I have been getting ready to start growing some seeds that i have ordered, but in the mean time i have been practicing with some bag seeds from some mid. I germinated them in a paper towel and then planted them in a pot with some miracle grow potting soil. Everything was going great ( I would put them outside during the day and then bring them in at night). So i went and bought a fluro light today and moved the plants into my attic. Well i came home this afternoon and they are all withered away. I am basically just wanting somebody to confirm my assumption that the heat in the attic killed the plants and not the 4 ft fluros being 8 in away (seeing how i can touch the fluros after they have been on for hours and they are not hot). By the way it is probalby close to 100 degrees in my attic. Thanks in advance.
yea, you should have had those fluros 1-2 inches from the plants, but thats not what killed them. if they were used to like nothin over 90 outside then yea the attic heat probably killed them. you shoulda had a fan in there just to blow air on them
I did have a fan on them but i think it was just way too hot up there for them, it was a dumb mistake on my part i just now read somewhere they prefer between 70 - 75 degrees so i guess i'll have to find a cooler spot for my next run at it
my opinion is that it wasnt so much the temp cause my plants have been in 102 weather and been fine. but the drastic temp change shocked it real bad. if you want to grow in the attic, germinate the seeds in the attic, or another place with similar heat so that the plants adapt to it before they even break dirt.