The crap on the soil surface is perlite, just a little bit, used as a reflector for the underside of the leaves.

The soil is Miracle Gro Potting mix, 0.21, 0.07, 0.14. Otherwise I'm not feeding it anything but water every 3 days. I leave it sitting out to evaporate the chlorine. Is the soil the problem?
boiStone Reviewed by boiStone on . I gotta sprout and some questions I planted a bagseed and got a sprout. :) This is a little dixie cup with some potting soil. I've been putting this literally 2 inches from the light. My light is gooseneck desk lamp with a single 26W 6500K CFL. In the mean time I'm building up my rubbermaid box. I have 6 of these lights, with conduit and junction boxes that house my splices (wire nuts). I want to protect my house and give it a clean, neat appearance. Pix of that to come later. Anyway, here are my sprout pix. Do Rating: 5