Hey all!
Here's my stealth grow, The girlfriend gave me permission so it's all go Very excited about it!
This is the spot, Fish tank on top, the air pump disguises any strange noises and also explains why an electricity cable runs into the cupboard. This cupboard is in my front room right behind the sofa so I've gotta be pretty sneaky about it if I don't want everyone knowing. Which is the way I like to keep it.
Bit of noise and light control, works great.
My space is 2.5 x 2 x 3.5 tall (ish). Two 125W CFL's, one red, one blue. Grown in 75% compost, 25% perlite. It's a small space but I've grown in smaller
Intake is from a little bathroom extraction that takes air from the cavity under the floorboards. It's not ideal, I didn't want to make a massive hole in the (rented flat) floorboards so it's drawing through a 7cm hole.
I've recently added an extract to try and cool it down a bit in there. It got up to 34C the other day and fried one of my plants! The extract fan is ripped out of a frost-free fridge and put on a plug. It shifts a bit of air but I don't reckon it's gonna pull through a CF very well, it's not really designed for it. Temps now stay in the range of 20 - 30 but normally hangs around 26 ish. Oh, and thats only with one light on, I think I'll need a ruck or something when I put the other on. It seems a bit excessive for this size though.
Here's what I've got going. 9 Jock horrors (I hate the name) from Nirvana put into water, then paper towel, then into soil. All 9 germerd. Yay!.
The seeds are now 14 days in, I think they look a little small for their age, what do you reckon? Maybe the high temps have slowed growth? Generally they seem healthy, a little bit wind swept but getting some nice stiff stems on them.
Oops! Too hot! The fan kept most of the plants cool and circulated but this one was a little smaller in the pot and I think hot air really built up. It happened a few days ago and the plant hasn't changed much since then, no better but no worse either.
I could do with some advice here, What do you make of the yellowing leaves shown on the last picture? All of the plants have yellowing embryonic leaves but one plant has now shown this on it's first set of leaves as well? They've had no nutrients, I overwatered a bit a little while back. What do you think?
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