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that light your using should be fine for the clones to get them rooted..i would suggest you get a mh light for veg.and then get a sodium conversion bulb for flowering.or vice versa..i'm just talking from experience...and also force flower when the plants are a foot tall unless your pinching the shit out of them to make them bush and not get so tall..i'm doing my first hydro myself right now and i waited till my plants were 18 in and now iv'e got the things damn near tied in knots cause they are growing like crazy since i started flowering..they have grown a foot in 2 weeks..i veged them for 4 weeks and they were 18 in...i wish i would have listened to everyones advice and flowered at 12 in...don't be surprised if your plants grow twice as fast in hydro..mine sure did..dude your gonna fucking love it!...another thing sterilize everything with a mild bleach and water solution..very important!!!...another thing i did that seemed to help is i bought bottled water at the super market...the stuff is as pure as a virgins honey pot {if there is such a thing}..lol..it only costs about $.50 a gallon and well worth it..i also change my nutrients every 2 weeks or so.as for using superthrive i use it every time i change my nutrients.they seem to love it..you probably know all this shit but i figured i'd pass on as much as i can so you might avoid some of my mistakes..one last thing..then i'm outa here .i started giving my plants 1/4 strength nutrients for the first week then bumped them up to 1/2 strength..they were about a foot tall at this point next thing i saw was the bottom leaves were turning yellow i went to overgrow and from reading and looking at the pics i thought they were getting too much nitrogen..WRONG!..turns out they weren't getting enough..the plant was feeding off the older leaves to support all the new growth up top..so if you start to notice the bottom leaves turning yellow you can bet your ass it needs stronger nutrients..man i'm finding out hydro is pretty much trial and error for the first grow my next grow will be a hell of a lot better..i hope some of this iv'e been dumping on ya helps out it's kind of hard to get a straight answer in plain english on the forum sometimes..some of these guys can grow a awsome plant in a dog turd...some know there shit and some don't..well good luck dude later!