Iron883Guy
Active Member
I've never grown before, so I am new at this. I have a closet in one of the rooms, and I've rigged up a growing area on one of the shelves.
My setup:
I've got about 20 seeds that a friend had stored away from good weed she once had. It's a mixture, grab-bag, so you never know what I could be growing. The soil is from Wal-mart, it isnt miracle grow or anything crazy, just some simple indoor houseplant soil.
2x 4' long flourescent glow lights from wal-mart. They have some truly high kelvin rating (like 7800k), and put out over 1300 lumens each, as seen below: (NOTE: You can see the data on the bulbs in one of the pictures below)
To make sure that I don't have much light leakage, and that the maximum amount of light is reflected back to the plants, I bought two jumbo auto-shades:
I have a simple battery powered thermometer, that also reads the humidity. I have a simple low-flow fan on the area, to ensure good airflow, and I've been told it helps make the stems come nice and strong.
This is what the setup area looks like, completed:
Now here's my problem:
1) I germinate the seeds in one of those greenhouse boxes that I get at wal-mart where you put the seed in the little soil round thing, add water, and bam.
2) When I start seeing it come up, I migrate it into a little potting container, and put it under the lights. The lights are maybe 1 1/2" above the plants.
3) Two of my plants have grown two inches or so, but then the stem starts to "decay". It gets thin, changes color, and eventually I believe my plants are dying off.
I can't seem to get a plant to grow past this phase. What am I doing wrong?
Pictures:
Seedling Seems fine:
Two days later, you can see the stem is decaying:
Facts:
-Lights stay on 24/7
-Thermometer reads anywhere from 82-88 degrees with anywhere from 30%-45% humidity.
-I lightly mist the top of the soil with a brand-new store-bought spray bottle, with tap-water that I let sit for over 24 hours under the very same lighting conditions.
Where is my flaw?
My setup:
I've got about 20 seeds that a friend had stored away from good weed she once had. It's a mixture, grab-bag, so you never know what I could be growing. The soil is from Wal-mart, it isnt miracle grow or anything crazy, just some simple indoor houseplant soil.
2x 4' long flourescent glow lights from wal-mart. They have some truly high kelvin rating (like 7800k), and put out over 1300 lumens each, as seen below: (NOTE: You can see the data on the bulbs in one of the pictures below)
To make sure that I don't have much light leakage, and that the maximum amount of light is reflected back to the plants, I bought two jumbo auto-shades:
I have a simple battery powered thermometer, that also reads the humidity. I have a simple low-flow fan on the area, to ensure good airflow, and I've been told it helps make the stems come nice and strong.
This is what the setup area looks like, completed:
Now here's my problem:
1) I germinate the seeds in one of those greenhouse boxes that I get at wal-mart where you put the seed in the little soil round thing, add water, and bam.
2) When I start seeing it come up, I migrate it into a little potting container, and put it under the lights. The lights are maybe 1 1/2" above the plants.
3) Two of my plants have grown two inches or so, but then the stem starts to "decay". It gets thin, changes color, and eventually I believe my plants are dying off.
I can't seem to get a plant to grow past this phase. What am I doing wrong?
Pictures:
Seedling Seems fine:
Two days later, you can see the stem is decaying:
Facts:
-Lights stay on 24/7
-Thermometer reads anywhere from 82-88 degrees with anywhere from 30%-45% humidity.
-I lightly mist the top of the soil with a brand-new store-bought spray bottle, with tap-water that I let sit for over 24 hours under the very same lighting conditions.
Where is my flaw?
