Another minor update: I'm kinda depressed at how this grow is going, my first grow started with 2 bagseeds in the same pot using sunshine from a window seal and went much better than this did. Can't win em all I guess. I transplanted the Blue Mammoth into it's final container, the pot I posted earlier. Tbh I should of moved the Northern Lights into the other pot a few days ago instead of that 6 inch clay pot it's in now. I'll transplant in a day or 2. I watered them both today so the soil is a bit too soggy for another transplant. I doubt I'll disturb the roots because they haven't had enough time to grow to the edge of the pot yet(hopefully). I made a thread about my tempature and how my CFM for the fans are related here:
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/530490-low-cfm-high-temp-2.html if you don't feel like reading it that's fine there main piece of information that I looked at was this:
how many cubic feet is that bin btw? you want the air in the room to be totally replaced at least once a minute and with using larger cfls as you add more you'll find it becomes even more important that you have a quick air replacement rate. i always tried to get at least 2 times a minute on my larger cfl grows. honestly the more i think of it the more i think you should get something a bit stronger than what youve got. it would be alot easier and more effecient to have just 1 strong exhaust fan with the passive intakes, you could always use the computer fans for blowing on the plants inside the grow area. i have used cfls in the 40w range in the past alot, i had a scrog dresser going with 24 of them for quite a while but ive also had plenty of smaller grow boxes and areas using the larger cfls and i dont think you'll be able to do more than 5 or 6 in that area with what you have for ventilation. summer is going to make it even more difficult and if you want to run them during the day you'll probably need to have the ac going even with a stronger exhaust fan if the ambient temp of the room the grow bin is located in doesnt stay pretty cool. like in the low to mid 80's tops. that still might not be enough to stop the cfls from pushing the temp up over the low 90's range. an option to consider is adding more smaller bulbs that you can place closer to the plant when you increase the lighting like you said you plan to do, it also helps you maximize your space as you can get the plant within 1/2 inch of a 26w usually if youve got a circulation fan blowing between the lights and plants while it cant get much closer than 2 1/2-3 with a 40w. it might nor sound like a big deal but you'd be surprised how quickly you run out of room. you can also use the 26w wherever you need a bit of extra light to help fatten up colas and really surround your plants with light on all angles and can really fatten up your nugs substantially. i no longer use the 40w bulbs myself for the reasons listed. its something to keep in mind. lol
In light of that, I took out the 6500k and 2700k 42w bulbs and put in 4 26w 2700k bulbs. I actually had trouble finding a 6 pack of 6500k, probably because most homes use 2700k bulbs. Each plant gets 2 26w CFLs. I can always add 2 more lights with the other sockets I have, but I'm going to see how the heat is. This summer heat is really killing me(and my plants). I can't wait until it's fall/winter or even early spring. The guys in the thread also suggested having a passive intake and 2 exhaust fans so I may do that as well. Just really don't want to cut another hole in the bin ya know?
I covered the sprouted NL with more dirt. Read a few threads about how this may happen if the seed is planted too shallow, I just can't seem to get this stuff going lol. Right now it's in my closet with a ziplock bag covering most of the cup under a 42w 6500k for heat/light. The shell has come off, but nothing so far. On the bright side everything is much better than when I started this grow.
Hey Lady, I noticed in either one of your pictures of videos that you had a fan inside the bin, what size was the fan and do you have a brand name so I can possibly buy one? One of the people in the thread suggest I put a fan inside so that it moves the air around the lights. I may look around to see if I can find a higher CFM fan, these things really don't make that much noise and I'm a pretty hard sleeper so I doubt a 80-100 CFM fan(this one is 63) will bother me much more.
I'm going to look for my charger tonight so I can charge my camera(duh) and take some pics. I swear I only misplace things when I need them.
