Hello, I am new to the forum, but chose to post at this forum because you guys seem to be the most knowledgeable and directly geared toward growing. I am new to growing, I have germinated a few seeds before and grew them kinda small, but about a couple days ago, I picked up 3 clones. I have one sour diesel on cocoa and two master bubba kush on rock wool.
So I set it up with three 120 watt fluorescent "plant" bulbs. I have an oscillating fan blowing on it and another miniture fan blowing up ward. The temperature is around eighty degrees. So the other day, when I was adding two of the three 120 watt fluorescent bulbs, I let the bulbs touch the plant for too long damaging basically a leaf on each plant. I cut the leaves that seemed damaged pretty badly off. So on my master bubba kush #2, there appears to be a leaf that is fairly damaged, as you can see in the picture. Also, some of the fan leaves at the tip is turning yellow. On my master bubba kush 1, I am giving it LST, and I also just recently topped it. However on one of the fan leaves at the tip, it is For my Sour diesal, it also has a slight damage from when I added the bulbs. On the sour diesal, I also fimmed it on one of the new leaves.
So basically my questions:
1. Due to my light set up, If i place the fluorescent bulbs lower the temperature will get ridiculously hot. Since my lights are so high up, will my plants stretch? Would it be better to just run one light closer, or three lights higher?
2. What should are the problems with some of the leaves of my plants, and what would be the best course of action?
3. I also "EDIT! up last night and forgot to turn on the light, so I randomly gave my plants 12 hours of night. Was this a bad screw up?
4. Is mirror a good reflective device, or would it be better to line it with white paper?
5. Can a fan be too strong? What is too strong?
6. Am I doing ok, or am I ******* up?
7. Is eighty degrees a good temp?
8. By leaving a small body of water will that increase the humidity?
9. I have about 8 quarter inch holes on the bottom, Is that enough to drain?
So I set it up with three 120 watt fluorescent "plant" bulbs. I have an oscillating fan blowing on it and another miniture fan blowing up ward. The temperature is around eighty degrees. So the other day, when I was adding two of the three 120 watt fluorescent bulbs, I let the bulbs touch the plant for too long damaging basically a leaf on each plant. I cut the leaves that seemed damaged pretty badly off. So on my master bubba kush #2, there appears to be a leaf that is fairly damaged, as you can see in the picture. Also, some of the fan leaves at the tip is turning yellow. On my master bubba kush 1, I am giving it LST, and I also just recently topped it. However on one of the fan leaves at the tip, it is For my Sour diesal, it also has a slight damage from when I added the bulbs. On the sour diesal, I also fimmed it on one of the new leaves.
So basically my questions:
1. Due to my light set up, If i place the fluorescent bulbs lower the temperature will get ridiculously hot. Since my lights are so high up, will my plants stretch? Would it be better to just run one light closer, or three lights higher?
2. What should are the problems with some of the leaves of my plants, and what would be the best course of action?
3. I also "EDIT! up last night and forgot to turn on the light, so I randomly gave my plants 12 hours of night. Was this a bad screw up?
4. Is mirror a good reflective device, or would it be better to line it with white paper?
5. Can a fan be too strong? What is too strong?
6. Am I doing ok, or am I ******* up?
7. Is eighty degrees a good temp?
8. By leaving a small body of water will that increase the humidity?
9. I have about 8 quarter inch holes on the bottom, Is that enough to drain?