Closet, First Grow(Open to comments)

[Solstice07]

Clear cups off. Move the lights closer. Here's a pic of my temporary set-up and one of my plants that is 10 days old.

 

[doobiee]

Nice bro i love that idea of the lights like that. If i take the cups off the fan will blow the plants over any suggestions?

 

[Solstice07]

The fan blowing on the plants will help strenghten the stems. The reason my cups are only half full is that if/when they stretch, I just add more soil to bury them to their necks.

 

[Solstice07]

Here's a pic of the underside of my light panel before I added the splitters and the lights. The sockets were $1.39 each, the extension cord was .99, the plastic chain I used to hang it was $6.99 and the wire nuts and screws were just laying around.

 

[doobiee]

although i don't think ill use it i still love it solstice. I just took all the clear cups off and the raised the fan a bit and its not completely knocking over the plants.

 

[doobiee]

and is it healthy to haev the soil all the way up to the leafs , like covering the stem??

 

[doobiee]

Is that better for the plant??

 

[Solstice07]

Is that better for the plant??

That's a matter of great dispute. All I can tell you is that it works for me. New roots will grow from the part of the long stem that gets buried. That much I know for fact.

 

[doobiee]

Nice, well I also covered till the leafs ....How often do you water your plants?

 

[Solstice07]

When they need it. In those little cups half full of soil, maybe once a day. I check them all at lunch time and after dinner. They get an ounce of water at a time. An ounce goes a long way in those little cups. When they dry out, they get another ounce. I weigh the cups to determine when to water. After the first transplant, I use instinct coupled with a water meter. More on the instinct side, though.

 

[doobiee]

perfect, thanks solstice

 

[doobiee]

When I get close or I should say if I get to flowering would this be a better option than the security light?
http://www.hydroempire.com/store/product_info.php/cPath/3_20_107/products_id/1408

 

[mared juwan]

That looks a lot better to me. I might have to search around a bit but back when I was looking to add light to my grow I found a place that was selling just a ballast, socket, and bulb combo for $85... But 400 watt!! There's no reflector but you can just hang it vertically like you were talking about.

 

[doobiee]

Hell yeh man, if you find it link me up PLEASE!!

 

[doobiee]

*********************Update*********************
Saturday, March 21, 2009

 

[doobiee]

The first 2 pics, should the plants be growing UP^ like that??

 

[Solstice07]

You said that you were growing in "garden soil". Exactly what kind would that be? I could be wrong, but I see hints of time-release nutes in that soil.

 

[doobiee]

the yellow pellets are already crushed they were in the compost pile so just used that,.. but is the leafs sposed to be pointing up like that?

 

[Solstice07]

I wouldn't be as worried about the upward pointing leaves as I would the yellowing/shriveling ones.

 

[doobiee]

what should i do about the yellowing/shriveling ones.