StickySolids
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Will this keep my seedlings on veg?
12 Hours HPS - 12 Hours Flouro
iwltfum
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Yes, but I'm curious why you would want to do that.
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StickySolids
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I just want to veg some small seedlings and I have a few plants on flower cycle. I thought I'd try it to save some weeks
TheFertilizer
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CFL are better for seedlings, they don't need much light, in fact HPS aren't really good for them. Keep them under the fluorescent alone, they're plenty for seedlings.
I'm guessing your thinking is to put them in with the flowering plants while those lights are on, and take them out and put them under a fluorescent, and figure the amount of HPS light they will get will do them better. Probably just be a huge waste of your time and energy, and you don't really want to have to worry about getting them out of the dark on time, especially because if you interrupt the dark cycle of your flowering ladies to go get them then you're risking them going hermaphrodite and self-pollinating. Just a friendly tip.
I'm guessing your thinking is to put them in with the flowering plants while those lights are on, and take them out and put them under a fluorescent, and figure the amount of HPS light they will get will do them better. Probably just be a huge waste of your time and energy, and you don't really want to have to worry about getting them out of the dark on time, especially because if you interrupt the dark cycle of your flowering ladies to go get them then you're risking them going hermaphrodite and self-pollinating. Just a friendly tip.
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StickySolids
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Thanks for the input, I did veg my last plants under CFL but they yellow'd, never grew beyond a few cm high and were definitely doomed to fail. I switched them to HPS and they took off immediately. The problem is, I also added ventilation and repotted in different soil at the same time so It could have been any of the three factors stopping them from growing. They were probably just suffocating. I was just in the process of setting up which is why it was so half ass. It would be awesome if I could get them veging under CFL so I can dedicate the HPS to 12/12. Better on power too!
yeah just keep them under cfls as seedlings, hps wont make them grow any faster. Infact they could cause more probs if you lack experience. Plants yellowing was probs due to over watering and poor root aeration, very common problem newer growers face.
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StickySolids
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So, when would the seedlings go from CFL to HPS?
I would swap them once they have a few sets of real leaves. In real time I'd say 3 weeks from germination generally give or take for soil/hydro.
