First off, please don't flame me here if my questions sound repetetive..i have been reading through these forums for the last couple days researching and without you guys i would have been completely clueless. Theres just a couple things i need to know. Btw..thank god for everyone on this site
Anyways... I'm planning on starting my first grow in a couple days
and i have spent the entire day preparing. This morning i tore out some shelves that were built into my wall to create a small grow box..about 3' 1/2 high 3' 1/2 wide and deep. I painted the entire inside pure white, and i plan to use tinfoil inside too in certain areas. Amazingly I also found a shiny white peice of wood in my garage that fit perfectly over the front for a pretty nice, built in cubourd sortof looking grow box. It doesnt keep 100% of the light in but im working on fixing that. i'm pretty stoked, it has turned out looking pretty nice considering i only thought it up this morning
I was originally just gonna toss a pot in my atic and suround it with tinfoil lol....Wish i could give some pictures but i dont have a camera atm..
I have white widow seeds germinating in a tuperware box since last night..I spent the whole day shopping, got hinges and attached the door..bought a mini fan and 2 2x light sockets, some soil and a 5 gallon bucket (which i plan to saw part of the top off as its too big for my small grow area)...I attached a couple hooks to the top of the grow area so that i can adjust my lights which will just be supported by the extention cord on the hooks. Tomorow i plan to go out and get some perlite and the nutes that i havent goten yet.
.....sorry for the stoned rant....ill get to the point.My problem came when i was looking for lights. I went to the only 3 stores in my area that i would think carry any decent bulbs. The problem is that the only ones i was able to find at any of the stores were 100watt "warm white light" floros. There was also one floro that said "natural light" but i wasnt sure about that one.. Now i have tried to research to see if these are acceptable to grow all the way through but I have had a hard time finding anything in depth and a lot of the information i found just seems pretty contradictory. So i bought 2 of the warm white light bulbs and i wanted to wait to find out what you guys have to say. btw:
( warm white light - 100 watt , light output [lumens]- 1600, energy used [watts]-23 ) is the info straight from the box. I'm not really strained for time and i plan on growing only 1 or 2 at a time as i dont want to waste the few seeds i have. Anyways...Heres my questions:
-Would I have problems growing with these lights only?
-If these lights are acceptable, how many would i need?
-If these bulbs are not good enough, where would i be able to find hps or other more acceptable bulbs?
-Anything that im missing or anything i have done wrong?
Sorry again for the short essay..i got a little carried away lol. Any help is
greatly appreciated I dont wanna mess up my first grow!
