New England Low-Budget CFL Cabinet Grow

w1ckedchowda · Mar 18, 2009

JohnnyDaManiac said:
Pic #1 - Temp reading. (still like 15* more than I want)
Pic #2 to 4 - My little sprout. (I hope he makes it! )

Yea I have no idea on the Voltage LOL sorry.

But I do think you're either over watering, or too much heat is becoming a problem from the yellowing on your seedling.

I found out recently I was over feeding and see little specs of yellow (and one like yours) all over the leaves.

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 20, 2009

Temp is still at mid to high 90's.
It doesn't seem to be causing any issues except the original leaves are dry and the growth seems stunted.
It is less than a week old, can any one tell me if it's growing slowly?
I thought I'd have another set of leaves atleast by now.
Looks like I'm going to be vegging for a while... :sad:

Pic #1 and 2 - Plant A (stunted?)
Pic #3 and 4 - Plant B (just popped up. looks like it might not make it. :sad:

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w1ckedchowda · Mar 22, 2009

JohnnyDaManiac said:
Temp is still at mid to high 90's.
It doesn't seem to be causing any issues except the original leaves are dry and the growth seems stunted.
It is less than a week old, can any one tell me if it's growing slowly?
I thought I'd have another set of leaves atleast by now.
Looks like I'm going to be vegging for a while...

Pic #1 and 2 - Plant A (stunted?)
Pic #3 and 4 - Plant B (just popped up. looks like it might not make it.)

any update? how they doin?

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 22, 2009

UPDATE!!

Temperature: 100.3°F
Height: 1¾"
Days Old: 8 Days
Genral Update: The second sprout died.
Adding a fan soon so strengthen stems.

Pic #1: Plant A (growth problems?)

Pic #2

Pic #3

w1ckedchowda · Mar 22, 2009

JohnnyDaManiac said:
UPDATE!!

Temperature: 100.3°F
Height: 1¾"
Days Old: 8 Days
Genral Update: The second sprout died.

Adding a fan soon so strengthen stems.

Pic #1: Plant A (growth problems?)

Pic #2

Pic #3

nice you've got a pretty healthy one there!

but seriously man, GET THOSE TEMPS DOWN!

you need it below 85 degrees for marijuana to grow healthy and for it not to stunt growth/die.

Get a fan asap or open up your grow box thing to let some air in!

Looks good, but stay on top of this, it'll suck to have to say goodbye to your whole crop.

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 23, 2009

UPDATE!!

Temperature: 91.6°F
Height: 1¾"
Days Old: 8 Days
Genral Update: I tried adding an intake
fan and it didn't change the temp at all,
so I directed the fan at the plant top
and it's cooled it down a lot.

Pic #1: Fan Setup (strengthen and cool)

Pic #2

Pic #3

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 23, 2009

sorry for the new update.
I was just really happy to see the temp go down so drastically!
I wish I had done this from the start!

BlazeN · Mar 23, 2009

why dont u just take down the mylar and replace it with somthing like white poster board, mylar is VERY good at keeping heat in, the white poster board with have enough reflection for the plant, that fan so close to that little plant may stress it out.

playa869 · Mar 23, 2009

get a small fan there cheap like 7 bucks and make a hole for it and have it facing out so it blows out all the hot air and then make a hole about the same side somewhere else which will pull air in.... i had temps in the 100's and i did that and it went down to 85..nice plant though

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 23, 2009

BlazeN said:
why dont u just take down the mylar and replace it with somthing like white poster board, mylar is VERY good at keeping heat in, the white poster board with have enough reflection for the plant, that fan so close to that little plant may stress it out.

I'll move the fan.
I'd put the white poster board up but it was a pain in the ass to get all of that maylar up.
I might just cut some more intake holes.
Thanks for the help! :bigjoint:

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 23, 2009

playa869 said:
get a small fan there cheap like 7 bucks and make a hole for it and have it facing out so it blows out all the hot air and then make a hole about the same side somewhere else which will pull air in.... i had temps in the 100's and i did that and it went down to 85..nice plant though

I can I put another filter on the new fan?
Is it like a desk fan you're talking about?

playa869 · Mar 23, 2009

yes a little desk fan works fine

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 25, 2009

UPDATE!!

Temperature: 85.0°F
Height: 1¾"
Days Old: 11 Days
Genral Update: I moved the fan back
into the intake position. There is some
drying because of shock from the fan
and extreme heat. New leafs are forming
so I think it will survive. :-?

Things are
looking kind of bad but I got the temps
down to around where I want them.

Pic #1: Yellowing, Browning, & Dry

Pic #2

w1ckedchowda · Mar 25, 2009

JohnnyDaManiac said:
UPDATE!!

Temperature: 85.0°F
Height: 1¾"
Days Old: 11 Days
Genral Update: I moved the fan back
into the intake position. There is some
drying because of shock from the fan
and extreme heat. New leafs are forming
so I think it will survive. Things are
looking kind of bad but I got the temps
down to around where I want them.

Pic #1: Yellowing, Browning, & Dry

Pic #2

How much are you watering?

What kind of light again? Seems like either burning from the light or over watering/feeding. How about the bottom of the cup, is there sufficient drainage?

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 26, 2009

Drainage... I'm an idiot...

Putting holes in the cup now.
Its a 42watt daylight. There are two obviously.
I think I am over watering. I water almost every day.
The soil has some nutes in it. I am going to try to get nute free soil and perlite and get some MG nutes or something?

w1ckedchowda · Mar 26, 2009

JohnnyDaManiac said:
Drainage... I'm an idiot...
Putting holes in the cup now.
Its a 42watt daylight. There are two obviously.
I think I am over watering. I water almost every day.
The soil has some nutes in it. I am going to try to get nute free soil and perlite and get some MG nutes or something?

Haha yea let it be for like a day or 2 after you water it nice and good.

That's what I do, give them a real good watering and then let them be for 2-3 days (or when the soil is really dry with half my index finger in).

Was going to say, those CFLs shouldn't cause burnage

JohnnyDaManiac · Mar 30, 2009

UPDATE!!

Temps are back up in the low 90's. New leaves are growing and the damage to the lower leaves is limited. I am going to add another exhaust fan tonight. I think I have the watering down now. I want to start flowering in 2 or 3 weeks. I'm hoping lowering the temps will make the runt grow up faster. Thanks for any help ideas or tips! :weed:

Pic 1-3: Plant (there are little leaves coming out of the nodes)

w1ckedchowda · Mar 30, 2009

JohnnyDaManiac said:
UPDATE!!

Temps are back up in the low 90's. New leaves are growing and the damage to the lower leaves is limited. I am going to add another exhaust fan tonight. I think I have the watering down now. I want to start flowering in 2 or 3 weeks. I'm hoping lowering the temps will make the runt grow up faster. Thanks for any help ideas or tips!

Pic 1-3: Plant (there are little leaves coming out of the nodes)

dude let me say this again, YOU NEED TEMPS DOWN TO AROUND 80.

get a 2nd fan, have it blow OUT of the closet or something man, your shit is WAYYY too hot.

Go purchase another fan or something, remove the shelter of the grow section, it's probably not getting much fresh Co2 either man.

w1ckedchowda · Apr 2, 2009

w1ckedchowda said:
dude let me say this again, YOU NEED TEMPS DOWN TO AROUND 80.

get a 2nd fan, have it blow OUT of the closet or something man, your shit is WAYYY too hot.

Go purchase another fan or something, remove the shelter of the grow section, it's probably not getting much fresh Co2 either man.

Oh yea to add to my last post, growing pretty much comes to a HALT in the late 80s early 90s, so to promote vast, vigorous growth you need the temps lowered a tad brah ;-)

JohnnyDaManiac · Apr 3, 2009

Just a quick pic update.
Added a 13w cfl.
Timing schedule is 20/4.
Looking good. 5 leaf sets! :weed:

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