reddiamond
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I am currently using a twin flourescent fitting over my seedling and it has its 1st pair of true leaves, the question i want to ask is should i run this 24/0 or is it better for the plant to run 18/6 as it's from seed?
Yeah I run my t5s over seedling 24/0 only cause I don't want to buy a timer. Then when they are ready to transplant it's 18/6.
How does light saturation harm the plant, what are the symptoms?They can only use so much light. The rest will be wasted, create excess heat and possible light saturation which is harmful.
Thanks for the tip but I use feminized seedsHey, why not do a better thing? Go 12/12 from seed under the lower wattage CFL's ( used for flowering ) and in 3 weeks your plants will show their sex. At that time, kill any males, repot the females and put them back into veg ( veg lights and 18/6 or 24/0 ).....why wait 2 months only to realize you've been growing a plant with balls? I am always amazed to read posts here from people who have done everything right and then are disappointed their 2 months of hard work has produced failure. Hedge your bet, go 12/12 from seed. Read up on it and then ask yourself, "why am I risking my time, electricity, nutes etc etc to possibly be growing male plants'? Think about it.....
Its only a week old so its under a 2 foot shop flourescent with a daylight 865 bulb and currently 24/0 but i think tomorrow i'm gonna get a timer and set it for 20/4 so it gets some rest.depends if your running a HID i wouldn't leave a HID on for 24 hours just for the cost's to run it