First Grow - stealth armoire CFL's

So im about 1 month into this first grow, me and my girls first grow, so we decided to go for the indoor stealth in closet set up. Started the seedlings, all bagseed on July 17th, first soil transplant on July 23rd.

Armoire about 5ft high, 3ft wide, 2ft deep, lined with metal sheets i believe called flashing at home
depot, used for roofing came in a 14in X 50 ft roll for $30

Soil - Started with miracle grow seed starter and mixed with composted fertilizer(shit haha) in the
4in wide pots
Transplanted bigger ones to 5gal buckets, 2 per bucket since space was limited, hopefully
males will free up more space
New soil composes of (Per Bucket) 8quart miracle grow organic potting mix + 7 quarts miracle
grow moisture control potting mix + 1cup miracle grow perlite + 1/2 cup miracle grow blood
meal 12-0-0

Light - So far we have this chandelier type of thing we put together from scratch, all wired
ourselves, just a bunch of y splitters and extensions, with 8 6500k 27w=100w incandescent
equivalent with about 1700 lumens each + 2 5000k 27w=100w eq about 1700 lumens.
Lights on a timer for 20/4. I have separate lights waiting to begin flowering 6 27w + 2
40w=150w eq all 2700k .

No true ventilation other than a window fan i tore apart and hung from the top to blow air down, being new to this and having limited space, this was the easiest option for us, with fan off doors closed the temps reach 100+ easy with highest recorded at 105 deg Fahrenheit, fans on blast and closet and armoire doors open it can drop to 85. Feeding only water when soil dries up about 2-3 inches down no clue what ph is at got 2 shitty meters that dont work so, no nutrients as we are new and dont want to burn them, but considering molasses.
Let me know what you think any positive feedback is always appreciated. thanksss

theres 10 total growing but i only put up pics of the ones that have weird growths, tears, yellow leaf on bottom, tell me what you guys think any and all help appreciated, thanks guys

It looks good, I like your little cfl rig.

Molasses is great from what I've read, I feed my girls 1 tablespoon per gallon. Be careful though because it does lower the ph..

Have you thought of topping or Lst?

If you have any of that flashing left you should make some deflectors for the top of those lights.

i actually made a reflector with laundry tubing but that was set up before i had the armoire and it caused a lotttt of heat build up, when i try to put it in here it would block the fans as its pretty big about 2.5ft wide 1.5 ft deep. it worked great but i was going to bring it back with the 2 40w 2700k when i begin flowering and place all the other ones around the foliage rather than hanging from atop.

The tallest is the 1 with a rip on the middle leaf, still i have no clue why any help would be great. heat??, it is about 3 inches stem height i was considering lst and tieing them down to the side of the buckets but im waiting until they are about 1 ft and develop thicker stems to be able to handle being bent. I try to push down on the branches every now and then though

I didn't see anything wrong with your plants at all. I'd like more info about the armoire such as in venting, odor control, etc.

Magnificient said:

I didn't see anything wrong with your plants at all. I'd like more info about the armoire ...

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HAHA that armoire was free off of craigslist.. we are both college students so this setup is very cost effective lol. no vents in but if u can see the two fans that we zip tied to the bottom of that shelf so it blows air down onto the lights and plants, hot air blows down to mix with cold air so no still air bakes the leaves. sometimes we do leave the closet door closed and this was before the fan was attached to that position the temps had reached 105. no odor yet but they smell very leafy and green lol, smell green? i was thinking a squirrel cage fan attached to a carbon filter to blow inside and circulate & eliminate odor if these start to get skunky

Anyone got advice on nutes? the Miracle grow seed starter came with "3 months worth of nutes", the moister control came with 6 months and the organic mix came with 2 months worth. so im not too sure what more or if any i should add. highly considering molasses

Fans stopped working... dammit idk why. temps back up to 95

ideal is 79 in the ninties you'll kill them.

lol i knowwwwwwwwwwww but thats not completely true ive put those lil ones thru hell, upper 80's thru 90's and sometimes hitting 100+ so theyve taken a lot of punishment so far i think theyll make it

Having your plants in 90% weather will cause INTENSE stretching from the heat. it can/will send them into shock and stunt their growth AND yield.

ok we put a huge room fan in there blowin like crazy and its down to 81. and theyve grown about an inch .. overnight.. due to high heat?

thinking of topping / fimming some but idk what appropriate height i should wait until, theyre about 4 inches

Added about 10 lights 27w cfls
4 more 6500k
6 2700k

Theyre getting bigger, into 7 the leaf sets but im wodering about flowering nutes
check out this thread i started in nutrition if u could help some. THANKS!
https://www.rollitup.org/nutrients/360231-should-i-use-fertilizer-blooming.html

1month anniversary for these lil ones.

Had the lightsss wayy tooo low and some leaves got crispy, and high heats causing some leaves to curl.
Going to look for blue mountain organic ferts locally or get offa ebayy. Includes Molasses, Mycrrohizale fungi, And many micro nutrients in the mix. $25, cost effective

Set to 18/6
+ Michorrhizal Fungai
+Neptunes Harvest Organic Seaweed
temp in mid to low 80's, light raised due to temps and burns, added another fan

Looking to get the Blue Mountain Organics Fertilizers 4-pack and some plant molasses soon

Also what would be the best way to determine sex,
wait it out until flowering?
Cover a branch with a black bag to a 12/12 cycle?
Top the taller ones, clone the top and set it to 12/12 after it has rooted and that will identify the mother/father plant? (tallest now being 5 inches)

Just want to know what would be the best for time/cost effectiveness and i already have rooting powder for cloning.