Small CFL Setup

[SzechwanChicken]

Keep up the great work, I'm about to hallow out an old speaker, to use as a grow cab. How many CFL's do you have running in that box? Are you useing dixi cups as pots? What are you useing to keep up with your humidity and temp. Overall cost of your cab so far?

i used 4 cool whites to veg. and am currently using 6 warm whites to flower. i used plastic drinking cups to get my seeds started yes but u have to switch to a much larger container once you feel they are able to withstand the stress. humidity was kept higher during veg by placing a bowl of water inside the cab so that it would evaporate over time, and temps were never a problem for me. just kept my exhaust fan on high and made sure that it was sucking air in thru the intake hole. that kept my space pretty well controlled. over al cost.?? hmm cabinet-free, wiring-free, power bar-5bucks, total lights including 5 finger discounts-25 bucks lol, seeds-bcseedking60bucks, all other shit i pretty much had lying around already. so not too expensive. and ive been sharing the costs with my friend who started this venture with me.

 

[SzechwanChicken]

i took some pics of my plants yesterday, i dont know if you're able to sex them just yet. or if i even took a picture of the right things iono.

 

[Kratose]

i took some pics of my plants yesterday, i dont know if you're able to sex them just yet. or if i even took a picture of the right things iono.

Looking good bro. Did you change to the 12/12 cycle yet? If so how long has it been? Sex should show in about a week after 12/12. I am thinking the first pic is gonna be a female. But its too early to tell still. I hope you get all ladies.

Im loving your grow, keep it up

Puff...Puff...passes it to you.

 

[Baz]

Too young to tell yt bra, and yes you are taking pics of the right area, don't want to worry ya but thats not a pollen sack forming in picture 4 is it? prob not i wouln't worry too much but just go double check the plant in that picture, i have added a pic to help ya out

 

[SzechwanChicken]

Looking good bro. Did you change to the 12/12 cycle yet? If so how long has it been? Sex should show in about a week after 12/12. I am thinking the first pic is gonna be a female. But its too early to tell still. I hope you get all ladies.

Im loving your grow, keep it up

Puff...Puff...passes it to you.

yea its been a week already today of flowering. i tried to get as close as i could with the pics. but iono what i was looking at.

 

[SzechwanChicken]

Too young to tell yt bra, and yes you are taking pics of the right area, don't want to worry ya but thats not a pollen sack forming in picture 4 is it? prob not i wouln't worry too much but just go double check the plant in that picture, i have added a pic to help ya out

o nice. yea by the looks of it all my shit looksthe same right now. you cant tell. but that pic helps alot lol. i was kinda worrying cuz like i look at em and i see those non sexed preflowers and they look like balls. so basically if i wait longer, if its female then hairs come out. and males just grow bigger balls?

 

[Baz]

i never had a male so i can only comment on females, but i believe males show sex first

 

[SzechwanChicken]

i never had a male so i can only comment on females, but i believe males show sex first

that sucks. i spent like 45 minutes trying to get a realy close shot of the preflowers at like 2 am.. then i tried holding my camera upto my small microscope and doin it that way, but i dont have 3 hands so that didnt work either. hmm maybe binoculars? lol whatever that shit need to get bigger for me to tell by eye. plus i have that other hopeful that i thought was dead while back too. it aint dead! thats the one i put in the juice container. o how i dream of the day i can grow in barrels.....

 

[SzechwanChicken]

i just realized that as of this time. this thread is the number 10 spot for biggest thread in the growroom category. woopty woop

 

[needhelp]

hey man...whats up...i respect your grow box... which ironically is the same type of set up i was planning to make... i found a tv stand with 2 cabinets on the street and sawed it, which left me with the 2 cabinets.... i got the y splitter for the bulbs and everything... my problem is.. when i screw a bulb in...it BLOWS... i screw the y splitter into another socket and that socket i rewired to a plug so i can plug it in whenever... just like your setup.... do you think it has anything to do with Wattage or Volts? what does your Y splitter say? mines says 660 W and 250 Volts...

 

[bud101]

hey szechwan good little set up i am on my 1st aswell i choose to use rubbermade containers but if i can suggest one thing that will help your grow (not hating on you or anything just tryin 2 help) you might want to go to a camping supplies type store or maybe even walmart and get a camping emergency blanket and tape or attach it to your walls to maximize your light...they are only about 4 bucks aswell and it will more than pay for its self when harvest comes around i know it helped my little cfl set up but looks good how did you hook the computer fan up??
i went out and got a couple but never got them going i just went and got walmart clipfans instead... let me know if you can see the pic of the blanket cuz its my first time posting a pic thanks!!!!!!

 

[Baz]

View attachment 257430hey szechwan good little set up i am on my 1st aswell i choose to use rubbermade containers but if i can suggest one thing that will help your grow (not hating on you or anything just tryin 2 help) you might want to go to a camping supplies type store or maybe even walmart and get a camping emergency blanket and tape or attach it to your walls to maximize your light...they are only about 4 bucks aswell and it will more than pay for its self when harvest comes around i know it helped my little cfl set up but looks good how did you hook the computer fan up??
i went out and got a couple but never got them going i just went and got walmart clipfans instead... let me know if you can see the pic of the blanket cuz its my first time posting a pic thanks!!!!!!

Hi if you want to hook a pc fan up, get an old cellphone charger about 12v chop the end off and wire it up to the fan wires hey presto!

 

[Kratose]

o nice. yea by the looks of it all my shit looksthe same right now. you cant tell. but that pic helps alot lol. i was kinda worrying cuz like i look at em and i see those non sexed preflowers and they look like balls. so basically if i wait longer, if its female then hairs come out. and males just grow bigger balls?

Yeah, it will almost look like grapes hanging over. Well really small ones, thats a good way to describe it. If you see that, its a male. And yeah, males usually show sex first. I hope you get ladies though

 

[SzechwanChicken]

hey man...whats up...i respect your grow box... which ironically is the same type of set up i was planning to make... i found a tv stand with 2 cabinets on the street and sawed it, which left me with the 2 cabinets.... i got the y splitter for the bulbs and everything... my problem is.. when i screw a bulb in...it BLOWS... i screw the y splitter into another socket and that socket i rewired to a plug so i can plug it in whenever... just like your setup.... do you think it has anything to do with Wattage or Volts? what does your Y splitter say? mines says 660 W and 250 Volts...

thats wierd. for what i have everything is running from a cord plugged into an outlet, which then feeds into my box and attaches to the powerbar. so everything i have in there is running off one outlet. i know that when i was first wiring up my light fixture, i tested it but the wires touched so i blew a fuse. but now i use those twisty cover things on them so they dont touch. what i do know is that some wires have a max load you can run thru them. so if u exceed that itss burn out too. but if just the bulb burt out iono. if u get a multi-metre and check what kind of voltage u have running thru your wires and sockets

 

[SzechwanChicken]

View attachment 257430hey szechwan good little set up i am on my 1st aswell i choose to use rubbermade containers but if i can suggest one thing that will help your grow (not hating on you or anything just tryin 2 help) you might want to go to a camping supplies type store or maybe even walmart and get a camping emergency blanket and tape or attach it to your walls to maximize your light...they are only about 4 bucks aswell and it will more than pay for its self when harvest comes around i know it helped my little cfl set up but looks good how did you hook the computer fan up??
i went out and got a couple but never got them going i just went and got walmart clipfans instead... let me know if you can see the pic of the blanket cuz its my first time posting a pic thanks!!!!!!

yea i was thinking of using that stuff but iono when i made the box the white walls i thought were enough. and yea like Baz said, if u get an old cellphone charger, or even find one at the dollar store, they work fine. in my case, i had a 12v adapter sitting around. it lets me adjust the voltage going to the fan in incraments or 1.5v, so like 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6 and so on till 12v. and ontop of that there is a speed controller built into my fan. didnt buy it, found it =) i keep my voltage at around 4.5 to 6v that keeps er going strong but not too loud.

 

[SzechwanChicken]

i got bigger pots today. 9 inch SQUARES. yes square. hopefully i can transplant them both before 2am and get some sleep.

 

[SzechwanChicken]

been a couple days since their second transplant and everything looks fine. aka their not dead. however i think (and im not sure) i have 2 boys. iono. it freaks me out.i see no hairs coming out the preflowers. and in some spots there are more than one "pod" or whatever their called clumpped together. i dunno if thatll happen for females too. pictures will explain the spots i mean...

 

[Baz]

what you still got the males for pal?

 

[SzechwanChicken]

cuz iono if they were male or not. ppl toldme to wait but i think they are like, f#ck. so they are for sure male? god dayum. i really was hoping for better results. i have that smaller one to hope for. but i guess ill start germinating some more seeds. probly flower earlier and have smaller pots

 

[Baz]

Yes they look like males bud, but ya want to get em away from any potential femals before those pollen sacks open and pollinate your girls