the seedlings are just growing towards the strongest light, this is normal. its not because you have the lights too close, if anything it is the opposite of that. if the light is farther away the seedlings will especially stretch to get the light. I generally keep my cfls like 2-4 inches from seedlings. then i move them in to 1-2 inches away once they have had a couple days to grow and get established.

as far as a fan, heat will not be an issue for you if you are only going to use cfl's. so as long as they have a source of fresh air and a little circulation, they will be fine. so yes, i would suggest just a little osculating one.

yeah im defiantly going to head to walmart, see if they have Mylar, maybe look for some better soil for when i transplant, any suggestions that might be at walmart while im there?

I tried to look on their website for Mylar and reflectix but neither were on there so im just going to hope its there.

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they wont have standard mylar there. go to the wrapping paper isle and look for mylar wrapping paper. hopefully it will be there.


as far as nice soils there i cant give any suggestions. i get my soil from there but it is the cheap stuff, then i just nute the plants. just dont get any time released fertilizer soil, miracle grow, ect (in case ya didnt already know)

If you cant find Mylar wrapping paper, eat a bunch of potato chips and save the bags.. The bags are made from Mylar, and on the inside of the bag, you will notice it has a "shinny" side. Just cut the bags in half and face the "shinny" side out.

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isnt the inside of your closet white? my cab is white and ive read that white is more reflective anyways. so why they mylar?

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the best mylar-like reflective surface would be those fire blankets. i think they sell em at walmart. white is a good reflector and if you need to use aluminum you want to use the soft side not the reflective side

ya little plants will lean their tops to absorb the most light. thats also why one of your seedlings has a bendy stem but thats not a problem

well i havent used any aluminum foil since i planted, i took it down and am using white walls for now. I just went to wally world and got MG organic potting soil and its going to be just fine i believe, but I wont transplant these babies until their ready

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Alright we have another update!

I decided yesterday to throw a few more bagseed in a tupperware and papertowl and WOW! Look what I Found! (pics) I had 2 seeds with wonderful tails coming out of them really hairy so...idk!

I put them in soil (one in a new MG organic soil I bought, but im not sure if I like it or not) and im sure they will be sprouted by morning because currently all sprouts under 24/0 light.

Also my total lumens are 8200 for my small grow area. (4 x 1400 26w and 1 x 2600 42w)

Tell me what you guys think so far, im up to 7 seeds planted, Im betting on males or death to sort the bad ones out, so I dont plan to end with this many plants...

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Sorry, forgot to include the picture of the seed with the huge tail


sorry to ramble, im going to hit the mad scientist and relax with my lady

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Well its day 4, and one of the two seedlings i planted yesterday is already coming up.

Also that one plant with the seed slowly braking on the surface is out, but again, its not showing fully, just pushing the seed out.

I added some pics of the two main sprouts, both of them are leaning in different directions and its kind of frustrating, but hopefully they will straighten up. I might pull them down from the light so they grow upwards instead of towards the closest light. Any Ideas?

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