I checked on my babies this morning and the leaves are curling. I did a search and came up with the light is too close and the plant is getting cooked. It's curling its leaves to sweat off some water to cool itself. This may be because I went back to the metal halide after trying some LEDs and put the halide back a little close. I went back to the halide from the led because I was afraid my grow area wasn't staying warm enough with the LEDs . So I raised the halide up about four inches and misted the plants with some Ro/di with a drop of cal/mag..
Saratj1 Reviewed by Saratj1 on . Budget First time grow critique I decided to try my hand at this. I grow coral, and the more I learned about reef tanks , it seemed very similar to hydroponics. So I thought I'd give both a try since I have some of the equipment. I am growing in a closet using a bubble bucket/dwc kit off eBay. I got a 400w mh/hps combo off Craigslist for $80 with a nice timer , I tried talking him down to $60 (he wanted $100) but he started whining about the timer, so we settled at $80. He wasn't lying though it is a nice timer, still a Rating: 5