Ok so I understand the sheet absorbs the light, well I am poor this month, this is the best I could do, I did find some y sockets for my shop lights so I added another cfl, I got four of the 1830 lumens says color rendering >80 what does that mean, I put a pic of the box up, check it out let me know. This setup should still work for me, I made a makeshift cover with cardboard, then used the shiny side of foil to line it, he I bet it absorbs less than the sheet.. can I keep the cfls super close.

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That's plenty of light for now, but for the rapid growth coming up you'll need a setup that better encompasses each plant.

i think the colour rendering thing probably refers to the spectrum of light but i couldnt tell you if it was warm of cool? the box looks good though you have plenty of light so i think the white sheet will work fine anyway!
Keep it up! Jolly

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Babies are looking good, at least two of them, the bong water one is kinda small and not shooting up as much as the shultz and miracle grow combo plant. I am going to start using the schultz and miracle grow combo on all of them, look how healthy the big one is, I need to water more, the big one has a little yellow on the edge of the leaves, I think the new cfls were too close and might have burned them a tiny bit. I moved them about 3 inches away so that should be good. I also am trying another little experiment and putting pieces of foil at the base of the plants to reflect up, little thinking outside the box never hurt anyone. it might be the next best thing.

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instead of white paper, why not use silver foil! thats what i did.

Hey, cant wait to see the outcome. Im debaiting on what soil to use right now

I am using some good soil, I dont think its as important as lighting though. I have this stuff called grow power I add to my soil.

btw dont use silver foil white paper will work a lot better foil is one of the worst of part from say a black sheet or something. they are looking great though esspecially the big guy (or gal we hope).
Jolly

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First off the plants look great, not sure why not to use the foil Jolley, it seems to be working great. I am seeing noticeable difference in the plants daily, they are charging nicely. So I went into the room yesterday and it was super hot, so what I did was I froze 3- 2 gallon water jugs, then I place one right behind my little computer fan blowing on the plants, all joking aside, it cooled the room (closet) perfectly, I change out the bottles twice a day, and place another full frozen one directly behind the fan. I will show pics of it later today as well as an updated picture of the baby GIRLS. How big do I let them get before I can top them off? I am going to let them grow until the 1st sunday of july, then start flowering, so they have basically two weeks to get going. They should be about 8 to 12 inches by then. maybe I will give them three weeks more of growing before I flower them. we will see.

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