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I finally got the O.K. from my girlfriend to build a legitimate grow box in her closet. I had previously started a disgusting temporary operation in a large cardboard box in hopes to transfer to a friends house. Once losing that opportunity, and getting the go-ahead, I set to work on a real grow box I built it out tri-fold room divider. Much like those screens you see people changing behind in old-school movies but with only 3 sections. I'm fairly impressed with its construction and unfortunately didn't have a camera to take pictures of the steps. It's not entirely finished so I'm thinking of starting a journal and start with the construction of the box seeing as many people may have access to one of these dividers in their own home.
My problem is I have two very healthy sprouts that have been going for a week. I've got a suspended license until the end of this week so I can't get to the hardware store just yet. Their is a veg chamber on top to find females and a large flowering section underneath. In order to keep the two I have now alive I sided the veg section with cardboard coated with aluminum foil. I have mylar but am not using it until I can go to the hardware store and find a permanent siding material. I have a single CFL directly over each plant, I'll be adding another two lights and they have been growing extremely strongly for 9 days, the smaller one, 8 days. I planted the smaller one a day later than the first. I've been extremely worried about the dangers of aluminum foil and hotspots. I haven't had a problem for over a week but today I noticed two brown spots on the day older plant. They were both on the first two (largest) leaves the plant sprouted, each single spot on either leaf. Now I'm very concerned about hotspots but a did use a diluted fertilizer for the first time the night before. Never having seen hotspots before, is this what they look like or is it just the fertilizer?
I messed with the lighting on this one so you could see the spot better
Mad blurry but the best I could do with a digital. I have a bunch of really nice 35mm but would have to wait to get film developed.
Lighting setup.
My problem is I have two very healthy sprouts that have been going for a week. I've got a suspended license until the end of this week so I can't get to the hardware store just yet. Their is a veg chamber on top to find females and a large flowering section underneath. In order to keep the two I have now alive I sided the veg section with cardboard coated with aluminum foil. I have mylar but am not using it until I can go to the hardware store and find a permanent siding material. I have a single CFL directly over each plant, I'll be adding another two lights and they have been growing extremely strongly for 9 days, the smaller one, 8 days. I planted the smaller one a day later than the first. I've been extremely worried about the dangers of aluminum foil and hotspots. I haven't had a problem for over a week but today I noticed two brown spots on the day older plant. They were both on the first two (largest) leaves the plant sprouted, each single spot on either leaf. Now I'm very concerned about hotspots but a did use a diluted fertilizer for the first time the night before. Never having seen hotspots before, is this what they look like or is it just the fertilizer?