Temporary CFL wattage for one seedling

Closet-Gardenholic

Closet-Gardenholic

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Hey guys,

I jumped the gun and germinated a mystery bag seed a little early. All of my supplies (except the light and seeds) are coming tomorrow, and I was wondering what watt CFL I could get away with to give this mystery seed a 1 week head start before my light and purchased seeds arrive?
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Closet-Gardenholic said:
100w Equivalent or 500w equivalent? Not seeing anything in the true 100w range at Home Depot. Local hydro store probably has one though.
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No ... You are looking for a regular cfl rated ( equivilant ) to 100w bulb.
Home depot does have them - ECOSMART


These are like at the 99¢ store
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upnsmoke13

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OR any 23w daylight colored cfls will work, for a while. inches away from your foliage is key.
Don't bleach that baby with your new light!
 
Closet-Gardenholic

Closet-Gardenholic

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upnsmoke13 said:
OR any 23w daylight colored cfls will work, for a while. inches away from your foliage is key.
Don't bleach that baby with your new light!
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Thanks for the advice! I'm hoping I don't get any stretching or bleaching from the LEDs. I will be germing two more fem seeds when they arrive. The seed that's already germed is a random bag seed that could be either male or female, so I will have at least 2 plants possibly 3.

Grow area is only 20"x48" so 3 plants is as high as I want to go for now.

Hoping to get the closet set up and one seed under the cfl today. Attitide order will be here in a few days and, and I'll get the others started!
 
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