I have been experimenting a little after a semi-failed attempt at my first grow.I am germinating 8 seeds from a bank.(2 super skunk, 2 lemon skunk, 3 buddah, and a mystery bonus seed)..I am using rockwool and hydroton. I am trying to piece together enough stuff to do the bubbles, but might be stuck with either "ebb and flow" or watering myself inside a bucket of hydroton
I have the option of using 2 150watt HPS lamps inside of a 5 foot cabinet with sufficient airflow, or 6 26watt CFL (3 "daylight" and 3 "soft white") inside of my closet totalling right around 9600 total lumens.
I also have heard it is better to veg in CFL, and flower with HPS....is this true? If so...I would just use my cabinet as a flowering box, and veg in my closet.
Also, for the first stages of seedling and veg.....would it be advised to keep the plants in a germination tray with drainage and water manually to avoid overwatering? I found that was my biggest mistake on my first grow was overwatering, and I do not want to repeat that mistake.
I have 3 plants thats are over a month old, and were stunted during birth so badly(also eaten a little by a mystery worm) they are less than 6 inches tall...the tops look very healthy, and are still growing daily...but just sooooo tiny.
one final question....when is it too soon to cut the lights to 18/6? Anything to make my babies grow faster.
I have the option of using 2 150watt HPS lamps inside of a 5 foot cabinet with sufficient airflow, or 6 26watt CFL (3 "daylight" and 3 "soft white") inside of my closet totalling right around 9600 total lumens.
I also have heard it is better to veg in CFL, and flower with HPS....is this true? If so...I would just use my cabinet as a flowering box, and veg in my closet.
Also, for the first stages of seedling and veg.....would it be advised to keep the plants in a germination tray with drainage and water manually to avoid overwatering? I found that was my biggest mistake on my first grow was overwatering, and I do not want to repeat that mistake.
I have 3 plants thats are over a month old, and were stunted during birth so badly(also eaten a little by a mystery worm) they are less than 6 inches tall...the tops look very healthy, and are still growing daily...but just sooooo tiny.
one final question....when is it too soon to cut the lights to 18/6? Anything to make my babies grow faster.