First CFL Grow (Help Me Out)

What up, this is my first official grow and I'm having a few problems so far... But not too bad, I have one pretty good lookin baby. The only problem is that it is getting a little yellow on the edges and a couple of my other plants look terrible lol. Here are my materials as of right now...

HUGE Grow Box
4 - 27 watt cfl's (Daylight - 6000k)
Miracle Grow Moisture Control
Miracle Grow Perlite
Small fan (Doesn't oscillate, but not directly on the plants)
Rain Water
Soil Moisture Tester (Just got it, not sure if it's working correctly, my plants appear soaked, but the the tester stays at like 3 out of 12 or something)

Here are some pictures of my Grow Box and a few of the plants at day 11.






Here's the one that's a little yellow on the edges... Don't know what the deal is....



Same one different angle



Another one that looks practically dead, any advice?

MG moisture control holds alot of water,so it may be an overwatering issue. I noticed that you didn't include a thermometer on your materials list. Try to keep your temp around 78 degrees F.

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Whats up classclown, I'm def gonna be following this journal. Get some splitters and some more bulbs and you will be set. Good luck and your plants are looking good.

Tom

that 1 plant probably died and the other w/ brown spots on it is because ur using pre-ferted dirt. when u transplant, try and get organic dirt....mg sell some organic dirt but usually comes w/ fungus gnats.

You should put seeds in jiffi cups after they sprout it works great

nice setup. i would flush the dirt and transpant them. If that doesn't work maybe ph?

They looks small for 11 days. Here are mine at 7 days.

Gorlax said:

They looks small for 11 days. Here are mine at 7 days.

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Wow, yeah Hillary is lookin' real good at 7 days!

grobofotwanky said:

MG moisture control holds alot of water,so it may be an overwatering issue. I noticed that you didn't include a thermometer on your materials list. Try to keep your temp around 78 degrees F.

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i also had issues with the mg moisture control so it easy to overwater. not bad soil but i had to learn just the right amount of water for them.

How's the plants coming along cc?

Tom

Sorry guys, I put this thread up a week ago and got no replies the first couple days so i kinda took a break. I had a plantastraphy the other day... I came home and my light fixture fell on my plants. The best one survied but, not so good for the others. They were doing shitty anyway so I focused all my light on the one good plant with a y-splitter. I'm at work right now, I get off around 4 so I'll post some new pics around 5.

Check back I think you guys will really like the new setup. Thanks for all the input so far.

SunnyD said:

that 1 plant probably died and the other w/ brown spots on it is because ur using pre-ferted dirt. when u transplant, try and get organic dirt....mg sell some organic dirt but usually comes w/ fungus gnats.

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Wow that's what I was thinking in the back of my head too lol. It looks like nute burn, but I'm new to this so I wasn't too sure. After the lights fell the plant survived for 2 days no light no water. Its eating up the new light like crazy now.

What if you find out that one plant you are growing turns out to be male? I would def plant a few more seeds just to make your odds of getting a female that much better. Sorry to hear about the fixture falling down. Did you secure it better this time? I have the same fixture as you just with 3 sockets and it is a bitch to hang. I am really excited to see the new pics.

Tom

tom__420 said:

What if you find out that one plant you are growing turns out to be male? I would def plant a few more seeds just to make your odds of getting a female that much better. Sorry to hear about the fixture falling down. Did you secure it better this time? I have the same fixture as you just with 3 sockets and it is a bitch to hang. I am really excited to see the new pics.

Tom

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Dude... The new setup, FUCKIN beautiful lol. I like it way better then before. We will germ some new seeds as we get them. I'm hoping Nirvana didn't get over on me... It's been like 15 days. NO SEEDS!!! WTF? Anybody else have any problems with them? Or is this the normal delivery time for europe to U.S mail?

That fixuture was a bitch to hang. We had some heavy duty velcro shit. BAD IDEA, fell the next day. Now its mounted on 2x4's.

Yeah good thinking scrapping the velcro to mount it on wood. I don't have any experience with ordering seeds but I'm curious about what type of seeds you bought.

Tom

classclown said:

Dude... The new setup, FUCKIN beautiful lol. I like it way better then before. We will germ some new seeds as we get them. I'm hoping Nirvana didn't get over on me... It's been like 15 days. NO SEEDS!!! WTF? Anybody else have any problems with them? Or is this the normal delivery time for europe to U.S mail?

That fixuture was a bitch to hang. We had some heavy duty velcro shit. BAD IDEA, fell the next day. Now its mounted on 2x4's.

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i picked up some ice and aurora indica from them...took about a week

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Yeah good thinking scrapping the velcro to mount it on wood. I don't have any experience with ordering seeds but I'm curious about what type of seeds you bought.

Tom

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Yea, me too. I'm starting to wonder though... Glad I only spent 50.

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i picked up some ice and aurora indica from them...took about a week

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Wow, where do you live? It's cool if you don't wanna tell me lol. But it's takin mine forever.

classclown said:

Wow, where do you live? It's cool if you don't wanna tell me lol. But it's takin mine forever.

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haha midwest