CFL Lighting Question! Help!!!!

52millimeter · Jun 2, 2008

Hey bud-ies! I was wondering how many 16 watt 6500k, CFLs to put on a 3 inch tall plant. And how far away to put them. Any ideas? :confused:

MrFishy · Jun 2, 2008

One or two on a 3" plant should be plenty, I think . . . as close a possible w/o touching the foliage. While it's tiny, maybe put a reflector under the planter, or around the bottom of the stalk.
A sheet of mylar, a mirror, foil, etc.

52millimeter · Jun 2, 2008

MrFishy said:
One or two on a 3" plant should be plenty, I think . . . as close a possible w/o touching the foliage. While it's tiny, maybe put a reflector under the planter, or around the bottom of the stalk.
A sheet of mylar, a mirror, foil, etc.

Thankyoou! One other thing. All of my leaves are slightly yellow all over. Is this a good time to start using nutes?

nirvanaphreak24 · Jun 2, 2008

MrFishy said:
One or two on a 3" plant should be plenty, I think . . . as close a possible w/o touching the foliage. While it's tiny, maybe put a reflector under the planter, or around the bottom of the stalk.
A sheet of mylar, a mirror, foil, etc.

mirrors are no good they eat light, no mirrors mylar or some foil if you have too

52millimeter · Jun 2, 2008

nirvanaphreak24 said:
mirrors are no good they eat light, no mirrors mylar or some foil if you have too

thats what ive heard but is 3 inches a good time to start nuting if all the leaves are starting to have a yellowish tinge?

nirvanaphreak24 · Jun 2, 2008

is there any nute in the soil? if not then yes, start low and build up as not to burn your kids :-)

52millimeter · Jun 2, 2008

nirvanaphreak24 said:
is there any nute in the soil? if not then yes, start low and build up as not to burn your kids

well heres how it all started. at first my soil had a npk ratio of .07 .01 .03. with that all of the bottom leave tips started turning yellow and then brown. these would then eventually just fall off. i flushed my soil about a week ago and now all of the leaves, not just the bottom ones are turnng slightly yellow. not near as much as the tips from before though.

nirvanaphreak24 · Jun 2, 2008

52millimeter said:
well heres how it all started. at first my soil had a npk ratio of .07 .01 .03. with that all of the bottom leave tips started turning yellow and then brown. these would then eventually just fall off. i flushed my soil about a week ago and now all of the leaves, not just the bottom ones are turnng slightly yellow. not near as much as the tips from before though.

yea id start using nutes, but like i said start low and build up, sounds like these babies have already went thru some stuff
good luck

MrFishy · Jun 2, 2008

nirvanaphreak24 said:
mirrors are no good they eat light, no mirrors mylar or some foil if you have too

If a person doesn't have access to mylar, foil, etc. mirrors are much better than nothing. The concept of mirrors "eating" light is utter non-sense. It reflects in the 70% range, where as mylar is in the 90+ reflective range.

Place a mirror such that a beam of sunshine reflects off of it and thru a magnifying glass . . . now, hold that magnified beam on your flesh and tell me how mirrors eat glass . . . before it burns you. Total myth.
Were it not, I really doubt they'd include a mirror in all complete survival kits.
:blsmoke:

52millimeter · Jun 2, 2008

nirvanaphreak24 said:
yea id start using nutes, but like i said start low and build up, sounds like these babies have already went thru some stuff
good luck

thanks! ill doo that.

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