Help STealth Grow in Trouble

420iseveryday

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Here is my stealth grow, i started these outside, and then moved then indoors into the new Computer Case stealth grow box. After only two days in the box my plants look terrible. They no longer stand up on there own, they seem to be in really bad shape.
I don't know what is causing this. The soil is plenty deep enough, and the temp in the box seems fine. It is very windy in the box even though there is only one 80mm fan. I was using only one 13w CFL bulb (27k) i added a second one in today. I have them on a 12/12 cycle with 12 hours light 12 hours dark. Any idea what is hurting the plants so bad.

The soil was brand new when i put it in the container i did add in some miracle grow formula, so i'm not sure if that is killing them. I also added a layer of rocks in the bottom of the tray to catch excess water. Any information or tips would be wonderful. Please help my little guys out. They need it bad.

I want these little guys to be small, and bushy. So any tips on that would be amazing. I was thinking of using LST, but I'm open to options. Also can these make it or should i just try again with new ones??
 

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Its kind of hard to tell what is going on in the photos, they are all either motion blurred or out of focus. I can tell you that if you plan to grow them all in the same soil you aren't going to have a lot of luck. 1 13w bulb isn't enough to keep a plant going, two is better, but you are still a couple thousand lumens short of ideal. I don't think that those plants will be coming back unfortunately, they look like they either have heat stress or transplant shock, or there wasn't enough light so they just stretched and died.

My advice is to read up stealth growing, get some bigger lights, and only plant one seed per pot (use keg cups). Also, 2700k is no good for veg, you need to get 6500k. For your setup, I would look into getting one 2700k 68w bulb, and one or two 23w 6500k. Add another fan as well.
 

Ian Singerdale

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The soil was brand new when i put it in the container i did add in some miracle grow formula, so i'm not sure if that is killing them.
yup, that's probably it. try overwatering it so that water comes out the bottom (assuming you added drainage), and don't ever use nutrients on seedlings. And don't ever use miracle grow, period. And dont grow your plants all in the same pot. yikes.

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dude you need more light,and it needs to be 18/6(18 hr on 6 off) for atleast a month,then switch to 12/12.but youve got the right idea with the computer box,they were perfectly fine if you make the setup right.
 
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