I am a new grower, and i was wondering what the light cycle should be on newly developed seedlings. Right now, i have a 13 watt LED bulb, which puts out 1200 lumens. I have it set up at about 3 feet away from my seedling, which is in soil, about 1/2 an inch deep. I've been spraying a fine mist on it when the soil feels dry. The only question i have is if the light is correctly placed, or if it's even the correct light bulb itself. The bulb hasn't been on the seedling for even 24 hours yet, but i have a timer (that the light is plugged in to) set at the "18 hours of light, 6 hours of dark" cycle. If you can help, I'll be forever grateful. Lol
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Bulb color temperature is critical and is stated somewhere on most CFL packages. Soft white bulbs are in the 2700 range (warm colors), Daylight bulbs are 5000- 6500 range (cool colors). Vegetative growth requires daylight bulbs and flowering requires warmer bulbs.
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The bulb i got is in the 5000K range.Comment
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18/6 is good. 3 feet sounds quite far away. You could probably get it a bit closer. Give her a couple days to get used to the lamp then try getting it a bit closer. Use the back of your hand to judge that it's not too hot for the plant. You will get tighter internodes if you move your plant a bit closer. But don't burn her.Comment
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