Bubbleponics Seedlings: When to Nute, Small Closet Syndrome

Greetings. Just to start out, I have a White Dwarf, Lemon Skunk, and Power Kush a-brewing in a fairly small closet. I am cooking them in a Bubbleponics setup. I followed some retards guide saying to add 1/4 nutes to seeds and ended up wasting 3 perfectly good germinated seeds, and this time around two of the three germinated seeds I added to the system have came up. I have a very high powered fan that is used for cooling computer servers, and also a regular bathroom vent box with a circular port in the side that has about 8 feet of ducting to it. The small closet is lined with Mylar and contains a Dual 600w HPS/MH fixture pumping off of a Lumatek Ballast. MH is currently in it, of course.

The big 600w bastard has been left off for the past two days of continuous lighting so that two fluorescent sticks can hang down almost touching the sprouts, as I learned early on that they would topple over under the intensity of the HID. One of the sprouts has a very weak stem due to a pinch in it from being too hot under the HID when it first came up, so I put some circles cut out of the bottom of two Styrofoam plates with little squares in the middle over the plants, and right now I use the plate on that sprout to keep it facing upward so it can further develop and get strength in its stalk.

My question is, are these two regular stick fixtures giving enough light to make the plants develop successfully until I believe they are strong enough for the HID? I have been keeping them on a 24hr regimen, but I was planning on doing 18/6 once they switch over to the HID. Is a 24hr. lighting preferred over 18/6, or does that time of darkness actually help the natural growth cycle? When is it too late to risk switching a lighting schedule from 24hrs to 18/6? And finally, when should I add the nutrients into the system... two weeks? After the roots can be seen at the bottom of the net pots?

Please help me grow a big bush, because everyone knows a bush is big when your penis is tiny. Thanks!

and nutes 1/4 when there is a decent amount of roots , when theres 2-3 sets of leaves maybe.and i didnt see what type of fluroscent tubes they were, watts and kelvins ?

smallclosetgrowr said:

and nutes 1/4 when there is a decent amount of roots , when theres 2-3 sets of leaves maybe.and i didnt see what type of fluroscent tubes they were, watts and kelvins ?

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The watts on the 2 fluorescent fixtures are unknown. They were purchased about 4-5 years ago for my Mushroom Mycodome, and they are two sticks, not full hanging fixtures, with an on/off switch on one end and the power plug snaps into the other. I have lowered them down and put one lamp with a big CFL in it next to the sprouts for extra lumens until I go all HID.

Also, I bought a RIDDEX Pest Repelling Aid, which plugs into a socket and says that it, "Turns your home's wiring into a pest repellent force field. Simply plug into any home outlet. For Rodents, Roaches, Ants & Spiders. Should this be pretty good to add to a socket in the grow room? I also got some fly-adhesive strips to hang.

How long will it take for the bending-in-every-direction stalk on one of my sprouts that happened to bend all the way over under 600w HID light exposure to be able to stand on its own again? Its growing fine and with great coloring, but its just at day 5 so the two first pedals and first leaves are all that are gorgeous yet. I figured if I make sure to keep it propped up that when the plant develops more the stem will make up for the bend in girth. Get back to me, knicka! haha

Best buds to all, as the world would be too serious without some kackling herbage. And someone please respond to me, I know my name is obserd, but we get what god gives us dammit!

Grow Big, homeboy. Even if your cock is nothing but wrinkles with a Tip like mine!!!!! REPRESENT!