Just started my first grow. Its Big Bang (feminized), 8 days old (from planting, not germination). Using passive intake with a PC fan and four 26w 6500k CFLs. Ill try to keep this journal up to date. Let me know what you think!
Lookin good man i like the Dew reflectors! on a side note u may wanna throw 1 2700k cfl in to give it a better light spectrum. edit - also make sure to have a fan moving air around the plant to make your stem stronger -edit
haha gotta love the ghetto can reflectors. and yeah i was thinking about adding another fan to keep air flowin and also keep the box cool
You might want to get some 42w CFLs when it matures more. They give off a significantly more amount of lumens (1000+) that your plant will soak right up
i will if i have the chance to get some but when i went to walmart to get all my grow supplies i couldnt find any higher watt veg CFLS than the 26 watts, i do have extras though so ill probably add one or two more when i have the time
whats the difference between soda and beer can reflectors? and yeah me too, they seem to be growing really fast, every day i get up and theyve grown significantly since the day before
day 10 update: i added tin foil (the dim side, not the shiny side) around the base to help get light all around, and as you can tell shes grown a bit more since day 8
Take the tin foil out of there asap. It will only cause problems in the long run. Tin foil tends to create hot spots and will burn holes right through your plant. Its reflectivity isn't that great either. You'd be better off trying to get the bulbs more directly over the plant that off to the side if you wanted some extra light hitting it.
foil over the entire pot like that will also seal off the soil and create excess humidity around the roots and base of the stem. which can lead to rotting. so its best you leave it out. also, MORE COWBELL!!! p.s cowbell = light.