Recent content by smoto

Couldn't have said it better than Finest. You don't want to always keep the water in high supply because the roots will have no incentive to extend outward in search of water. I'd water about a cup or so a day until the 4th set of leaves or so. It can cause the plant to start top growth more...

I'm going to side with the possibly decision as well. Problem is, the picture is focused everywhere except the main middle ya need to look at.

Yea...Just need to be patient. There's time. And I'm sure glad that I'm not the only one posting and giving comments, else the info could be bad. Whole point of a forum right? Bounce around ideas.

The problem looks like nutrient water on the leaves. I noticed in the larger pictures there was some burn look on lower leaves possibly from the cfl bulbs being too close. I know it is hard to believe but touching a cfl is very likely to burn the leaf. If you're not spraying, I don't know. But...

Looks like it might be. I'm looking for the little preflowers, somewhat unclear but looks like only 1. I'd guess male. Save the pollen for seeds later on. Kinda wish I did. Cut it if you cannot isolate.

If the stem broke, run like a mad man and tape that shit back together. Your hope would be to correctly reattach the xylem/phloem back together. Though there probably isn't enough time for it to act and reform like a graft, it may still transfer some sugars and nutrients up to the bud. And your...

It sounds like many people are thinking you want to rejuvinate your plant by throwing it back into veg to grow more. This statement is however what I think to. If you remove the best and allow the others to mature for a couple weeks, it should all work out fine and well. The problem you may...

They take away if it's hooked up to a cooling duct w/ fan. Imagine it as a dual pane glass. It prevents a large amount of radiant heat from transferring freely (as it would without it). That mixed with a fan that blows through the tube and transfers the hot air away will lower the temperature...

I'm going to have to agree with the nutrients. If it's a month old, and I'm not saying start a full nutrient load, but maybe a little more nitrogen in the soil. I had some crappy potting soil mix I tried my first time and it was terrible. Looked similar is quality to what you have there. Try to...

Sounds almost like my first grow with the addition of the mylar walls. I found that I needed to beef my bulbs up to the 23W CFL's. Started with 4. Your air is fine. Later on down the road when I started to flower, I switched to the lower K spectrum of cfls....I wish I would've done that in the...

The first plants look fine, just pushing against the sides of the pot, otherwise I would say for the two different people, move your lights closer. I used CFL's and put those things just inches away with a small computer fan on them

I just did a rough calc of the bulb. 1000w/120v=8.33amps. I don't know the true use. So e system usage would be about 9.5 then? I just didn't want to end up over loading the circuit.

I'm wondering what the TOTAL amps would be when considering my light and ballast combined. The light is a 1000w hps and the ballast claims 9.5 amps at 120v. Calculating the light amps at 120v is about 8.3amps. Does the ballast use an additional 9.5 amps to run the light (17.8amps) or is...

I've been doing my cfl for about 3 months now but with almost no fertilizer. The more, the better of course. I used 6 of the spiral cfls, 27W. I switched into flower about a week or two ago, the growth immediately changed. Light temp is extremely important for this reason. The change to a warmer...

:( I really hope you have better luck than me in this. I told you that I just yesterday tried 4 cfls.......my box is about 2'-3' lined in foil, no vent except for an open top....There was just too much heat. I tried doing the "hand test" to determine whether or not it was a comfortable temp and...