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Im new here and was wondering if anyone had any ideas of how to improve my set-up and lower my teperatures. its in a 1x2 foot dresser with 4 15w CFLs and 6 15w flourescent grow tubes. Im using a 50 cfm fan but the temps are still usually around 81 degrees. any suggestions will be appreciated
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Welcome to cancom!
Lets see if I can give you some tips...
First of all they should be planted by themselves and NOT in clear containers. The light is harmful to the roots. Also when they are planted together the strong ones tend to strangle and kill the others in the pot.
Aluminum foil is bad for reflecting light and can focus light and heat in your plants. Use mylar, panda film, or cheapest of all FLAT white spray paint.
By upgrading your exhaust fan you can pull hot air out faster.
You also need a fan inside blowing the air around. It can help with heat, humidity, and it also strengthens your plants stems to be able to support flowers later on.
Also the floro tubes... the plants are way too small to be benefiting from them now since they are so far away from them. With floros and CFLs they need to be close to be effective.
You can probably turn them off for now until they get bigger. It would also help to replace the small CFLs with 26w ones.
Hope I could help and goodluck growing!
:DOh ya....
I would remove the budweiser cans and go with bud light ones. Might not be an improvement for your grow room but it will be an improvement for your taste buds!
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Just my oppinion anyways.
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Thanks for the advice. I forgot to mention I am on a super small budget so i pretty much have to work with what ive got for now. i dont plan on letting them get to big, maybe about a foot or so tall, do think i can leave them in shared containers or do u have a better suggestion that can still work for my small space. plus i will be pulling any males so that will give them more room. and do u think if i just ran some masking tape around the planters that would be good enough to keep the light off the roots?
i also turned off all of the tubes except the bottom two and right now temps are around 75*. i know i need a fan to circulate air inside the box but im poor, hopefully i can find an adequate one at the dollar store.
they are comming alsong quite nicely and each have a new set of leaves now :), i also sprouted some more because I would like to have 3 per container. that way after i remove males and if some die i will still have some to flower. yesterday i started at nutes so i hope their growth will speed up. thanks for the advice
These are not real plants, just pictures from the internet. I do not grow marijuana and I am only roleplaying by posting this.
Well the plants you found on the internet suck and are gonna die cause the grower isnt listening to the pros :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeAcheSee
Today i transpanted them into bigger containers and add 2 lights. i will have new pics up soon. they r way bigger now than they were:thumbsup:
floro tubes will work, But get em closer to the tubes. The plants need light and they can be all but against them to recieve proper light to grow.
Im only running 2 of the tubes now and have rearranged. I think they r growing pretty fast now. Hope u like the pics
Dude...talk about DIY. Them reflectors or insane...ingenuity man:jointsmile:. Just make sure you setup is SAFE!!!!!
Ohhh turn them other lights on...with cfl it's more the merrier.GL
So there is only a week between the first pics and the new ones. I added up my lumens and watts yesterday and i should be around 8000 lumens and 159 watts currently, 9200 and 210 with the rest of the tubes turned on. The dresser is 2 sq ft. I want them to be about a foot tall before i switch to 12/12 and change the bulbs. Do u guys think they will be ready for that in a month?
Hello guys im new to the forum.
I used to grow under 400W HID's and MH's but that was turning out to be waay too expensive plus i was having trouble with the heat. I moved to argentina now and i just finished setting up my grow cabinet but this time im using CFL's (two 65 watt lamps as you can see below, combined about 5000 lumens i know im not gonna yield no where near like with HID's bit if i can get into a rhythm and flower a bush and replace with a vegged plant when i harvest i will be happy).
the size of the cabinet is 50cmx50cm (1.6ft squared at the base and height is just over a meter but i got my homemade reflectors which work pretty well about 2 inches from my plants as you can see the overhead is pretty dark so they are getting most of the light)
my question is, will this be enough to veg AND flower? or will i need to go to the hardware store and fetch some more CFL's???
seeds germinated and sprouted out from the soild, been under lights for a day and a half now.
Please no thread hijacking, I saw u posted the same thing on someone elses. Just start your own its not very difficult
im new to the forum been waiting for a reply no one seems to care thats why i posted everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeAcheSee
Ive got some updates. unfortunatly i cant upload pics, it says they keeping failing even though im doing it the same way as before. they are lookin mostly healthy but i have a ph problem. i got some ph strips but they only go down to 6.2 and my soil is below that, my water is between 6.2-6.8 with only Fox Fram Grow Big, in my other mix of water with that, Earth Juice, and fish emulsion it is below 6.2. I dont have access to any kind of grow stores around here but does anyone know where to get a good ph meter for cheap? also, can bone meal raise your soils ph? or is there a better option that I would be able to find at home depot or lowes? Ive been looking for ph up but can only find it for pools, is it bad for plants?
and to arthurdickson. i think u should be good on lumens as long as your lights are the correct spectrum, so u should use different ones for veg and flower. just google chlorphyll activity if u arent sure what u need. blue for veg red for flower. and good luck fitting all those plants in that small space. im having a hard time just keeping my 3 from burning on the lights in a 2 sq ft box.