New set up, short rider auto questons

What's up everybody this website has been amazing for finding information to get this all set up. This is my first post on the forum but I've been reading for a couple months now. This is my first legit grow now that I have a big light and the space made to do this correctly.

I got a 4x3 room with a 400w hps w/6in reflector. Also about 4-5 1700 lumen cfls and a led strip light or w/e. I have 1 short rider auto flower seed which has sprouted and is currently at about 5-6 days. The other is a seed from a friend which im still waiting on. The light schedule is 18.6 and the temp stays around mid 80's w/ lights on.

I'm curious how many plants I can sustain with this set up once I transplant them to bigger pots?
Also if I have enough blue light with the cfls to get enough veg growth?
Should I be giving any nutrients to them? If so, any recomendations?
I heard orange or lemon peels are good to put in the soil?

Basically any recommendations or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Here's pictures of the room and the baby short rider

turn the hps off for now

alright thanks, when should I start using it on the cycle?

probably like a week or two. just they dont burn up yer babies.

or the cfls, kinda overkill

figured the 400w hps was overkill for a couple seedlings.. lol

Well im not sure but I think my last plants died because of cold it is in my basement all the time. With the hps off and just the cfls it only gets low 70's during the day, low 60's or cooler at night. Now that Im running the HPS i got the temp up and these look way healthier than the last ones did, even at this early stage. So should i be turning off the hps for now and let it be that cold?

lo 60's wouldnt kill anything

be carefull with the short riders as seedlings...lost all of mine...while the diesel ryders i grew at the same time all made it.....and they should take out the short part...ive seen these get 5 ft tall...keep that in mind as it comes to grow area and flowering

well if yer gonna rock the hps make sure theyre not to close yet

then ill leave the hps off for a week or so...
how big should it grow before i take it out the cups and transplant it?
And with this set up, would it be good to grow non auto flower or would i need more light for the veg stage?

here is a link to a thread ive been following since its start....growing short riders..can see they get much bigger then they tell you they do...not a stable strain yet...which i dont think there is any stable auto yet....https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/336081-first-grow-cfl-stealth-cab.html

thanks for the link, that'll pretty much answer most of my questions
and if they do get really tall i will have no complaints hahaha

hey you guys have been a lot of help but I got this friend who told me that the hps bulb was mostly for the flowering stage and you should have a mh light or one that emits more blue light for vegging...
if thats the case is there 400w mh bulb that i could just screw into what i got?

Also what is best for auto-flower....hps or mh ?

Im starting to feel like I'd get bigger yields from regular seeds and switching the bulbs for the stages...am i correct?

yes you are correct, do you know if you have a conversion ballast or not?

Do you mean does it convert between 120v to 240v? Because it does do that.
It's a Sun System 10 remote ballast if that helps.

no I mean does it convert from hps to metal halide

this is for the ss-10 version from them...it can take both if you get a conversion bulb...
Lamp Upgrade:
Hortilix LU400S/HTL enhanced blue/violet spectrum and high output 55,000 lumens for flowering and fruiting growth
Additional Lamps
M400XU/LU 4500K metal halide conversion bulb for vegetative growth

so all i would need is that specific bulb?
or do i need something else to convert it?
And I forgot I have 5 Jock Horror auto flower seeds coming from nirvana...
so for this batch would it be worth getting the bulb and still switching the bulbs when the auto flower kicks in or should i wait and grow the auto flower with just the hps and then buy regular seeds?

lmaoo so many questions, i really appreciate the help

steezy.r.wi said:

so all i would need is that specific bulb?
or do i need something else to convert it?
And I forgot I have 5 Jock Horror auto flower seeds coming from nirvana...
so for this batch would it be worth getting the bulb and still switching the bulbs when the auto flower kicks in or should i wait and grow the auto flower with just the hps and then buy regular seeds?

lmaoo so many questions, i really appreciate the help

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its going to depend on the model you have...sun systems has a ton of different models...find what type it is you have then go here.....http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/sun-system-10-cool-sun-lights-c-331_397.html....and find out what bulbs it can take