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Madhatter25

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as you can see I have a nice closet which has about 6 feet of height (if the shelf is taken out)...the wood shelf can move up and down due to previous shelves which are spaced about a foot and a half away from eachother which are not visible in the pictures, but I'm sure they are helpful. They are moldings set in place so my shelf cna go as high or low as I want. I have a 24" T5 light 24 watt which has a color temp of 6400k and inital lumens of 2280. The walls are already white and I didn't pick up any mylar or anything because I just wanted to get this set up already and I can grab that this week no problem. I plan on keeping the shelf covered with a sheet, but i took it down because what I had holding it in place fell off and knocked me in the head so I figured I'd wait and tack it down tomorrow so I don't lose any brain cells...I'm using organic soil mix which has all the basics I need with guano, vlite, worm something or other, etc. I plan on leaving them in the pots after they come up out of the ground until the day I harvest. I gremenated them for a long time cause they didn't seem to want to sprout. They took about 5 days in a dark place in a damp paper towel and most of them have some nice hairy sprouts. I planted those about an inch or so under the soil mix and covered gently packing the dirt not too tight just enough. I gave each about 10 ounces of water no nutes...I have 2 basic nutrients one for veg and one for flower and an all around one the guy told me to use during both stages. I'm on a 24/7 cycle right now and as you can see from the pic of my thermometer I have a temp of about 82 and humidity at about 72. Let me know whats up and anything I should know. On that note I'd like to say hi to everyone and I look forward to being apart of this board.
 

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budsgalore08

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You should probably invest in a fan to provide better air flow and it would help get your temp a little lower....82 is a little high although it can be difficult its best to keep the temp between 70 and 80 degrees celsius. Do you have any close up pictures of the plants?
 

CasteR

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good luck man! i'm hoping the soil you are using doesn't have time release nutes in it does it?
 

clOsEtfrEAk

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you should probably invest in a fan to provide better air flow and it would help get your temp a little lower....82 is a little high although it can be difficult its best to keep the temp between 70 and 80 degrees celsius. Do you have any close up pictures of the plants?

damn that would be like 176 f...are you sure about that..lol
 

Madhatter25

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I don't think so..chick in the store just said this soil is the mix I'm looking for and has all the basics in it and it's all organic..that's all I know
 

clOsEtfrEAk

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You are going to have to upgrade light dude...that just isnt gonna cut it man...whats with the shoe..lol
 

Madhatter25

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I have these hooks that have retractable strings attatched to the light so the shoe is weighing it down..so are they gonna sprout at least or should I grab another 1 or 2 of the lights I have?
 

clOsEtfrEAk

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that may be fine till the sprout and get like 3 inches...after that you'll need better lighting. I would invest in the compact floros
 
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