Goodolddays
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Hi fellow growers
Its been a while between crops too long in fact so i decided to do some indoor growing out of sheer interest on CFL's grows...My set up is as follows
lights 2x36w spiral CFL's ( they come in a housing and where designed for flood light applications).ill be making a new light rack 5x65w or 85w sometime soon.
No hydro this time just pots and compost mixed with perlite 50/50 mix
Strain white widow
Started from seeds 10 in all somehow i have 7 plants anyways my first mistake was having my light too far away from the seedlings causing them to stretch but all good now they are stronger, 2 weeks tomorrow i planted them.
Over all 2 are looking really good apart from now i have 2 lights the air seems to be a lot drier, i have a computer fan running and at the moment 24 hour light, tonight i got a timer so its now going to be a 18/6 so the lack of moisture in the air seems to be drying the leaves out somewhat and the other 5 plants are somewhat worse off as i think the lights where too close (1 inch)and the leaves started twisting and im quite sure i fried one plant so now im back to 4-5 inches and ill see how it goes..i did re pot them the other day and used seedling compost for indoor plants and perlite and it could be the nutrients in the compost are too strong for the weaker plants to handle as the two biggest ones seem to be ok after a day or two of wilting, so that's mistake no2 using a compost with nutrients on young seedlings.
Im also taking them out of the cupboard in the morning and giving them some morning sun then back in the cupboard in the evening but now i think ill just leave them in the cupboard from now on as it could be stressing them.
I posted some photos in the members galleries , comments would be appreciated, cheers
Its been a while between crops too long in fact so i decided to do some indoor growing out of sheer interest on CFL's grows...My set up is as follows
lights 2x36w spiral CFL's ( they come in a housing and where designed for flood light applications).ill be making a new light rack 5x65w or 85w sometime soon.
No hydro this time just pots and compost mixed with perlite 50/50 mix
Strain white widow
Started from seeds 10 in all somehow i have 7 plants anyways my first mistake was having my light too far away from the seedlings causing them to stretch but all good now they are stronger, 2 weeks tomorrow i planted them.
Over all 2 are looking really good apart from now i have 2 lights the air seems to be a lot drier, i have a computer fan running and at the moment 24 hour light, tonight i got a timer so its now going to be a 18/6 so the lack of moisture in the air seems to be drying the leaves out somewhat and the other 5 plants are somewhat worse off as i think the lights where too close (1 inch)and the leaves started twisting and im quite sure i fried one plant so now im back to 4-5 inches and ill see how it goes..i did re pot them the other day and used seedling compost for indoor plants and perlite and it could be the nutrients in the compost are too strong for the weaker plants to handle as the two biggest ones seem to be ok after a day or two of wilting, so that's mistake no2 using a compost with nutrients on young seedlings.
Im also taking them out of the cupboard in the morning and giving them some morning sun then back in the cupboard in the evening but now i think ill just leave them in the cupboard from now on as it could be stressing them.
I posted some photos in the members galleries , comments would be appreciated, cheers