What kind of light do I need to grow...

[Zebriel]

two sweet island skunk plants? They will be getting a little bit of direct sunshine from a window for a small part of the day but not enough to survive on.

I have absolutely no experience, first time grower.

Also will it have to have a fan?

[mungobrush]

Need a bit more info Bro. Lets assume you have them in a 1-2 litre pots and thery are 4weeks old and around 4 inches long (correct me if am wrong). May is a bad time to start, most growers start Oct-ish. Unless you change the light away from the natural light this time of year (>12h darkness) they will want to flower and you will only get a small yield. Keep saround 2-3 24 watt cfls on them for 18-24 h per day and they switch it to 12h when you want to flowers (will need 12 h of absolute darkness to induce flowering). The bigger they get the more cfls you will need. You will get almost nothing without some artifical light this time of yr.

 

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[nebula420]

look into metal halide lamps. this is what u want to veg your plants. 250w should do for just a couple of plants or ucould use a 400w but this is probably overkill. u want it at a 18/6 ratio of light hours to dark for vegging.

 

for flowering an hps light is better. a 12/12 ratio of light to dark hours is necessary for flowering

 

but these light puts out a lot of light so having them next to a window could attract unwanted attention. sumthing worth thinking about.