ok we are talking different materials now Mylar is a good material to use and there is a huge difference between mylar and other "foils" used..... you also notice with mylar and other "foils" that there are huge differences in heat kept inside the grow area...... man you can use Panda paper...
having your plants in a nice warm enviroment will make them much happier :D *thumbs up* nice lookin little plants.... hopefully they'll take off into bigger ones soon
OK well I know I'm coming into this a bit late.. and I have read a few of the pages on your post... and YES get rid of the tinfoil... it's one of the worst things to use as a reflective surface.... it creates hotspots in your cabinet as well as it does not direct light effectively....
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ok well one thing I see is you can have your lights closer.....
I've got a 400 watt hps that sits 8" from my plants... and well your area looks like it's bigger then mine....
my cab is 30" x 30" x 4'
as long as your temps stay 30C and lower your ok... now
about mites and other insects... I'd...
I got an Oz off some pretty dank bud right now from three of my plants....
and I only got about 20 grams of seedy weed... :'( alwell... looks like it's time
to make Hash and Honey Oil :D
yeah it's dryin like mad... already got it in jars
:D
mind you one of the plants *of course the biggest* is soo seedy it's not even funny
might just make it into hash...
20% more yield when using a HPS vs a MH.... and those two types far far far out do an LED panel......
MY 2 Cents!
I'd just use the same light all the way through really... instead of messing around with two ballists or buying a digital one for more money.
I do my grow with HPS from seed to...
lol take a look at my grow jounal.... I also posted the evolution of my little grow cabinet in the grow design area :D you'll probably like what I did with it :D
So yeah.... I started this cabinet like over a year ago... and slowly but surely it has been upgraded and upgraded and upgraded..
it's 30"x30"x4'
I just wanted to post some pix of the evolution of my cabinet and maybe some of my trial and errors can help someone out.
so in pic 1 I have my...
get blackstrap molasses...
I use it from start to finish on my plants every second watering.....
I just cropped off on thursday...
take a look at my stuff.... it was done early due to a hermie in my cabinet....
next time that won't happen.
yeah I ended up cutting it all down, had a hermie that got to all of them... I'm gonna see if I can get a few clones in the next few weeks or so...
or maybe I'll just start soem off from seed
I think I got 5 kickin around here somewhere...
anyhoo... since I was so concerned with the smell...