Milk jug for a Greenhouse?

[hatecable]

Im having some humidity issues with my seedling, along with ph I believe. The humidity is only 16% which is what you get when you live in Texas and die without the airconditioning going constantly during august. Anyway, I was wondering if you could cut up an old translucent milk jug bottom and make a greenhouse canopy. Im not sure if enough light would get through or what, but i thought Id ask. Maybe someone has done this before.

Herers a pic of my plant from seed. It is 9 days old from first breaking the soil and was doing good but has all the sudden seemed to stop growing over the last 3 days and the first true leaves are taco'ing a bit. There is a little bit of very light brownish discoloration too. Im going to guess that this is due to ph. Any help would be much appreciated.

Conditions:
-Scotts Premium Topsoil (has peat in it and is pretty loose so i didnt add
perlite)
-1 27W Daylight CFL 1 inch from plant 24/0
-Fan blowing on it constantly
-about 12 1/4" holes in bottom of cup for drainage
-Temps flux between 73-80

hatecable Reviewed by hatecable on 08-09-2008. Milk jug for a Greenhouse? Im having some humidity issues with my seedling, along with ph I believe. The humidity is only 16% which is what you get when you live in Texas and die without the airconditioning going constantly during august. Anyway, I was wondering if you could cut up an old translucent milk jug bottom and make a greenhouse canopy. Im not sure if enough light would get through or what, but i thought Id ask. Maybe someone has done this before. Herers a pic of my plant from seed. It is 9 days old Rating: 5

[hatecable]

-humidity 16% (changing as soon as possible via greenhouse or humidifier)
-ph runoff was 6.14 just before I gave it a 3 x pot size flush with 6.9 ph adjusted tapwater
-NO NUTES as of yet


BTW this is not a complete soil grow. Im only growing in soil until the 2nd or 3rd set of true leaves and then washing the soil off the roots and transplanting it
to a WF.

[herbie the love bud]

It looks good. Yes, people use Coca-cola bottles all the time to increase humidity (not so much milk jugs). Cut the bottom off and put it over the seedling. And move that light up and away, at this phase it really doesn't need more than the ambient light practically.

[hatecable]

If I moved the light away wouldnt it make the plant stretch and eventually fall over from its own weight. The fan couldnt blow on the stem either to strengthen it. I was planning on making vents so that air could at least circulate if not blow directly on the plant.

[a420seeker]

how are you managing 16% humidity in this part of the country? It stays a steady 58% in my grow room. I use Cfls also and my fans are 12volt computer CPU fans from Radio Shack run on a 120volt switching power supply also from the Shack really cuts back on power usage and they work great and run almost silent. I have one at the filtered intake and the other is at the exaust attached to a carbon filter so I have clean air pulling in and cleaner air blowing out.:smokin:

What is WF?

I grow in soil but I'm totally organic, I use my aquarium waste water for watering my plants and fish emulsion durring veg and Bat crap tea for flowering.

[hatecable]

WF is a WaterFarm. Its a hydro drip system, but mine is using an airstone as well so its a cross between a WaterFarm and a DWC(Deep Water Culture).

Its 16% because the AC is always going and is pulling the moisture out of the air. Otherwise we would probably drown from all the humidity inside the house

[hatecable]

WF is a WaterFarm. Its a hydro drip system, but mine is using an airstone as well so its a cross between a WaterFarm and a DWC(Deep Water Culture).

Its 16% because the AC is always going and is pulling the moisture out of the air. Otherwise we would probably drown from all the humidity inside the house

[a420seeker]

LOL, ok I got ya on the drowning part. your WF and DWC combo sounds really cool. I'd like to here more about it and how well it works when you get the time.

[hatecable]

This is my first time doing hydro so I might not be the best example of this method done properly. Once I actually get the plant transplanted successfully in the WF I will probably start a grow log. In the mean time I would suggest looking up some of Xcrispi's posts. He grows with this method and seems to always get monster trees.

[hatecable]

Ok.. i did the coke bottle thing. I cut the threaded part off and heated up a phillips screwdriver on my stove to melt several holes in the lower part of the dome to let air circulate a little. Im trying to think of a way to keep some water attached to the sides of the dome to keep the humidity up more than just evaporation of water from the soil. Any ideas? My environment monitor wont fit in with the cup so I cant tell what the actual temp and humidity is inside the dome, so Ill either have to get one that has a wire or just trust its going to work right and not be too humid as well. I really hope Josie the 3rd doesnt stretch too much with the light so high above the top.