light good for seeds & seedlings

[woody420]

What's going on farmers. Can any body tell me what this pic means ?? And is that good for seeds and seedlings I'm talking about at the most 5-7 days under that a till going to HID.

 

[Ulysses]

It looks as if the light spectrum leans to the red side...

For seed starting, you want Blue Spectrum lighting- I'd recommend a nice 8 bulb CFL setup with all blue bulbs (6500k) which may up the ratio of females...

Gives nice lush compact growth in veg...

 

[woody420]

Well thanks ulysses. That's what I was thinking it was showing me.

 

[woody420]

T5 tubes sounds good. So I have a 400 watt M.H. bulb for veg. when's the best time put the seedlings under the M.H. and how far away does the light have to be from the seedlings? Can I use the light to get the seeds started ?

 

[woody420]

Great info, thanks

 

[hailstone]

T.H.C. What on earth do you mean? T5 fluorescent tubes are available with various color temperatures and can be bought from all kinds of electrical supplies stores.

 

[hailstone]

Heh don't you just hate it when messages get deleted from a thread. Makes stuff that was said after them seem out of place. Oh well.

 

[woody420]

Just catching up on my threads here thanks for the info ripz man.

 

[highroller]

Lol...I was reading down the thread, and I'm wondering, who the fuck is Ripz goin off on??? LMAO!

In any case the T5's, either with straight blues or a mix of the red and blue spectrum bulbs work very well for clones, seedling and smaller plants. Give nice lush growth, short internodes and generally a nice bushy plant.

Still chuckling @ Ripz.

 

[Trillion]

Lol you tell 'em ripz

 

[Husbandnwife420]

u tell em ripz assh---s any way just lookin 4 troble you know your shit. and your right thers a lot more nicer peps here you can talk 2

 

[Old Yeller]

I use 2 banks of 4x4 T5's for my seedlings & clones. On the "baby" shelf i use a mixed spectrum of pink (3000K), white (6500K), true red & true blue T5 tubes. On the second transplant, I move to the upper shelf with (4x4) 1 true red, 1 white & 2 true blue tubes. After that, they get re-potted to the final sized pots & under a 250W MH untill ready for the flower tent.
I never was really happy with CFL's and went T5 all the way. Now i even use a 4x8 T5 in my flower tent mixed with a 600W HPS with great results.