Is this good enough?......

[followthelight]

was in wardrobe with 2 big mirrors & little bit of tin foil (i know! lol) & 2x CFL's(same as below) & TLS tube light & a ickle 11w CFL's for good measure :D

NOW.....
2x 30w(150w normal) CFL's @ 6400K
in a box, painted it all white & got both CFL's sitting in top, temp/humidity gauge near middle & 4 pots on bottom, but will this be ok... started fresh again, so all only in there from germertation at the mo.... bearing in mind i can put the tray the pots are sitting on higher up with a few little boxes etc so there cloer to the lights........

anyways, couple of pics for you lot to pick @ :D (na seriously, want to hear any info poss ;))

PS: box is only about ft tall & half ft wide, so its small which i assume is good for bigger lumens? also no exhaust holes yet.....wheres best place for it? top?

[stoned88911]

Eventually ur gonna neeed more lights,

And you need to lower your lights to just about 2 inches away from the plants.

For exhaust, need one sucking air out of the top, and a hole at the bottom for air circulation.

[followthelight]

Eventually ur gonna neeed more lights,

yep, in pipe line ;)




And you need to lower your lights to just about 2 inches away from the plants.

DONE ;)


For exhaust, need one sucking air out of the top, and a hole at the bottom for air circulation.

DONE ;)

[Greenthing]

Mirrors and foil are not a good idea;):jointsmile:
Looks good now though, but what have you got on the walls, they look glossy.

[followthelight]

lol cheers, & freshly painted white gloss :eek: (hope thats ok?)

[stoned88911]

Gloss isnt good, use flat white.

[Greenthing]

lol cheers, & freshly painted white gloss :eek: (hope thats ok?)
NO NO NO white gloss not so good, flat mat white is better.

[followthelight]

:what:


lol..whys it any worse then?, its got nice `reflectorbility`

is it really worth re-painting tho?

[Greenthing]

I just know it is , change it to matt you wont regret it.:thumbsup:
I think its because the matt is more efficient for reflecting than gloss believe it or not:jointsmile:

[followthelight]

lol okie dokie, ill do that now............ :cursing:


:thumbsup:

[followthelight]

:( only got pure white silk emulsion....no good i assume na......

is gloss ok for now at least yea?

[Greenthing]

Just change it when you get some matt white.
Painting on top of gloss with matt may need a few coats as the first coat more than likely will look streaky. anyway good luck to you.:thumbsup:

[followthelight]

cheers geez ;)

PS: whats optimum temp & humidity for new seedlings? is is still 60-80F & 50% ish humid?

[followthelight]

ok, got 4x 150w CFL's @ 6400K in that lil white box now,

just wondering whats your thoughts on this lil plant?..... bearing in mind, all other seeds i had seem to die (or decieded to grow upside down:wtf:) so only got one on go at mo, other germinating ones are taken AGES!.......

anyways, is SHE(:D) looking healthy enough to you pros so far?

[oSecretGardeno]

Looks good to me bro. You have plenty of lumens for that little box so just keep the temp down and the lights close and she (:D) will turn out sexy for sure.

Explain your trouble with germinating?

Keep up the good work!

-Secret

[oSecretGardeno]

ok, got 4x 150w CFL's @ 6400K in that lil white box now,

Actually looking at your previous post, you said you have 4x150W, but I think you meant to say you have 4x30W, even if the incandescent equivalent is 30W=150W.

Light should be ok for now, obviously the more lumens the better, especially when they grow big and strong.

-Secret

[followthelight]

yea 30w(150w) ;)

adds up to about 8000 lumens..........suns 10.000 lumens so 2000 out, not to bad, + its in that small white box & its BRIGHT :eek: lol.........

temp still @ a nice 75F ish & humidity @ 50-60%

its close to the lights ;) ..............but as theres only one at the mo, do you think its better to be directly under 2 of the bulbs or in middle of all 4? bearing in mind being in the middle, it aint directly under all 4 bulbs....

the germinating thing, iv had few dark seeds in wet kitchen towel in dark on top of router & they havent split yet.....been about 5days now.......BUT, some seem to have furry mould on them now, would this boher the other ones? & are the mouldy ones finished!?

[Greenthing]

Looking good man.:jointsmile:

[Gatekeeper777]

MIRRORS suck. they absorb more light then they actually put out.
MYLAR is the shit.
Aluminum foil will work but isnt very reflective either.
do you wanna reflect 50%, 70% or 90 %?

[followthelight]

that was before, it says "NOW......."

its white painted all over inside a box ;)

but its mad to think mirrors aint good tho.......

[Greenthing]

that was before, it says "NOW......."

its white painted all over inside a box ;)

but its mad to think mirrors aint good tho.......
Did you paint with flat matt, mirrors absorb light.:)

[followthelight]

lol nope ...........on a PROPER tight budget at the mo, so cant be buying paint, will do asap tho ;)

would you say thats ok size at the mo for....

silk paint
2x CFL's for 5days
added other 2 CFL's 3days ago

so thats 8days under not near good lighting

but it looks healthy wouldnt you agree?......3rd set of jaggerd leaves are starting to come through now

[followthelight]

this is what i wanna know more then anything tho........


but as theres only one at the mo, do you think its better to be directly under 2 of the bulbs or in middle of all 4? bearing in mind being in the middle, it aint directly under all 4 bulbs

[followthelight]

SHE's (:D) looking very healthy id say, what you reckon peeps..........

SHE's certainly not stretched anyway LOL