Monkee's Grow - Stealth, From Seed 12/12, CFL

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MonkeeMan

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DAY 2

Hey everyone, so today the plants have a day from the grow box... I put all the plants in my other garden and let them have some natural light today. the temperatures are to hot for my liking and i think ive figured out a few ways to keep it down. I need more air movement in the cab... more air coming in from outside... and a better way to put ice in there

I'm making my way to the hardware store today in hopes that something sparks my creativity

Day:2
Lights: Outside (Cloudy Day)
Strain: Plant 1,2,3 - White Widow; Plant 4 - LR2
Temperature: 70-75
Humidity: unknown
Watered: none
Nutraints: none
Inside Smell: none
Outside Smell: none
Other: none
 
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MonkeeMan

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Day 2 - Update

So I decided to try to lower the temperature by getting some see through panels for the bottom with a fan and some huge jugs of frozen water... I only put 3 plants in and the fan on full blast

it seemed perfect then after about 2 hours it was up to 106!!!!!!!!! So i took the plants back out and in the other garden, where they will stay until i get this temp thing figured out

I'm going to try a few new things, but if they dont work then im fucked:
1) cut down on the number of cfl's
2) re build the entire outtake system with a very powerful fan

Does anyone know anything about plexiglass and how well that works?

Here is a picture of the new updates:
 
cannaboy

cannaboy

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your not fucked:blsmoke:...i suggest doing a thorough remodel of the grow room to make the temps at least habitable for your girls....cuttin down on cfls is like saying cutting down on yield...
 
coolman1a

coolman1a

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Hey i was thinking you could get a lot more yield if you start the bitches at 18/6 for a while(remember the plants gotta be strong enough to support a lot of buds) and then lst them or do what im gona do and get some hard but bendy wire(forgot what its called) wrap it around the pot and as the plant grows just wrap it around it like an easier form of lst, the 18/6 and the lst should give you at least 50% more yield and you will have many different bud sites on 1 plant instead of just 1 big one, just somthing you should think about, and on my setup which is 2 18-gallon rubbermade tubs i have 4 outake fans and 2 intake, but i live in FL and my setup is in the attic so it still gets to about 95, but i think if weed can grow in Texas and Mexico wher it gets to 120 then i should be able to survive my setup with some c02 that i put in, also you can try having the lights on only at night since its cooler.
 
uberpea

uberpea

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I live in Texas, and I have definitely never seen 120 haha, but I agree with the concept. I think your plants can make it, just do your best to keep it below 100. Goodluck

Duece.
 
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MonkeeMan

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well the only thing im really concerned with is cooling it down and the smell... i dont want it peaking at 106-110 everyday, because thats not the best in any case

the inline fan should help and ill report back

as for starting at 18/6 and moving to 12/12 i dont think im going to do that, i know i should is i had a lot of room and what not, but i dont and i can't have the plants going big at all... also cfls take longer to grow and i want this done early enough that i can travel for the end of the summer

my friends run hsp lamps so i know vegging is important, but this is just fun and learning about the plants, so in a year down the line when i set up something else i dont have to fault with all of that

thanks for everyones input, ive found this site so helpful and this journal is a little way to give back, so people like me 4 months ago when they wanted to start from scratch can see the problems and benefits of smaller grows... after this grow im calling it a day and closing my account... but i hope that people can look back at it like i did with other peoples journals and learn a lot
 
uberpea

uberpea

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Sad... I hate to see users leave the site, but I'm glad you're sticking around for one grow!

Duece.
 
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MonkeeMan

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I think that when i get a new project ill come back like when i move up to do a real grow in a closet or what not... but its hard to be on the site when youre not growing or when you are not researching something new.

I just feel like there are to many people which take from the site or abuse it. I wanted to thank everyone so far whos wrote in my grow for being so cool. I hope more people subscribe because so many people are looking for ideas for small rubbermaid grows and all information helps
 
coolman1a

coolman1a

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uberpea said:
I live in Texas, and I have definitely never seen 120 haha, but I agree with the concept. I think your plants can make it, just do your best to keep it below 100. Goodluck

Duece.
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Yea, haha, maybe i meant arizona:-)
Good luck with this, hope it goes well cuz ima stick around till the end. Also its not gonna be over 95 always, only like the main hours of the sun 11-4, unless its indoors, is it?
 
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MonkeeMan

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coolman1a said:
Yea, haha, maybe i meant arizona:-)
Good luck with this, hope it goes well cuz ima stick around till the end. Also its not gonna be over 95 always, only like the main hours of the sun 11-4, unless its indoors, is it?
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its all indoors, so it could peak like that all day
 
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MonkeeMan

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DAY 3

Day: 3
Lights: 6 hours outdoors, 6 hours with cfls (6 cfl, 100 watts equ)
Strain: Plant 1,2,3 - White Widow; Plant 4 - LR2
Temperature: Open Area, 75 degrees
Humidity: 25%
Watered: Half a Cup a Piece
Nutraints: none
Inside Smell: none
Outside Smell: none
Other: Remaining inside from now on until the cab is finished

So heres the deal so far, i had to throw the plants outside of the cab while i figured something out indoors. I put them back under the cfls for a 12/12 cycle



I picked up a super heavy duty fan... see how well it works out

 
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MonkeeMan

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The output fan is a lot louder then i expected, you can hear it throughout my room... time to test it with the heat
 
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MonkeeMan

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Truthfully I dont know yet

It stayed at 83 for the longest while now the temperature is climbing and climbing... its hit 98 right now

but the weird part is the box doesn't feel hot, it feels like a wind tunnel... a lot cooler then before... when i took the meter out it didn't jump to room temperature it slowly dropped, for some reason i think that its not actually as high in there as it says it is

im going to put the temp gauge on the output of the box to see what that reads
 
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