Seeds in ground...q's

Hey everyone. I was inspired to build my own 35 gallon Rubbermaid grow box after lurking around on this site for a bit. - I currently have 6 seeds in Fox Farms soil, running under 4 42 W 6500K bulbs, and 2 40W 2700K soft white bulbs, with a 80 mm intake fan on the bottom, with a 120 mm on top, and another 80 mm outtake fan in the middle.
I have a few questions that would be awesome to get answered:

- I have the bottom of it wrapped shabbily in the dull side of aluminum foil, and the top with a shabby job of mylar. Also, I just have the tubs sitting using gravity to hold them together, with light escaping out all the nooks and crannies. Other tha security concerns, is it really important and feasible to completely light-proof my box? How would one go about doing that?

- It seems to be really dry in there. I have a cheap thermometer/humidty meter and the humidity is 20-30 while temps hover around 80. The soil seems to dry out rather quick as I have been trying to keep it moist until the seeds start to break surface. I mist them a lot, and have soaked them through once after a day. They have been in there 2.5 days now under 24 hour light. These are just shitty bagseeds. Is there any concerns with it being so dry?

-And am I doing what I should to make sure everythings good at this stage?

Thank you to anyone who responds. Trying to turn this small stealth growbox into the best it can be!

Attached are some pics.

(Bong rip)

You may want to do more research but if you use a cocking gun to seal all the cracks in your box ( it is hard to see if that light is escaping from cracks or straight through the plastic ), not only would it form a great moulding adhesive for your box but it also will not let any light out of the cracks you squirt it into.

Also i would be carefull with tinfoil, its known to reflect light too strongly at certain points/angles, so just keep an eye on ur plants for light burn

Finally, for the rim of the container where the 2 touch, you could try taking an old blanket or towel etc, cutting it into strips and gluing/taping it to the containers so that it creates a sorta bumper so that when you put the one container on top of the other to create the box, the towels/blankets with touch instead of plastic on plastic and as a result less light will escape because there will be less cracks

ShLuBsTeR said:

You may want to do more research but if you use a cocking gun to seal all the cracks in your box ( it is hard to see if that light is escaping from cracks or straight through the plastic ), not only would it form a great moulding adhesive for your box but it also will not let any light out of the cracks you squirt it into.

Also i would be carefull with tinfoil, its known to reflect light too strongly at certain points/angles, so just keep an eye on ur plants for light burn

Finally, for the rim of the container where the 2 touch, you could try taking an old blanket or towel etc, cutting it into strips and gluing/taping it to the containers so that it creates a sorta bumper so that when you put the one container on top of the other to create the box, the towels/blankets with touch instead of plastic on plastic and as a result less light will escape because there will be less cracks

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I agree, the first thing you should do is remove that tin foil and invest in mylar. Its a little more pricey about 25-30 bucks for 2mm (1mm is kinda difficult to work with) you can pick it up at your local hydro store or online. The tin foil with reflect the folds and cause light beams burning your plants.

As for the "heat problem" some strains love temps that high and some cant stand it, best bet would to just get a neutral temp and maybe invest in some bigger intake and exhaust fans.

also, be cautious with your watering, soaking with water is generally a bad idea and it doesn't take much to drown your little girls.