to go. I used 8 42 watt soft white cfl's, used them 360 degrees and instead of getting one huge main cola, I got 6 huge colas. When I finished, I ended up with 2 foot pineapples yielding 5 oz. per plant.
You don't want to use nutrients for the first week on seedlings, tap water is what to use. After the first week, than you can use nutes but on at quarter dosage, when the plant turns to vegetative stage than you can slowly introduce higher dosages.
As far as transplanting, what you can do is get a 3 gallon container, fill them with soil make a hole, in the soil for the plant. Now there is two great ways you can transplant with a cup, one is to cut the bottom off the cup and place it in the hole or you can pack the cup and remove it by gently squeezing the cup while pulling it out. Next time don't grow in cups, at all. They are way to much of a pain in the ass.
What a fan does is replace the bad/stale air around the blades for the stomates to soak in fresh C02. Humans breath oxygen, plants breath carbon dioxide.
You need to have more confidence in your babies and yourself, who doesn't want big ass buds. You can do this, it's very simple and fun.
Also congratulations.
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