Grow So Stealth, GF Can't Find It... Auto's under CFL

AP2K

Active Member
Hello RIU. As the title states I'm going to be growing some auto's in a closet and see how long I can go before my gf discovers it. Lol.

The closet is in a spare room, and I'm going to be growing only a few at a time for old time's sake. Set up is as follows:

Strain - Nirvana's Short Rider.
Approx 240 true watts 2700k CFLs used throughout life of plants.
FFOF soil, 4 gallon pots - Nutes will be considered in a few weeks.

Here is the first plant 7 days in.
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My goal is to complete this grow all the way through without being discovered by my chick. Not for fear of anything in particular, just for my personal amusement. If she discovers the plants, she will just roll her eyes. Lol if she doesn't find it, on the day of harvest I'll say "Hey let me show you something" LOL

I planned this grow to have two plants about 10 days apart just for my personal learning experience. My first grow was a complete failure; insufficient lighting and nute problems were just the start of it. Now let's never speak of that again.

Short Rider was chosen for a few reasons. Firstly, a buddy of mine grew it and it was fantastic smoke, and the plants were tiny. He averaged an Oz per plant in a similar set up. That is more than fine as far as yield goes for me. Secondly, my buddies Short Riders only began to stink toward the end so that buys me plenty of time to figure out odor control.

Second seed has been soaked and I expect sprout tomorrow, so I'll post pix of that one when it's up.

Cheers!​
 

AP2K

Active Member
Anyone with experience on the strain or with a similar setup.... I welcome your advice or opinions. I need to figure out what nutes to use, and seeing as these little plants veg for very little time, I'm wondering what the best nute to give them for optimum blooming. Someone has suggested Big Bud, but I seek other's opinions too. For the record, my buddy who grew this strain before never fed commercial nutes (or so he claims).
 

Lady.J

Well-Known Member
Subbed up...I don't know much about autos....but now I'm curious to see if your girlfriend finds out :p
 

AP2K

Active Member
Thanks... I'm pretty confident she won't, she never goes in that room. Only 2 factors would give it away; my activity being noticed or odor. Couple of lamps aren't gonna move the electric meter too much & its summer anyway, the bill is always higher.
 

knowmad

Active Member
There's a Fox Farm Big Bloom you could feed. My auto (lowryder #2) is going on a Fox Farms feeding schedule. I just read that it's some good stuff. You could also try Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom.
 

AP2K

Active Member
Thanks for your replies. I have some time before I need Ona but when the time comes, better believe I will buy it lol. So I germed another second Short Rider seed and it's thriving. It's exactly 10 days older than the first one. There was a seed that germed but died on day 2. So this is technically the third Short Rider plant, and it's named SR3.
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This should be good, I'm hiding my grow from the wife. She's getting pretty suspicious of me heading out to the shed every night for a peek. Best of luck, I'll be following your grow to see how long you can hold out.
 

AP2K

Active Member
And here is SR1 at 10 days old. Will begin giving nutes in a week or two. Still deciding which line to try. Maybe just stick to FF since thats the soil I'm running. Will be giving only blooming nutes, which is what Nirvana recommends.
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Cheers!​
 

AP2K

Active Member
Green Green Grass, you are the man. Haha I'll be checking out your grow too. Best of luck - my girl hasn't noticed a thing. Good thing she takes long showers. I just cruise into the spare room for a few minutes and make sure everything is golden. Then I dip out and don't go back till next day :-o
 

nuskool89

Well-Known Member
I'd recommend Earth Juice or General Organics personally over FF. Both are cheap and totally organic. FF has damn good soil though.
 

smokeplenty

Member
hey im new here i have a couple plants (3 exact) one is around 3weeks (mystery seed) then i have blue dream @6 days and paradise white berry at 3
the soil im using is called harvest i works alot better then the MG i tried with a batch of mystery seeds that nuked by 2 weeks(nearly 8) i apologize for post on your page AP2K couldn't figure out how to create my own but continuing on i just wanted some basic info im using 5 100w cfl mixture of soft white and day light, cardboard grow two fans intake outtake inside all white for reflection waiting on Mylar im i have super thrive and FF BB for feeding was wondering when i should feed them either or and how often and any additional info would help especially if could create my own post.
 

MDEVA

Active Member
@AP2K - glad your girls are doing well. Here are some pictures of the same strain (Nirvana Short Rider - Auto, Feminized). They are from day 45 and 43. Even though you started behind me, I will sub to this so I can see how someone else's grow turns out. That will help me decide if I want to ever run this stuff again, or give away the left over beans to some friends. These are in 3 gal pots, 250 watt HPS, 2x4x10 closet, 18/6 schedule, Fox Farm nutes. I'm no expert, but please PM me if you ever need some advice or whatever

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Just keep in mind I've seen several different Phenos of this plant. I'm not sure how stable the genetics really are. One thing I can tell you, is WATCH THE PLANT and forget what Nirvana claims on their website. After talking to several other people who've grown this strain I'm guessing I will probably go somewhere between 75 and 95 days before harvest. I've read of some people taking this plant out to 110+ days.
 
Green Green Grass, you are the man. Haha I'll be checking out your grow too. Best of luck - my girl hasn't noticed a thing. Good thing she takes long showers. I just cruise into the spare room for a few minutes and make sure everything is golden. Then I dip out and don't go back till next day :-o
He he , luckily I'm always tinkering in the shed at something so it's not too bad, she still comes out for a look though, typical nosey woman. My closet is well hidden and totally blacked out and well vented so hopefully the only hint she gets is when I've harvested and fired up a fat one :weed:
 
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