too foil, or not to foil. that's the question

I'm not cutrently using anything to reflect light in my grow box. if i throw some foil up to help reflect some light and keep a little more heat in, would it help? pro's and con's on this? thanks for any help guys

Paint the walls white, get mylar or poly plastic. Never use foil

Tom

nonononononononon foil, reflects heat directly on to the plant

so its better off without anything compared to foil

yes, just get some poster board or something if you have too

I just used flat white printer paper when I was in pinch. The color white reflects far more light than aluminum foil ever would. Also as mentioned the shit will cook your plants, just like a baked potato on the grill. Except way less fulfilling.

Home Depot sells something called Reflectix. Good stuff, you can look it up. Wal-mart has things like space blankets that work too.

If the choice is simply between some dark walls or foil, I'm surely using foil.

TheDankness said:

I just used flat white printer paper when I was in pinch. The color white reflects far more light than aluminum foil ever would. Also as mentioned the shit will cook your plants, just like a baked potato on the grill. Except way less fulfilling.

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Lol, i can do printer paper. mmmm baked potatoes lmao

hahahaha yeah that's what I thought when I said baked potato, then I thought of eating a baked nug with sour cream, and threw up a little. Hence the less fulfilling part LMAO.

Now i find myself eating a baked potatoe. thank god im off of work today. thanks for help guys, dankness, what did you yeild on ur 65 watt grow, i read first 3 pages and the last 2

Still working on it right now brother. I should be yielding some big old nugz off of my first plant in about a week and a half. I haven't been using the 65 watt forever though, I wish I could figure out how to change my title, I think i've seen it done before. Now I use four 40 watts, check out the journal again I just did an update. Oh, and I guesstimate I'll get about 3/4 ounce off of the first one to come down, maybe a full oz off the second.