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Hi everyone, i just started to grow a week ago after someone sold me a bud full of seed. I currently have 20 small plants. Only 3 have no leaf yet. I plan on keeping 4 plants, ofc the strongest looking female. I did my setup in a closet and covered the wall with alluminum paper for better light reflection . I currently use 1 cfl 1600 lumen spiral light at 10 cm of the plants and 3 cfl 1600 lumen at 20-25cm. Everything grow so fast, it kind of scare me lol. Anyway, ill keep you guys in touch . Btw these forum rock!
 
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Wussup im big frog, ima first time grower. I built a grow box myself out of a old dog house. Just thought somebody had any suggestions on anything else i should have? Thanks
 

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bigfrog626 said:
Wussup im big frog, ima first time grower. I built a grow box myself out of a old dog house. Just thought somebody had any suggestions on anything else i should have? Thanks
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Hey bigfrog welcome to growing lol, am growing without all the expensive stuff and seeing promising results, u'll see my pics a couple of posts back
 
Marty0087 said:
Hi everyone, i just started to grow a week ago after someone sold me a bud full of seed. I currently have 20 small plants. Only 3 have no leaf yet. I plan on keeping 4 plants, ofc the strongest looking female. I did my setup in a closet and covered the wall with alluminum paper for better light reflection . I currently use 1 cfl 1600 lumen spiral light at 10 cm of the plants and 3 cfl 1600 lumen at 20-25cm. Everything grow so fast, it kind of scare me lol. Anyway, ill keep you guys in touch . Btw these forum rock!
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if your growing in a closet u should think about painting it with white paint instead of alluminum paper its meant to reflect light better
 
Marty0087 said:
Allright ill do this. What about mirror? Do they reflect light more than white paint?
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Mirrors waste energy by absorbing only a small fraction of the light that falls on them.

When light, which, like radio waves, is a form of electromagnetic radiation, strikes a metallic mirror the electrons in the metal move just as they do when a radio signal strikes an antenna. Pushing electrons around takes energy, which dims the reflected image.

Metallic mirrors reflect infrared light (heat) and if your mirror has imperfections this will cause hot spots, which can burn plants.Please note hot spots also apply to Mylar and Foil and IMO is not applicable to growers using small amounts of fluorescent lighting.

By using a mirror to reflect your light on a wall, you can test for imperfections, if you see an uneven image, with focused beams (normally located at the edge of the reflected pattern) these are known as hot spots and depending on the wattage of your bulb, may burn your foliage.

Metallic mirrors should not be used as a reflector for your grow room as minimizing light loss is important.

found this for you :)
 
Thanks guys, from what I've read, ill stick to white paint. Its better and less expensive, witch is good since i wont spent much for my frist grow. I plan on buying better light and good nutriments though but thats about it. A part from this, i give my plants ton of love.
 
I replanted this clone about a week ago was in a very small pot. I transferred it to a 7 gallon smart pot and used fox farm ocean forest. Is there anything that could help? It already looked like this before I transplanted it
 

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Jenny 209916 said:
I replanted this clone about a week ago was in a very small pot. I transferred it to a 7 gallon smart pot and used fox farm ocean forest. Is there anything that could help? It already looked like this before I transplanted it
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how long ago did u transplant it? looks like it ran out of nutes prior to new container. may need supplemental nutrition, but that may start to uptake the foxfarm if ya just transplanted.

hello and welcome aboard :leaf:
 
I know the FF has some nutrients, so your plant may be on the mend now. certainly can't tell, but the soil looks dry and it can't get full nutrients unless it goes thru moist then somewhat dry cycles... favorable ph may help too. i wldnt go wild and start over fertilizing just yet, see how she does but consider adding 1/2 strength (or less) nutes if it doesn't start bouncing back. were u planning on certain liquid products for nutrition or just the fox farm?
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