question on HID and baby plants

[Ruen009]

so in my 1st grow the 600 watt HPS i bought from my brother blew and i bought a select a watt switchable 400/600 watt MH/HPS but for growing seedlings now that i dont have any T8's can i use a 400 watt MH for baby baby palnts?

 

[Moebius]

so in my 1st grow the 600 watt HPS i bought from my brother blew and i bought a select a watt switchable 400/600 watt MH/HPS but for growing seedlings now that i dont have any T8's can i use a 400 watt MH for baby baby palnts?

Yes, absolutely. You must insure they have adequate ventilation though. IMO, very young seedlings do better under fluorescent lights (CFL,T5,T8 etc).

 

[Ruen009]

i grow in a closet and i have a air conditioner about 3 feet away from the closet with maybe some domes over the plants 1st maybe 2 weeks will that work?

 

[Ruen009]

i dont have any fans.....

 

[puckuck]

Get a fan and a thermometer

 

[puckuck]

Keeps plants at least 3 ft away, regardless of heat

Also depends on age of plants, but newborns shouldn't have intense light

 

[209 Cali closet grower]

use cfls for now, if you can.When they get bigger, hit them with the 600w

 

[blaze1camp]

yea i would say that's way to much light for seedlings after a couple weeks u should be good...also get some fans regardless of the age of the plants...

 

[superstoner1]

a complete waste of money. for the first 14-20 days a single 26w cfl will do fine.

 

[bigsteve]

Until I got all 3 rooms up and running I used my 1000W set-up for everything. New
seedlings under 1000W will need some air and need to be staked. You will see a bunch
of 8-inch toothpicks but that is manageable if you stake them.

BigSteve.

PS -- it also wastes $.

 

[Warlock1369]

It depends on how many plants. If you only have a few start them under T5 get at least 3 nodes befor going to HIDs. You need a fan.