shackstoner
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Hey shackstoner here . I started a little grow box in my house and just decided to make a grow journal to show u guys wats going on . I wont have pics until wednsday ( im still in highschool and wednsday is when my mom and sister arent there ) . Anyway , to make my grow box I used a plastic , blue storage box ( its been sitting behind my brothers couch for years with about 5 photo albums on top of it ) I cut i small hole in the lid , wired a light socket through it and just kinda placed the photo albums back on the top . The inside has 2 layers , 1 layer of cardboard and 1 layer of tin foil . the cardboard is to make sure that the box doesnt glow . For light I went to home hardware and got a spot grow light . The light bulb looks like any lightbulb u would use in a lamp but it has a special coating of light blue . For soil , I start off with jiffy pots wich are little disks of compressed soil and fertilizer , you drop one into the water and in five minutes you get an inch and a half netting pot with soil . I start of seeds in that and once it gets large enough I'll transplant it into a pot with similar soil . I had tried to grow in this box once before when i did'nt have my spot grow light . I did'nt know much about proper lighting and tried to use a peer red light bulb , I figured all it needed was the heat from the light . My seedling looked the same every day exept 2 times taller ,then it just fell over . Now that i have my spot grow light i tried to start a seedling again but that light is a bit to harsh for them . I had a perfect seedling , i left for 6 hours and it had slumped over ( probably to humid ) right now im trying to save that one , ill put pics of it up on wednsday . What im gunna try to do is put a florescent light on seedlings and after they look more sturdy than just a weak twig I'll put them under the spot grow with a fan .
well , I guess I'll post again tommorow and tell you if my seedling got any better
well , I guess I'll post again tommorow and tell you if my seedling got any better