CFL Closet Growbox.

[GeddaLiddleHI]

just a quick update; i've switched my lighting back to 24/0 since i've got the temps under control with the supplemental lights off and the extra fan.

[Dyranty]

I'd let the leaves stay, they'll fall off when they are ready.

I was working a lot last week and missed a scheduled watering which caused my plants to droop and sucked the life out of some lower leaves.

They have all mostly fallen off already. I try not to stress my babies any more then needed. Kinda like picking a scab ............. You want too, but you know it's not good!

I hope your lil plants come through good.

[GeddaLiddleHI]

k, tryin to keep more regular updates now that i have real plants.

ww on the two left, ps on the two right

you can see pretty clearly the leaves that were out taking damage from heat and the leaves that have sprouted since then. kinda makes me sad that i fucked em up so early, but at least they're doin good now.

[cannaninja]

Wow sorry friend but i thought my grow was a cheap setup haha. I even made my own carbon scrubber tho and I'm running t8's and t12's. And again sorry but your grow reminds of the baby box I made for clones and seedlings. But hey on my first grow I started with less so good luck to you and if it all works out more power to you. Oh and really, safety first not just for the babys but you and your familia(family) last thing you want after all the hard work is a burnt down house and no crop. Keep learning and stay positive its not lookin too bad for a first time. Happy growing! :smokin:

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[xxxdout]

Looks good to me, just keep on keepin' on.:weedpoke:

[GeddaLiddleHI]

cannaninja...what are you talking about? There's nothing overtly cheap about my setup, especially the carbon scrubbing air purifier (do people really buy these things for other purposes, sheesh!) i've got heavy duty extension cords and outlet adapters, for safety reasons, obviously, i'm running a lot of electricity and heat through there. Also, i only used styrofoam for my reflector because it's a) white, and b) light, i don't wanna make my box support any more weight than it already is. And i dont' know what you mean by baby box, but if you look at some of my first posts, the box is a square meter and a little over 5 feet tall, since i'm only growing 2 at a time, this is plenty of room. Not sure what your concern was for safety either, like i said i'm using heavy duty cords and adapters, i've got the plants sitting in a big plastic tray so any water is isolated from all the electrical stuff, i have a thermometer in there at all times to check the temps and i make sure that nothing at all comes into contact with the lights. i even have a plastic shield (transparent white and reflective) that i put in between the curtain and the rest of the box, the negative pressure inside the box tends to pull the curtain inwards when its down. I appreciate your concern, but this isn't my first grow. my FIRST grow gave me back one male (hence the feminized seeds), and then my cat pissed on and killed my lone female, which is why i wasn't real enthusiastic about going through all that effort again for so long. it's nice that you prefaced your post with "sorry" but i found it kind of condescending and insulting, maybe that wasn't in purpose but...still.


aaaanyways. i'm thinking about going LST on these plants to maximize my yield under cfl's. i plan to look around the forums for tips on this, but any advice anyone can offer right here in my own thread would be much appreciated.

[GetBaked]

Hey man, I'm not sure if they have a sticky bout it here. But go check out the How To LST thread on grasscity. Ur plants are lookin good, I'm bout to get a shit load more light tomorrow (or today). Ill let ya know what I end up with. Oh shit, sorry I'm talkin bout my shit, but seriously check out that thread, it's good shit. Pce, Get High!!

[GeddaLiddleHI]

there appears to be something wrong with my white widow...and only my white widow. i don't understand why as both plants have identical set-ups but...whatever. even the new leaves are starting to get this reddish purple color on them, which i believe suggests a nutrient burn of some kind, i think excess potassium. since i'm not adding nutes yet...i don't understand what's going on. i'm using filtered tap water to water them, which also sits for approx 24hrs before it's used. anyway, here's a pic of the damage, hopefully someone can help me...and soon.

[GeddaLiddleHI]

so i looked around at some sick plant help sections, and it looks like it's also possible my plant could be nutrient deficient...is that really possible at such an early stage? i need to get this corrected soon, but i don't want to make things worse by changing the wrong thing (adding nutrients, switching my water source, etc.)

[GeddaLiddleHI]

so...i dont' know why no one wants to post in this thread, or answer any of the questions i ask, but anyways...

i mixed up some (very) weak fertilizer to water the white widow with. watered it using the nutes last night and today it's perked right up. some of the leaves that were really turned purple are still pretty sickly looking, but i think i've solved my problem. should be helpful to anyone else that has a similar problem. whoda thunk plants could need nutes so young...?