nasel
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Hi all, Ive been reading on here for a while and decided to do a little hortoculturalism!
I purchased "short stuff auto mix - 20 seed pack" for £35 and ive started a couple of them.
I used wet loo roll to start the seeds and then once they had a 10mm root I transfered them to soil. Im using these little pellets of compressed soil that expand when you add water to them, I have had good results with tomatoes in these. one of my plants was on top of the boiler and the other was not in such a warm place. The one on the boiler came up quicker so I put them both up there. after about a week I transfered them to a dedicated grow box.
The grow box is 2' high, 2' wide and 1' deep. There is a 2' flouresant (I think its a reptiglow and I think about 150 Lumens) the inside of the grow box is all gloss white and the lamp is about 1.5" off the highest point on the plants.
The plants are in the grow box now and have been for about 5 days. Ive insulated the box to bring the temperature up but the plants do not seem to have changed much over the last couple of days. they have 2/4 tiny leaves about 6mm long and stems about 1" long total. The stems have grown and then slumped to the side but still track the light. Im going to add a fan to get some air movement to toughen the stems up a little.
I have been keeping the soil moist, firstly just with water but from 10 days I used a very week mix of a miracle grow type fertilizer (5 drops to a litre) which is thick and brown and stinks!
Obviously I want these to get nice and big and juicy but right now I dont have 2 fat queens, ive got a couple of little runts! Is there anything I am doing wrong, or anything im not doing.
I hope these littel guys get bog and strong cos they should be due around x mas![Very Happy :D :D](/styles/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
I purchased "short stuff auto mix - 20 seed pack" for £35 and ive started a couple of them.
I used wet loo roll to start the seeds and then once they had a 10mm root I transfered them to soil. Im using these little pellets of compressed soil that expand when you add water to them, I have had good results with tomatoes in these. one of my plants was on top of the boiler and the other was not in such a warm place. The one on the boiler came up quicker so I put them both up there. after about a week I transfered them to a dedicated grow box.
The grow box is 2' high, 2' wide and 1' deep. There is a 2' flouresant (I think its a reptiglow and I think about 150 Lumens) the inside of the grow box is all gloss white and the lamp is about 1.5" off the highest point on the plants.
The plants are in the grow box now and have been for about 5 days. Ive insulated the box to bring the temperature up but the plants do not seem to have changed much over the last couple of days. they have 2/4 tiny leaves about 6mm long and stems about 1" long total. The stems have grown and then slumped to the side but still track the light. Im going to add a fan to get some air movement to toughen the stems up a little.
I have been keeping the soil moist, firstly just with water but from 10 days I used a very week mix of a miracle grow type fertilizer (5 drops to a litre) which is thick and brown and stinks!
Obviously I want these to get nice and big and juicy but right now I dont have 2 fat queens, ive got a couple of little runts! Is there anything I am doing wrong, or anything im not doing.
I hope these littel guys get bog and strong cos they should be due around x mas
![Very Happy :D :D](/styles/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)