Still no changes other than my temps. I thought I had then controlled in the low-mid 80s. The temp in the house is avg. 65. The avg. temp in GR is 84-90. I have a small fan above them, it has two speeds. I have it on high blowing constantly under my 400 MH and it just doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Its in a closet so I cant do to much as far as construction and cutting holes in the walls. I also have a plastic cup with water in it for moisture. Anyone have any ideas on how to get it to the mid-upper 70s or even low 80s?

I was wondering and reading around a bit. I have a 4 x 2 x 3-5ft high closet with a 400 MH w/ batwing reflector, but there is no place for an exhaust. Would it be worth my time to make another housing for the light out of sheet metal with an exhaust fan and some small duct coming off of my light? Would it lower temps enough to be worth the time? Also I dont have anywhere I could exhaust it to other than back into the bedroom. Would that be fine? And would that do anything about the smell once they start flowering? Or would it just allow the smell to leak into the room? I'm not worried about smell right now because nothing has sprouted but I will be soon. I would like to get this all up and going before my seeds get here. I cant mess things up to bad I will have to fix whatever holes I put in the walls.
Any feedback would be nice.

sure, air-cooled light is always a damn good thing to have since you can move them right on top of the plants without burning them you should have some air exchange in your grow so fresh co2 comes in and humidity can get out so you won't get mold in there. the temperature should be fine if you move it down to the mid 70's since target temp is mostly around 78F.
for the smell you have to do something, it will start already before you start flowering them, my big bud started to stink after 2 weeks like hack, good crop. get a carbon filter for that job, it will lower it to extend that not much to smell is left.

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WOO HOO!! Finally my money made it to WF they sent me confirmation saying they will ship out today. It took exactly one week to get there so I'm hoping roughly a week to get back to me. I was beginning to wonder because I didn't put a return address on the outside and heard somewhere that it may get intercepted due to suspicion. I'm excited and ready to get going, hopefully my setup will work fine. I'm afraid that I will need bigger pots, but I've used this size once before and they did fine as far as remember considering that I only want them to be roughly 2 1/2 - 3 ft tall.

Hey Green I am still considering that air cooled hood, but would a bigger fan like maybe a 10-12 in solve my problem. I have a small 8 in fan now not sure of the CFM. And do you think 400W is enough for 24 sq ft?

Pic of Day 1 sprouting

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This is a pic of one of my two sprouts that popped up this morning. I forogt I put a seed in this pot. I had another one pop up too that I had been checking under the surface to check its progress, but it didnt sprout the same as this one did. So my conclusion to myself and other NooBs, once it has germinated & been planted leave it alone cuz it could affect the growth process. I still havent received my others yet so Im hoping these dont get too far ahead of the new ones, if so I will have to top or tie back somehow. Could anyone tell me how to post pics so they pop up on the screen as thumbs?

Still first day of sprouting. Both plants are green and looking good as of now. They are not stretching yet so Im guessing I have the light close enough without burning them. Using regular tap water to water with, after letting it sit 24 hours. Watering 2 times a day for now til the roots form and start feeding themselves thru the nylon rope that rest in the res. The perlite & Verm. dries somewhat quick under the light. Will start adding a little Nitrogen soon. More update & maybe a pic if they grow any overnight.

Day 4 of life
It is day 4 since the 2 BS have sprouted. I am just starting to see the second set of leaves (1st real set). My inner leaves are a little lighter color than the outer. I dont know if its water or nute problem. They are looking good though, so far they have stayed short. I'm still waiting for my pinto beans. I still dont have my intake & exhaust going. Temps have been staying kinda warm 82-93 was a high but avg 86 with humidity avg. 34 RH. I was wondering if I made one of those carbon filter deals with a 80 CFM computer fan and had it exhausting the light back up into the top of the closet would that work for heat and smell or would that just build up more heat? I tried bringing intake from under the house but there was insulation under and it brought in hot air. Or I could make a hole in the wall and place a small fan for intake, but will exhaust going back into the top of closet work? As of now I have to keep closet door open, but need to fix so I can shut and keep cool. Feel free to comment anyone.

1 Week Old... Light colored w/minor burns on tips. Really short w/stocky stem for one week old.


1 Week Old...good coloring, has a couple brown spots, but looks good

It is day 9 since they sprouted. They still haven't grown much. The bigger one has droopy leaves. I thought it was overwatering, but its perlite there is hardly any water that is gonna stay in the pot. I was watering 2 times a day now I've cut it back to 1 time a day. Still no perk up. And the other one is still really short, light colored, & deformed looking. The pics above are basically what they look like now maybe a tad bigger, but the leaves are a little more droopy. Ive kinda added a cardboard ceiling half way across my closet and made a half ass exhaust for now. I'm gonna change it around a bit when I see some growing being done. But it seems to helps quite a bit now my temp stays around 76-84F & around 37-42% RH. But it's also cooler outside so I dont know if its because of that or what I did. I notice my light ballast stays alot cooler though. Anyone have any input?