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Don Gottie

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So i have this going on in my house under my bathroom sink pretty sick id say!!!
But my concern is the babys on veg they are 3 inches tall already and only 4 days old is that ok aby advice on my op.?

p.s the last pic is my flower room 6 ft tall by 2x2 with 2 floros and 3 cfls......
 

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jfa916

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im sorry bro but those arent doing good not to be a dick but its yours 1st grow everyones messes up those are wat to long you need the lights much closer good luck
 
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thalboy

Active Member
Your plants need some more light.

Pic 0228 looks over watered, under lit, and burned. Make sure your containers have drainage holes. Add perlite to your medium so that it doesn't get compacted and has good drainage.

Is that aluminum foil on the wall? it doesn't look like Mylar. Aluminum foil is shiny but really inefficient at reflecting light. I've also heard that it is a possible fire hazard because it creates hot spots.

Make sure you get an oscillating fan in your grow space to strengthen stems and as part of a defense against powdery mildew.
 
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Don Gottie

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i got th fucked up one in flowering now she has really came back so ppl below fuck it shes growen buds thats all i care about ive got e at 4 nodes and they are pulling 5's so i started LST on one of em as well as the older one ill post pics soon

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mr.mike

Active Member
your gonna want to fix that light leak and are you sure you want to do it under a bathroom sink? if you have someone over and they run outta shit tickets thats gonna be the first place they look...
 
Dr.Nick

Dr.Nick

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It does need quite a bit more light, but aluminum will work if it's all you've got. If you do a search on here you can find a really good article of the relfective index of aluminum foil. As for it creating a fire hazard, that's just not true. Actually if you look up the hydroponics article on Wikipedia, there's a photo from NASA's hydro lab and guess what they use on the walls - mirror polished aluminum reflectors. Actually, aluminum has one of the highest reflective indexes there is.
 
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gobbly

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polished aluminum and foil are about as different as toilet paper and cardboard... NASA mostly uses mylar, which I believe is aluminized insulation, and is used in many grows.

+1 to "over watered, under lit, and burned."

If you're having fun, then cool :) but if you're going for yield and quality, you need to invest a lot more in this operation.
 
Dr.Nick

Dr.Nick

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If you use a light meter to check the reflected light density by aluminum foil, it is indeed quite high. Regarding NASA's use of mylar, they famously used it on the lunar lander, various components of Skylab and some of their probes/deep space explorer vehicles. Despite this previous usage, the reflectors in this photo are clearly aluminum. Hydroponic_onions_nasa.jpg
 
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