Rubbermaid Tub Grow (Second Grow, First Posted)

mwine87

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djlifeline said:
Your bed time?! Over her just got in the office and started work lol.

Don't worry I know feeling having a women nag. Used to be my Ex now its my mum! Its never ending my friend.
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Haha, yeah. When i posted that last night, it was almost 2am here in SoCal.
You can't live with, You can't live without them. :) She makes me happy, though. That's what matters.
 
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It's not super sealed. I had that thought after I put it in... but it can't hurt, right? It's cheap anyways, so no loss. I give it a good shake before "lights out", even though I know it uses the CO2 best during "lights on"... Meh. lol.
 
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Day 4 of 12/12 and showing sex on a couple of the babies. The Lavender Satori (bottom right) is Female! Has pistils showing at multiple points. Psyched!
One of the Sour Ape, I think is a Boy. :( I want to wait a day or 2 to really make sure. If it is, i'll be choppin' it, making room for the others. Hopefully it's the only male plant.

Thanks for all the advice. :) Keep it coming, please.
 

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There is somewhere on this site that tells you how to wire pc fans to a plug. Search it in top right.
Also if want to be able to flower need more then 2 cfls. Unless there 125w each grow cfl monsters. Which I doubt.
What wattage are they? Not Equivalent ACTUAL wattage.
 
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No idea. Google it. Personally I would wire it to a plug and plug it in. And if one female one male minimum I would use if 4 CFLS if gonna keep it small and just want few grams. If i wanted half ok harvest I would attempt 10 bulbs lol but thats just coz im a crazy kind of guy :) More is better and bare in mind CFLs are cheap I would suggest just buying and putting in as many as possible.
 
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FromOzzToCT said:
My first grow. I had a similar idea to yours. I am using 2 CFL's combining for a total of 3200 lumens. My lights are placed in the first drawer in the plastic dresser. I have a rectangle cut out on the bottom of the drawer (centered) and a box like object with lights inside have been placed over the cut out. The lights stick half an inch into the rubbermaid container bellow. The rubbermaid does have a lid on for stealth purposes BUT the entire surface area of the lid has been cut out allowing the lights to come directly in to the plastic dresser. The plastic dresser is a perfect fit for the rubbermaid container! I have a air intake/outtake option that I can use up to 8-9 hours daily. The house I live in ac/heat unit has a nice little fan option on the control thermostat. I made a nice air vent cover shaped cut out on the bottom of the rubbermaid container. I simply move the container over any air vent to allow air in when I turn the fans on from the thermostat. My outtake works by sliding the plastic dresser 1-2 inches backwards or forwards. This alows the air from the air vent to circulate a little and pass right out of the container. The plant on the right is about 40 hours in from sprouting. The plant on the left is about 12 hours in from sprouting. The plant on the right is 1-2 inches away from the CFL above it, the plant on the left is 2-3 inches away from the CFL above it. As the girls (i hope) get taller they will move into the first shelf of the plastic dresser (cutting out the bottom of first drawer. Second drawer will have the same light design as first drawer did, more than likely will not let the plants get any taller so it doesn't have to advance another draw. I plan to Top the plants, pinch, and bending branches to keep them smaller and to promote budding. I also think I will be cutting some of the leaves I am not sure about that yet? Something like from _\|/_ to just .\./. or _..._ or maybe even ..|.. My goal is to keep the plants short while trying the best I can do to maximize the bud growth. This is a Stealth operation! Praying to God that these are females of course and if not I will be throwing them out and planting two more. Note better pictures to come! P.S my first post on the site and this site looks as dank as I hope my buds are going to be. I'm dreaming big so this site is the DANKEST!
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Hey man, this is Great... But if you start your OWN thread, you could get some specialized help. This is My thread, to post MY GROW! Great that you're growing, But don't jack my thread.
 
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So... this morning I found that the one Sour Ape I thought was a boy, was in fact, a Boy! I chopped him down. Very sad, it was very healthy. I looked at it's root ball, and discovered it was almost root bound and pretty dry. I watered the others. :) Having one less plant really makes a lot of room.Then after getting home from work tonight, I found some heat burn on one plant. It had grown into the bulbs while I was gone. I'll have pics up tomorrow.Eventful day.
 
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Amazing how quick they can grow when take your eye off the ball aye!
just FYI Im 4 days into 12/12 with my humboldt, bloody thing bushing out so much! Taking over my cupboard lol.
 
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I had to chop the other Sour Ape yesterday! Another Boy!?! So now i have 2 Lavender Satori, both Girls! :) Also a couple of seeds goin', too.
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The roots were exploding! i feel like i need to transplant to bigger pots, but i don't have the room.
I stacked another rubbermaid I had lying around, but it's slightly smaller. So this is VERY temporary. I'll go buy another 20gal tub at some point. I am one week into flowering 12/12. I should be able to harvest these around Valentine's Day, as long as I don't smother and over love these little bushes. :)
 
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djlifeline said:
Amazing how quick they can grow when take your eye off the ball aye!
just FYI Im 4 days into 12/12 with my humboldt, bloody thing bushing out so much! Taking over my cupboard lol.
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I know! Once they get goin', it's hard to stop them! Any pics of the girls??
 
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Hey man,

Heres mine a few days ago....

Back 2 - G13 Labs Auto Pineapple Express Fem (starting to through out tons pistils and small buds now)
Front Left - Humboldt Fem (No pistils yet, 7 days into 12/12)
Front Right - Northern Lights Blue Fem still in veg.
Seperate pic is the humboldt. See the 6 colas? Hope they come out nice. Was only meant to top for 4! LOL

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mwine87

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djlifeline said:
Hey man,

Heres mine a few days ago....

Back 2 - G13 Labs Auto Pineapple Express Fem (starting to through out tons pistils and small buds now)
Front Left - Humboldt Fem (No pistils yet, 7 days into 12/12)
Front Right - Northern Lights Blue Fem still in veg.
Seperate pic is the humboldt. See the 6 colas? Hope they come out nice. Was only meant to top for 4! LOL
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Very nice! Can't wait to see how heavy those cola's get. All very healthy looking. Are the G13's Sativa?
 
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