First Grow, Cardboard Box

.breeze

.breeze

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  • I'm just experimenting with this one. I held on to a few reg seeds that came my way and decided to toss them in some dirt and see what happens, here's a couple pics 5 days later. I originally had them outdoors and brought them in when they sprouted so they were sprouted with natural light.

    What you think? Also I noticed one of the plants is kind of growing into two..

    Pardon my grammatical (sp?) and spelling errors, im slightly high


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drolove

drolove

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ya....growing multiple plants in the same container can make a lot of problems down the road and its unlikely that they would all live and i can tell you none would live if you tried leaving all of them in that container the entire life cycle. and your box is way too small for 5 plants. your going to need way more light for 5 plants as well and with those cfl lights your using you can keep the light a few inches from the plants.
 
brettsog

brettsog

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also do u have any more lights. u are gonna want at least a few more in there if you are using 23w's. they will want more as they get bigger.
 
.breeze

.breeze

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A little better for now, it's all I can really fit inside the box. This is just an experiment. I got another light in there as well, has a more yellow color than the brighter one. (It's 9w, the other bulb is 26w)
 
brettsog

brettsog

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that will be sufficient for a couple days. u will need a couple more lights in there. get 3 more of them 26w light. 2700k and 6500k so orange and white. that will take you over 100w which will do you for a few weeks. you will be disappointed with the results otherwise.
 
zo0t

zo0t

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move em to invidividual pots bro and use presnt wraping or da mylar for da reflektiom aluminimium wont do sheet but burn da lefz and reflekt da heet

peece out brEh
 
.breeze

.breeze

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Thanks for the replies guys!

@brettsog I will be trying to get some more lights today and I'm going to build a better grow box. Thanks!

@zo0t where could I find cheap mylar?
 
.breeze

.breeze

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Does anyone know how long aprox. it would take for a plant to die if it was going to after being transplanted into another container? It's been about 12 hours and all seems fine thus far despite the fact that I damaged some of the roots.
 
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mydankbeatsyours

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Each CFL should be nomore than a inch away from the plant! After the inch not all the lumens hit the plant. I would put 2 bulbs for each plant if you want them to grow bigger and give you a bigger yield.
 
.breeze

.breeze

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Got a new bulb (48 watt). Seems like it runs a little hot but it should be fine for now, I lowered the lights a bit so they are closer to the plant, the 3rd light standing up in the back i keep slightly higher for what little reflection the foil is giving until I get better reflective material.

Thanks again for all the tips guys! Plants seem happier already lol
 
.breeze

.breeze

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Well, the 48 watt CFL just broke while I was changing the grow box a little bit, sigh :( I'll try to buy one or two tomorrow, they are 12$ where I live).

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.breeze

.breeze

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changed the lights a bit, still sloppy will build new box tomorrow with these lights. The bulb at the top is a daytime reptile light for my ball python, going to try using it during nights to see if it improves growth at all
 

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