First Grow Box

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Nightly1029

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I tried indoor growing, But nobody had anything to say. So, I had a $40 budget, So I made due. Here are a few pics of what I've got going. Let me know what you all think. Also, What are some good ways I can ventilate this thing? With the box closed and lights on, It gets pretty hot in there very fast. I'd rather not have a huge hose running from inside my closet to outside. It would be extremely suspicious.
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Some might say 4 lights is too little for one plant, But here's what the box looks like with my room light off.
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max316420

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I can offer some advice, dont use that miracle grow with that soil, especially when the are small or you will burn the shit outta your plants and most likely the could end up dying, I don't know what's in that soil but anything that says SUPER is usually packed with nutes.. as for the venting issue you could always leave the door open.. cant really tell if you have a grow box or a grow closet?
 
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max316420 said:
I can offer some advice, dont use that miracle grow with that soil, especially when the are small or you will burn the shit outta your plants and most likely the could end up dying, I don't know what's in that soil but anything that says SUPER is usually packed with nutes.. as for the venting issue you could always leave the door open.. cant really tell if you have a grow box or a grow closet?
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I didn't plan on adding nutes for at least a few weeks after it sprouted. But thanks for the tip on the super soil. I just grabbed the first bag I could find. I'll do my best not to nute burn it. I won't add the miracle-gro til the plants look like they are nute starved.
 
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max316420

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yup a fan would work too lol, but don't let them starve and make sure there is actually food in your soil. I have never heard of that type of soil but it says SUPER so im guessing it has food in it already? You'll know when they need feeding but by starving them all you will be doing is stressing them out
 
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actually putting that fan in there would actually push air out because it has nowhere else to go. Should help at least a little bit. what are your temps agian?
 
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max316420 said:
actually putting that fan in there would actually push air out because it has nowhere else to go. Should help at least a little bit. what are your temps agian?
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I didn't take any temps for the box, But inside my room it's about 73 degrees. The box was easily 8-10 degrees warmer than everything else, And the lights were on for only a few minutes. = /.
 
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those temps are fine, just make sure your lights don't get too close to your seedlings. Even know they are cfl's they can still burn the little babies
 
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jagle

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ok step one, if thats tinfoil get rid of it. paint your box white, matt white

you dont have any room really so you gonna try a fem auto seeds or 2? thtas what id do in a space so small
 
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jagle said:
ok step one, if thats tinfoil get rid of it. paint your box white, matt white

you dont have any room really so you gonna try a fem auto seeds or 2? thtas what id do in a space so small
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Honestly, Not sure what seeds I'll be receiving. Don't know the strand. But somebody is giving me a bag of seeds, So they're not special fem seeds or auto seeds.
 
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Nightly1029 said:
Honestly, Not sure what seeds I'll be receiving. Don't know the strand. But somebody is giving me a bag of seeds, So they're not special fem seeds or auto seeds.
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regular bag seed so, in that case id look into topping, lst, fimming anything to control height and up your yeild but do understand your only gonna be getting personal amounts off this grow
 
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max316420 said:
i think its one of those emergency blankets
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Haha, It's aluminum foil. A lot of people have recommended the white paint, I'd have to give that a shot. But people are also saying the box is a fire hazard for being so small and in a cardboard box. I'm probably just going to need to wait to move out to start growing. It's pretty sketchy in a small box
 
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