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grorite

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okay so i recently have started this grow kinda low budget wondering what you guys think. also i have a guestion about my seedling leaves look a lil curled on one. weird thing is they have look this way since leaves started to come out the shell is anything wrong looking? growing in happy frog soil lights are 5 23 watt daylight cfls 1 23watt 2700k and 3 55 watt 2700k witch put out 3850 lumens each. intake and outake are just small fans i had laying around seems to do the trick keeps temps 75 sometimes creeps up to 80 ill only be doing 2 plants in here gunna lst to get some bushes the box was made from an old dresser i had laying around

give me some feedback plez really wanna make this grow happen didnt have 2 much success first go but my setup is way better now i think
 

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Looks good, the only comment I have and it's hard to be a 100% accurate with a photo but you may be over watering a bit, the leaves are looking a little wide and puffy, also over watered seedlings tend to droop over I see you have staked it out with little tooth picks, another clue. Let them get to about 20-30% moisture before watering again.

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yea .. let them cups dry out a bit in between watering .. and make sure you have lots of nice big drain holes in the bottom of the cups/pots ..

try to keep RH in the room over 50% wile they are small (seedlings) or mist em underneed the leaves daily ..
I belive that seedlings in cups like that schould be waterd like evry 2-3 days depending on your temps (witch schould be like 75-80F)

also.. switch them tooth picks out with a small fan .. need wind to strengens the steam .. dont let it blow directly on them constenly tho .. lets it swing .. pointet at the wall behind them Etc.

and keep them CLFs 4" away .. right now you would only need them on Y-splits actualy .. use them 5000/6500K now and add them big 2700K later on when they get bigger (in 2 weeks time or so) do a repot to a 3 gallon pot at that time to .. use good light airy soil .. with stuff like perlit or leganuts in it (30%) and a soil witch is on 6-7 in PH
 
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grorite

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Krabby said:
Looks good, the only comment I have and it's hard to be a 100% accurate with a photo but you may be over watering a bit, the leaves are looking a little wide and puffy, also over watered seedlings tend to droop over I see you have staked it out with little tooth picks, another clue. Let them get to about 20-30% moisture before watering again.

my 2 cents.
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yea man idk ive only waterd them twice since sprout second water was prob a lil early they are only about a week old could it be a ph issue my tap water ph is 7 soil ph was a lil above 7 but i don trust the ph tester i got its the probe type soil is happy frog with some extra added lime like 2 cups to a whole big bag didnt think i could have a ph issue already
 
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Don't stress out about pH. It's something IMO people spend way too much time worrying about. Your plants look fine. It doesn't look like you have a ton of headroom, are you planning on topping?
 
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there is a fan in there blowing around you can see it in the pic also im not running the big ones yet just the small ones so does anyone think i could be a ph issue
 
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mr2shim said:
Don't stress out about pH. It's something IMO people spend way too much time worrying about. Your plants look fine. It doesn't look like you have a ton of headroom, are you planning on topping?
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thanks man i didnt think it was ph but was just asking cuz idk
 
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grorite said:
so what do you think of the setup do you think it will do good like yeild alright with the lights i got or should i add more
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Assuming you don't fuck up. I think you would pull maybe an oz or two from it. You have 280w so you aren't off to a bad start. Not bad for a budget setup.
 
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yeah well actually all together its 303 watts so i hope i can pull an oz or 2 that would be awsome as long as my plants make it im happy every other time ive tried they never make it i always ran into a prob i could never fix going for gold this time
 
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The key is to not continually worry and make adjustments. Let it grow, after all it's a damn weed. It can grow in just about anything.
 
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ManishWayz said:
So far from what I can see, they are looking good, keep up the work.
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thanks prying i can finish them off this time first grow didnt go well whole plant yellowed out on me had to chop at like 3 weeks flowering it was sad hoping the happy frog with the lime will help last time i was told my ph was off thats why i was worrying about ph so much
 
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Looks good to me grorite - keep us posted with pics as they grow.
I'm going to chop one of my CFL grows tomorrow - 320w mixture of red & blue spectrum bulbs + sunshine when it's out.
 

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