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Old 10-14-2014, 03:06 PM
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Hello All Well Finally I Have My Small Setup Up and Running ... For Now Now I'm Starting Small Trying To Grow One Plant (Cucumber Indoors) In My Kitchen.. DWC 1 Air pump ! Air Stone, Using 3.5 Gallon buckets, Made Grow Tent , Climate Running Humidity 51 to 54% , Day Average Temp 82 & Nite Average Temp 73 to 77,, 2 Light Setup For Now cfl 1 65w, warm 2700k and 1 85w 5800k daylight but one slight set back Cuke plant Was Planted On 10-4-14 and popped up on 10-7-14 and as of today 10-14-14 One plant not lookin hot kinda spotty other ones looks good can some one help me tell me if I have issue thank you...Click image for larger version

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Old 10-18-2014, 06:19 PM
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Hi bigdaddy

Iv just recently started dwc......im just wondering what your water temps are because i had a few issues with mine and bought chiller.
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Old 10-18-2014, 07:49 PM
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Current Climate; Humidity 45% & Temp 81 & Water 65 to 66,, but I have new problem now the true leaves have hint of yellowing round edges also current fertilizer is at half strength
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Old 10-19-2014, 06:32 AM
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The first two leaves will always die and fall off quickly. They have served their purpose to the plant by then. Half strength nutrients for plants that size is plenty. Humidity could be higher though. Especially for seedlings. Try using a humidity dome to hold in humidity. 70%-80% humility would be much better for seedlings. Just make sure air temp under the dome doesn't get to high or you will have another problem.

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I'm sure you already know, but that lighting will quickly become inadequate as the plants get bigger.
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Old 10-19-2014, 07:52 AM
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The first two leaves will always die and fall off quickly. They have served their purpose to the plant by then. Half strength nutrients for plants that size is plenty. Humidity could be higher though. Especially for seedlings. Try using a humidity dome to hold in humidity. 70%-80% humility would be much better for seedlings. Just make sure air temp under the dome doesn't get to high or you will have another problem.

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I'm sure you already know, but that lighting will quickly become inadequate as the plants get bigger.
Thanks For The Advise...Yes I Know Lighting Will Need to Be Greater I plan to Buy 8 Tube T5 Week After Next, As For Humidity I Have Warm Mist Humidifier , My current Lighting Is 85w cfl 5,800 lumens Daylight & 65w CFL 2700k Lumens 3,900
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Old 10-19-2014, 08:11 AM
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You are trying to grow fruiting plants with florescent lighting. If you want to actually get good produce from it you'll need to switch over to HID lighting. Or step up your florescent lighting 10 fold. Florescent lighting looses intensity very quickly, and you will need to surround the plant with lighting from all sides (not just from the top). For my money I would switch to HID. That is unless your supplementing the florescent with natural sunlight, then it might work if the natural light is good enough.

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I know it's not the best news, but I wouldn't be doing you any favors if I didn't warn you about potential problems before you experience them. Also you don't need to humidify the whole room, just the seedlings. A humility dome doesn't cost anything to run, but it seems you would need two of those humidifiers to get the rooms humidity up to 70%-80% humility. Don't skimp on air circulation as the plants get bigger either..
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