i have a 315 with 4200 for my veg tent. treehouse says i don’t want to use it on my seedlings and i’ve heard some on here say that also, i’ve also had people on here say that they use their cmh for seedlings. would it be better to start the germ and do the seedlings in the veg tent with a florescent or led light? will this give better results for the little tender guys? i am going with the idea that every phase of the growth of the plant is important if you want to get best results out the end.
so, if i do need to use another light specifically for germ and seedlings, what should i get? i was thinking a 2 or 4 bulb t5 2 ft to cover 2 to 6 peat pellets thru solo cups.
Best thing is to not overthink. Mistakes will be made. But they are plants, and much like kids, they are resilient. And just like kids, babying them does as much damage as ignoring them.
I have since upgraded to a quantum board (a week ago) but not because I wasn’t happy with what the viparspectra could do but because I wanted to test all the hype surrounding the qb.
I have a PAR meter coming in so I can get some readings but just with a lumens meter the qb surpasses the vipar on the outer edges pretty significantly.
I kept my light at the top of my tent with the seedlings so probably started at three or four feet away then moved it down over time . But I purposely try to get a little stretching on my seedlings to get my third node off my buckets a bit (I am in hydro) when I pop seeds I enjoy doing a manifold (nuggbuckets method) and the tight nodes that those lights produce makes for short plants
