4 100watt cfl startup questions...need help from the RIU gods...

My question is should I move it closer to one of the lights while I wait for it to sprout or should this be good enough? The aluminum around it is just coiled until I figure out the mathematics on my reflector, but I figured this would be good enough until then.

You should be good, seedlings don't need much light to start.

Just like what Joe Blows Trees said.. seedlings need little to no light until the first leaves start to poke above the soil. 90% of the seedlings first energy to pop leaves and roots is pre-stored inside the seed itself.

I am not sure about compact fluorescent lights.. but I know with 2 ft T5 strip lights you can have the foliage within an inch of the bulbs without any issues.

The current rig I use is made up of 4 Qty. 24 watt T5 2-foot bulbs on custom hanging mounts. Total lighting power consumption is about 96 watts. Hope this helps!

I'm just using the cfls temporarily I have a 400watt lumatek digital for later

Gibbz2.0 said:

I'm just using the cfls temporarily I have a 400watt lumatek digital for later

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Nice!

Yeah I'm just hoping to mother this plant and clone for a big boy 12 site hydro flood bucket and a full environment controller with CO2

That's pretty sweet setup for sure. I just use soil mixes to keep my mother plants going.. If I did an indoor flower operation I would tempted to go flood and drain myself.. Amazing results if done right..