HELP With My New Setup and Babies

i started this new setup since i have recently moved. These are all three weeks old and some are suffering....if anyone can give me tips or advice on anything i would appreciate it. i will be using the whole closet once i pick up a small air conditioner.

The lights are all a little too far away i know but i need to build a cage to raise the pots but the intake fan is at the bottom so however i raise them it will need to be breathable....there are two 300w 2700k 4200 lumen cfl bulbs and 6 100w cfls. The temps are around 78 to 83 and as of two days ago when i added to humidifier and ventilation it is between 35 and 50%. but the first 2 and a half weeks the humidity was dry as ever and always below 20%....the growth i feel is stunted and ive had a few leaves die off after yellowing and browning. New growth is green though. But the red stems are not good.....stressed out. But let me know what you think and i will be posting more as i go.

Your plants look ok. To me the biggest thing is exhaust fan. If your going to stick with cfls, you need to lower your lights as close as you can get them, and still stay good on your temps. IMHO, an intake fan is pointless as long as you have a good exhaust fan. Think of it like a vacuum - You dont need a fan to help blow in on the end of a vacuum hose do you? As long as your exhaust fan is kickin ass, you will create negative pressure, and all you have to do is have passive intake ports. As much air that is exhausted, is passively took in through your intakes. So... your exhaust fan must not be strong enough to pull enough heat out, so you can lower your lights and get them ladies what they need. If i were you, i would ether get a bigger exhaust (also get rid of your intake), or take your intake fan and turn it into another exhaust. thus getting more air flow, lowering your temps, so you can then lower your lights. All just my 2cents. Hope it helps some.


Edit: ....also what spectrum are your 6 100w'ers? Cuz your 2 2700k lights arent helping a ton in what looks like your veg state.
If/When you decide to go with something other then cfl's.... Ceramic Metal Halide ALL THE WAY.

Keep the floros close, and you are gettin nute burn should adjust your fertilizer to less, ussualy aby plants get 1/3 stregnth and then try work it up as you watch nodes grow on em.

i dont see nute burn... i see nitro def... any "burnt" tips, or just yellow?

the exhaust fan is very very weak and the intake fan is just a small desk fan sitting at the bottom with a box around it then i added the humidifier venting if i dont add any intake fan this cabinet gets up to 90. its very dry and cold right now so i think all the yellowing was because of the dry air what do you guys think?

and to starcake the yellowing was way before i started to use any nutes and its in an organic soil with no perlite and no other mix which im not happy about but...oh well and what do you mean watch nodes grow?

i had a few that had browned badly and had fell off pretty much....i kind of pruned them off but yeah they for sure were brown and curled up and died off.... and if you can see the one plant that has two tops it did it itself and i was very pleased....a little bit of a deformed growth.

Ya man. get a good exhaust fan, and your temp issues will be gone. Craigslist. If you want to stay organic, get your self some good organic veg ferts and start them up. If not, Flora Nova Bloom is a SUPER easy one step fert that does really well, really easy. The yellowing is lack of nitrogen.

thanks man i actually started a few days ago on tomato plant food 18 18 21 but i feel i should get something with a lower npk the soil is 10 10 5......and how much should i water i mean i know two inches down if its dry i should.....but should i water evrytime its dry or should i water less than that.....i feel i am over watering sometimes.....by the way your setup/jillybean is very appealing and i want to try using a screen sometime or just bending various stems in general....ive looked through your whole entire thread....props

oh and the six 100w are all 1600 lumen 2700k so total i have 18000 lumens with the 6 100w and two 300w

how many lumens should i have for vegging