First Time Closet Grow 5-6 Weeks (Input welcomed)(Pics)

Not a real lot going on atm. mostly the plants are recovering very well. throwing some pictures up get some of your guys thoughts.
Notice some of the leaves are starten to show strange discoloring in the middle of the leaf.
In the last picture two of the newer leaves are turning almost black and getting hard.
My biggest and healthiest plant only is growing fan leaves atm? none of the branchs that come off in the middle er what not are really growing

on a side note. i ordered a 6inch fan to going into that bathroom fan to try to vent out a little better. then i wil be adding a DIY filter onto that.
I still need to figure out a better way to get some induction. only options are going threw the door.
Its a hallow door. so what i did was cut the middle section of the bottom 2x3 out so it was open to the hallow section. then 1/3 the way up the door on the inside i cut a hole on and put a dry vent cover over with a fan attached blowing in. but it doesnt seem to be working out.

really looking for some peoples thoughts thanks

Its more than likely that heat and lack of air movement that makeing them look that way. They look stressed to me, but i do like your set up and you get the temp. undercontrol and then put that fan it and i think they will perk right up. Your on your way man nice grow room

so i shut off 6 of the lights to try to lower the temps abit

First off let me start by I like the creativity and effort you put into your operation. You got a nice little setup and im guessing it didnt cost you much.

As far as your plant go, They do indeed look quite stressed, how much have you been watering them, what is the soils PH, and is there actual air flow moving air through the plants?

what do u live wit ur parents dude is that the max height of ur room

robtoker said:

what do u live wit ur parents dude is that the max height of ur room

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Well since he is cutting into doors I would hope not! My dad would kick my ass once for growing in his house, than a second time for cutting a hole through his door, and than a last time cause I disrespected him well knowing he would beat my ass if I cut a hole in his door!

OGKush00 said:

Well since he is cutting into doors I would hope not! My dad would kick my ass once for growing in his house, than a second time for cutting a hole through his door, and than a last time cause I disrespected him well knowing he would beat my ass if I cut a hole in his door!

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lol that is funny

if anything i have been under watering. what do u mean max height? yes there 8ft walls.

yea deffinatly get some air movment in there, and did you feed them nutes? cause if so....too much, that or the watering, either too much or not enouth. To check if your plants need water stick you finger in the soil about 1 1/2 or 2 inches down, if dry water, if not check tomorow

You may want to try foliar sparying you plants with just plain water for now. I think the air is too dry (humidity is too low) and it's causing your leaves to dry up. . .

Some updated pictures. I have a stronger Fan in the mail to replace my bathroom Ceiling Fan. get some more cfm going in there. and in hopes that will also help my passive induction. otherwise i will have to upgrade that also.. let me know what you guys think. these are 41 days old at this point. i think 1 of them (the biggest) is haven PH problems.... not sure (pic 5 and 7)

i have 2 oscillating fans going in there and 2 cpu fans. there is alot of air movement in there. as for Nutes no i have not given them any. and i have not over watered them in some time. sense about 2 weeks old? i have how ever been letting them dry out pritty good before watering.

i know i was told to not spray there leaves but maybe that was because they where to young and the water drops where causing burn spots?

I use a foliar feed program by Dutch Masters; it's Penetrator Gold, Feminiser, Folitech and Max-FX in a pump sprayer. It actually tells you to spray the plants with the lights on. And I use 400 watt's of Metal Halide & High Pressure Sodium. No burning of the leaves, they actually look really, really dark green. I think you should try it, you can even spray them with the lights out if you're really worried about burning them.

Are you using RO water or tap water? There maybe a PH problem too but I think its more humidity and lack of the right light spectrum. My leaves turn white if they are hidden too long from the light, but crumble when the air is too dry or when they're getting too much nutrients. They curl in like that and sag on me when they don't get enough water. You may also want to go to Walmart and pick up a couple of 2ft CFL light fixtures, the tube kind and get the plant specific bulbs for them. I have 2 of these fixtures for my clones, they work very well and only cost around $30.00 for the pair with the GE Plant specific bulbs.

Do you plan to flower under these lights or is this just your veg chamber?

I will change those 6500k bulbs to 2700ks that i have.
my Heat stays around 95 wall im at work how it is now. Adding more lights wont make that worse? Wait on my fan to see how much that helps.
The humidity is staying around 40% atm. The leaves are getting spotty and curling down. But they are not drying out.

Heat is a factor to consider, my room is at 65 which is recommended and will never go over 75, but I'm using an air conditioner. The tube type CFL's are very low heat, I run them 24/7 and can touch them without being burnt. The 2ft bulbs are 750 lumens @ 20watts and are Plant & Aquarium specific.

my room consistenly gets up to 82-84 and i havent had a single problem but 96 is wayy to high. and to JuicyBuds you shouldnt use the plant and aquarium one because the kelvin rating on those is lower to midrange. you get the high kelvin 6500 tubes. i personally use 6 3 ft tubes and they arent CFLs duhhh, compact fluorescent light are curly the tube ones are just fluorescent tubes haah

High temps and low humidity. Set a big bowl of water in their with them to get the humidity up. 55% should be your goal during veg.

Im thinking a little nute burn, too high humidity , get a RH meter they are like $6.47 at wally mart and have temp too.
let the soil dry out pretty much completly and let them roots breathe, they must have oxygen also.
And a oscillating fan would help, $20 and under at wally mart would do ya.

I like your cfl rig, are those 2700k??? Soft whites?
Get something reflective to put over top the lights so as much of the light as possible hits the plants, dont use a mirror, they soak up more light. If you have to use foil (only as a last resort) use the dull side to prevent hot spots. Mylar is the better way, not too expensive, I dunno where to find any locally myself.

Phenom420 said:

Im thinking a little nute burn, too high humidity , get a RH meter they are like $6.47 at wally mart and have temp too.
let the soil dry out pretty much completly and let them roots breathe, they must have oxygen also.
And a oscillating fan would help, $20 and under at wally mart would do ya.

I like your cfl rig, are those 2700k??? Soft whites?
Get something reflective to put over top the lights so as much of the light as possible hits the plants, dont use a mirror, they soak up more light. If you have to use foil (only as a last resort) use the dull side to prevent hot spots. Mylar is the better way, not too expensive, I dunno where to find any locally myself.

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i alrdy have everything u mentioned there and have been doing all listed. no there not 2700ks yet there 6500k i will change to 2700 when i go to 12/12. will look into maken some kinda hood/cover for above my lights

cool, looks like your on the right path
hope sh reaks man.