first grow 2 cfls one speaker box a pc fan and a green crack clone

this is my first grow i dont know where to start off so here we go the other day i went to some freinds house and they had a clone they were given that they didnt want they didnt want to mess wth it due to late in the year so i took it they said it was green crack its about eh5-6 inches tall and cant be to old either



so i took an old speaker box i sealed it up and have two cfls hangin from the tob about an inch over the plants 2 pc fans i think there both small cpu fans one pointing in and one pointing out for ventilation ill take pics tommorow when i have my camera the plant is in a half of a gal milk jug ..... i have the fans wired to a power inverter and there not blowing directly on the plant so they run right the cfls have 1700 lumens a piece and have 26 on the packge idk really anyone have some suggestions....

this plant look sad ill wait a few days to see if they perk up. ...... oh and i know shitty pics


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I am new to growing as well, have similar setup except mine was from seed. You should paint the inside of the box white, this will reflect light better onto your plant. I've heard some people use foil to better effect but I am not really in position to advise you to do so since I've read others complaining about the rise in temperature and creation of hot spots.

How long ago was the clone rooted? Those leaves dont look too good you been giving it nutes? My knowledge on nutes and soil is basic at best so hopefully some one who knows what they are talking about can advise you there.

Good luck with the grow.

no nutes! not yet, how much and often are you watering it? did you put holes on the milk jug for drainage?

also no foil

what are you spraying it with? stop that!! (j/k i dont even know what it is) i think you have the wrong lights(what wou have will work but are not ideal). they look like they are lower on the kelvin scale. you want the lights that look more white for veg. it will say 5,600k on the box. then 2,700 kelvin for flower. CFL's are incredibly cheap to produce so most under 100w are VERRY similar IMO this is something that CAN be purchaced from walmart (unlike your fertilizer!!) so go spend 10$ and ghetto rig some way to put a few 6,500 lights on that poor thing. foil will only make things HOT and reflect more heat than light especially with CFL's the good light you want dosent travel verry far and is pretty weak! However they WILL work and MANY peps use them includeing me.

Water with P.H.'d H2O when the dirt gets dry, not moist but dry. it is WAY over water than under water. if you go a few days w/o water the leafs will droop, count the days and then water a day earlier next time and keep a consistant schedule.


the rest you will find by doing some reading and homework. every one will tell you that you can find all the answers in the FAQ section and that is true!! if it is not in the FAQ then there is some post from 2008 that is 9 pages long and still going on!! I find those the most informative!! also grow logs rock because you can watch progress and you get alot of tips and them recomendations you are looking for. the compliments are nice also!!

time for a nother bong rip!!
happy growing!!:jointsmile:

ya i havent used nutes i dont want to kill it. maybe i do need some better lights post a pic of some cheap cfls ill go rig up a couple but other than waterin it when its dry i havent done anything to the poor thing. yes theres holes in the bottom for drain age

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so you are not spraying it with any thing? that box and your soil will retain moisture...that will make it mold so watch for that. also roots need darkness, that milk jug will have to be replaced with something dark later on. how did the plant get all those white marks on the leafs?

new soil , new box with foil all around on the inside, new light, new results some one anyone have any suggestions on anything:jointsmile: [attachment=o252791]

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or not today you can see new leaves all up and down the stem coming in good its starting to smell good to

so i got another clone and way more lights will add pics soon the clone is a hippy chicken clone

so heres some pics on my grow not much but have seen some changes

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I I CAPTAN!! lookin good :thumbsup:

is that floil or mylar? if its foil it might get to hot! be careful

ya its foil it wasnt gettin hot until last night it got hot so im going to take it out. im trying to get some mylar or maybe even white paint. could i get mylar at a hardware store? the foil burnt one this morning and i picked all the burnt and crusty stuff off it just pissed me off. but im getting one more clone today of more hippy chicken

google mylar emergency blanket. you can get them almost anywhere. cheap to

see those to plants there dead this mornin dried up to much heat ok new plan i wonder if they will still grow i got one more fresh clone and no more foil

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ya man, no more foil!! (hard to keep offering sugestions if you dont wana follow up). :wtf: I would invest in some better fans...what you got is not sealed and if one is in and one is out then they are to close to each other. Computer fans alone make alot of heat. Check your wireing on them sockets, loose or frayed wires can make heat. If you are on a budget go to a thift store, or look at garage sales...either way you need better ventilation. sry for yur loss man!! better luck next time

Please do us the courtesy and ur PUNCTUATION. You are asking for help, dont do it in a rude way. Im sure alot of people didnt respond simply because your lack of periods and question marks. Dont burn your bridges also!!

good luck next time:jointsmile:

ya iknow i was hoping it would work till today, when i go shopping for a light fixture with 5 or 4 sockets for lights and a cabinet or something like that bit bigger and more practical. I might use mylar but ill probally end up just painting the inside walls flat white

You need all the lumens you can get to your plants. Do yourself a favor and get the mylar. You will loose alot of light with flat white walls. Sure they will reflect some but the y will absorb some too. Your local hydro shop will have mylar in rolls like Christmas wrap in different lengths. Hope this helps. :rasta:

so the first pick is the green crack dried up the stem is good and theres still some growth.... then 2nd pic is the hippy chicken that well is dried up to but thats all right last but not least my new hipppy chicken. so the others are dried up do you think they will still grow . and how long would it take for them to be normal..

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ill look might be able to find some somewhere.

update?

sorry about the update iwas camping for 3 days so my two old clones i still have but i pronounce dead one of them looks better then it did my new clone is doing good until this morning it was droopier then shit im thinkink a carbon dioxide defincentcy or somethin

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i think you are makeing this harder than it needs to be...fill out a trouble shooting form...copy n paste one into this forum