My Indoor Grow,

[Dutch Pimp]

Next time:

geminate seeds in 18oz plastic cups..(seedling starter soil mix & 20% perlite)(holes for drainage)(keep temps 80-85 degrees)

I use 4ft T-12 shop lights the first 3 weeks (6500k) T-12's won't burn the leaf, even when touching the bulbs...:thumbsup:...and I use 20/4 light cycle


..............one week........................two weeks..........:stoned:

[psychodelic]

I have a couple thoughts:

~ CFLs wouldn't cause a power outage for your house. They just don't have enough power to do that. Especially since the power outage didn't occur until 10 minutes later.

~ My first guess was that you just blew a fuse (your security light and grow lights are on the same circuit, and it got overloaded). But if that were the case, you would have had to reset it at the fuse box; the power company wouldn't have been able to do that over the phone.

~ My second thought is that there was a random power surge/outage at your house (and maybe some of your neighbors' too, you could ask if you ever see them) that coincidentally happened 10 minutes after you added some lights. This is my best guess, since the power company was able to rectify the situation over the phone.

~ You need to figure out the Amperage for the circuit that your lights are connected to, and figure out how many appliances/lights/etc. are connected to that circuit already. Like I said, I think the outage was unrelated to your lights...however, if you plan on adding lights and other appliances to the circuit, you need to know this (to avoid blowing fuses or risk of fire).

[LetsSeeYa]

I have a couple thoughts:

~ CFLs wouldn't cause a power outage for your house. They just don't have enough power to do that. Especially since the power outage didn't occur until 10 minutes later. Well it was more like half power at first, but while looking at the braker box, there was one over load. We switched it back and messed with other swiches, turn off and on and then lost complete power. So, it just didnt kill all power at once, some things went out and some just had about half power

~ My first guess was that you just blew a fuse (your security light and grow lights are on the same circuit, and it got overloaded). But if that were the case, you would have had to reset it at the fuse box; the power company wouldn't have been able to do that over the phone. We dont run on a fuse, most new houses dont anymore. Plus the power company said ''your power will be on by 10;30 and a few min. later they fixed it. They also said they had my problem in there system and were working on it.

~ My second thought is that there was a random power surge/outage at your house (and maybe some of your neighbors' too, you could ask if you ever see them) that coincidentally happened 10 minutes after you added some lights. This is my best guess, since the power company was able to rectify the situation over the phone. This is what im thinking happen. I am going to try a different plug in and see what happens

~ You need to figure out the Amperage for the circuit that your lights are connected to, and figure out how many appliances/lights/etc. are connected to that circuit already. Like I said, I think the outage was unrelated to your lights...however, if you plan on adding lights and other appliances to the circuit, you need to know this (to avoid blowing fuses or risk of fire).

This is true. But i would not even know where to look. I can say the switch that went off was marked 20 As most are. But as far as what is conected to that swich is a clue. I guess i can have someone study it a bit more to see if things are marked?

[psychodelic]

Gotcha. I misinterpreted the power outage, since I didn't know about the "half power" issue. And 20A is definitely big enough to handle all your grow power.

[LetsSeeYa]

Well seems i wasn't just me that had an outage. Seems it was about a 3 county surge that messed with me. Suck, cuz i tore down getting all paranoid. OH well.

They are in my bathroom and for some reason its cold in there. My lights are on em i just hope i dint end up with 3 hermies, for changing their environment to much:rasta:

[psychodelic]

No need to worry about hermies right now. Focus on keeping them alive, happy, and growing.

If the sprouts are in the bathtub, that may be too cold for them. Put a book underneath the cups, because the bathtub is colder than the air temperature, and you don't want to let the roots get cold. The lights will keep the above-ground part of the plant warm, but if the roots get cold, it will stunt growth or possibly kill it.

Good luck getting it set back up! Spark one up while you work...it'll make it more entertaining

[LetsSeeYa]

Every things back in its place:thumbsup::rasta:

[LetsSeeYa]

Somethings is stressing my plants i think:wtf:. Im not sure because its been 11 days under 24/0 lights. I read a lot of logs and mine arnt close to anything iv seen. The tin foil helped, but the temp's of the soil i believe isn't warm enough. Thats gotta be it. I was afraid to enclose the front of the shelf because of the heat, but tonight thats the plan.

Also, im moving everything to the bottom shelf. The fan can set right behind the plants to move out the heat. I will cover the front of the shelf with tin foil too. Iv left it open because the one plant was getting too much heat. I should have made sure the lights were not as close and the front should have been enclosed. I hope this warms up the soil, yet the fan controls the heat on the leaves.

Its just difficult because i cant get down there and i get my visuals through pic's. I tell em to do something, they do it and take pics. I look at the pics and adjust accordingly For now thats just how it has to be. I have a stair glide, but the damn thing is a death trap waiting to happen. I went down on it the day they put it in my house and my friend had to bear hug me all the way down. lol Plus it leaves me about 3' from my chair, now jumping down is ok, but getting back up,lol, forget it! Thats when i saw the space. But im not getting on that thing now. I was younger and braver in those days.lol

This pic was taken the 22nd, 11 days after what the seedling looks like. Think theres a problem? Just seems very small? My summer grow is about gone, so i need these baby's to take off:jointsmile:. Im hoping its just 1st indoor paranoia:wtf:

Looking through, i havnt said what i got growin. These are a mix, either Skunk #1, Haze or a cross of the two. I germed 2 more and there getting on pretty good. Different strain, but unsure of the genetics. Il find out, called Edna.

Peace

:thumbsup::rasta:

[psychodelic]

I'd change the lighting to 18/6. What are the daytime and nighttime temperatures? Make sure the thermometer is away from the lights though, so you can get an accurate reading.

Also, new plants like high humidity until they start developing multiple nodes. what is the humidity level like?

From your pictures though, they don't looked too stressed. They look good, not stretching too much. I've had plants that take about 2 weeks to get the first real node.

[LetsSeeYa]

I'd change the lighting to 18/6. What are the daytime and nighttime temperatures? Make sure the thermometer is away from the lights though, so you can get an accurate reading.

Also, new plants like high humidity until they start developing multiple nodes. what is the humidity level like?

From your pictures though, they don't looked too stressed. They look good, not stretching too much. I've had plants that take about 2 weeks to get the first real node.

Im waiting as we speak for temp's to the tops of the plants. Then il get a temp on the room. I dont have a timer or anything to check humidity. But i was thinking today about my dehumidifier. It cost over 300 bucks. I thought i could use it to control the humidity as well as move air. This thing is really high tech and i know its for removing humidity, but it might control the environment as to the level i want. I gotta see what this thing does besides taking water out of the air. I think i can add some with it, im sure. It was the best they had at home depot. If anything i could use it to find out the humidity in the room. Its all digital and confusing:wtf:

Well they look better now because i flipped the fan. They had the fan blowing the heat down into the pots. The biggest pot was where i germed them and planned on re potting all of them. But in the last pic you can see we put more soil in so the heat wouldnt lay in it. After 2 days there was much improvement:thumbsup:

Temps are 82 at the tops of the plants and 68 in the room. Here is a pic of modifyed set up and pic of the plants looking ok i think:thumbsup::rasta: