OK, so here's the story. Last weekend we had a few friends over to the house for some drinks etc. They were given the plant by a friend who couldn't keep it anymore and they themselves couldn't keep it for some reason either and offered it to us, the offer we accepted with a smile on our faces. A few days later my housemate went to their house and picked up the plant, bringing it here in a box. This is what the plant looked like when we got it:
It was just in a 5L bottle with the top cut off and in regular back garden dirt.
We are a lazy bunch so didn't bother preparing for the plants arrival so didn't know what to do until I found this site a few days ago. Yesterday we put it in a proper pot, with compost and bought a CFL. Then we put it in a closet in my room which I didn't use and this is how it looks as of yesterday (the light is lower now though)
Before yesterday we just had it on the windowsill in the kitchen and left the lights on in there at night. I had put tinfoil on the floor and the walls but was advised to take it down because it causes hot spots. It's under 24 hour lighting too. I know I need more lights and a fan but I can't really afford it.
Tomorrow I'm going to make a reflector from one or two beer cans cut in half and hang the lamp horizontally over the plants. I'll get more pictures up when I do so.
All comments and advice are more than welcome!
It was just in a 5L bottle with the top cut off and in regular back garden dirt.
We are a lazy bunch so didn't bother preparing for the plants arrival so didn't know what to do until I found this site a few days ago. Yesterday we put it in a proper pot, with compost and bought a CFL. Then we put it in a closet in my room which I didn't use and this is how it looks as of yesterday (the light is lower now though)
Before yesterday we just had it on the windowsill in the kitchen and left the lights on in there at night. I had put tinfoil on the floor and the walls but was advised to take it down because it causes hot spots. It's under 24 hour lighting too. I know I need more lights and a fan but I can't really afford it.
Tomorrow I'm going to make a reflector from one or two beer cans cut in half and hang the lamp horizontally over the plants. I'll get more pictures up when I do so.
All comments and advice are more than welcome!