Solstice07
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Clear cups off. Move the lights closer. Here's a pic of my temporary set-up and one of my plants that is 10 days old.
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Solstice07
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The fan blowing on the plants will help strenghten the stems. The reason my cups are only half full is that if/when they stretch, I just add more soil to bury them to their necks.
Solstice07
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Here's a pic of the underside of my light panel before I added the splitters and the lights. The sockets were $1.39 each, the extension cord was .99, the plastic chain I used to hang it was $6.99 and the wire nuts and screws were just laying around.
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Solstice07
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That's a matter of great dispute. All I can tell you is that it works for me. New roots will grow from the part of the long stem that gets buried. That much I know for fact.
Solstice07
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When they need it. In those little cups half full of soil, maybe once a day. I check them all at lunch time and after dinner. They get an ounce of water at a time. An ounce goes a long way in those little cups. When they dry out, they get another ounce. I weigh the cups to determine when to water. After the first transplant, I use instinct coupled with a water meter. More on the instinct side, though.
doobiee
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When I get close or I should say if I get to flowering would this be a better option than the security light?
http://www.hydroempire.com/store/product_info.php/cPath/3_20_107/products_id/1408
http://www.hydroempire.com/store/product_info.php/cPath/3_20_107/products_id/1408
mared juwan
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That looks a lot better to me. I might have to search around a bit but back when I was looking to add light to my grow I found a place that was selling just a ballast, socket, and bulb combo for $85... But 400 watt!! There's no reflector but you can just hang it vertically like you were talking about.
Solstice07
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You said that you were growing in "garden soil". Exactly what kind would that be? I could be wrong, but I see hints of time-release nutes in that soil.
Solstice07
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I wouldn't be as worried about the upward pointing leaves as I would the yellowing/shriveling ones.