First Closet CFL Grow

[toolage]

if it is really the last two weeks of flowering. but it looks like the could just keep on going and going. I'd continue with your plan and get some new plants going ASAP (something indica-heavy maybe so you aren't waiting on sativas to mature).

Very much so, as much as I love stretch and what she has done for me, I'm really ready to get this grow over with. I have been drawing things on paper on what my next grow's going to be setup like. Though I'm not good at making diagrams, or even drawing it makes sense to me lol. I haven't really posted them because they look like complete poop but once I get my roomate to re-draw it for me i'll post it up.

 

[toolage]

yeah maybe some NL#1 and LR
that would work...lmao puffs, passes to T
an ounce is all? It looks like more to me but it is kinda fluffy
no matter if it is great you won't need to smoke as much.
(just teasing e-mail there T, he didn't read all about your next grow plans I take it...)

Yeah I'm sure it's going to be over an ounce, I just don't want to over estimate things lol. It is very fluffy, the only thing this plant is lacking are Trichs. The leaves are basically empty of trichs, you really have to look close, or take a good macro shot to see them. I'm sure it's because it's bagseed genetics, but none the less the smoke is still good from the samples.

 

[Alto]

Yeah I'm sure it's going to be over an ounce, I just don't want to over estimate things lol. It is very fluffy, the only thing this plant is lacking are Trichs. The leaves are basically empty of trichs, you really have to look close, or take a good macro shot to see them. I'm sure it's because it's bagseed genetics, but none the less the smoke is still good from the samples.

and it tastes fruity!

 

[email468]

Very much so, as much as I love stretch and what she has done for me, I'm really ready to get this grow over with. I have been drawing things on paper on what my next grow's going to be setup like. Though I'm not good at making diagrams, or even drawing it makes sense to me lol. I haven't really posted them because they look like complete poop but once I get my roomate to re-draw it for me i'll post it up.

Is this your first real grow?

 

[toolage]

Is this your first real grow?

by myself? yes. I have done 2 drip/feed setups with a friend of mine. Though my friend did most of the labor work, I was along with the grow from seed to harvest. First grow was bagseed which was some KILLER bud when it was done. The 2nd time he grew trainwreck which turned hermie due to light leak.

 

[email468]

by myself? yes. I have done 2 drip/feed setups with a friend of mine. Though my friend did most of the labor work, I was along with the grow from seed to harvest. First grow was bagseed which was some KILLER bud when it was done. The 2nd time he grew trainwreck which turned hermie due to light leak.

that you made it this far (all the way to harvest) is all the more impressive for it.

pat yourself on the back - you've done what I (and many others) could not do ... take a first attempt to harvest.

 

[kochab]

Day 67 Flowering Pictures

I cant say much other than god damn.

Do you know if your northern lights is gonna be sativa or indica dominant? Most are sativa dominant I believe but Ive gotten some from a breeder once and they turned out to be very strong indicas.
All I can say is I love that strain. It was the first one I grew out
soooo tasty

 

[dvsmoi6]

Hey i was going to say toolage, are u sure mary and stretch aren't just normal weeds. Cuz they look nothing like ur top plant juana. LOL @ Juana, where's pablito ?

 

[toolage]

that you made it this far (all the way to harvest) is all the more impressive for it.

pat yourself on the back - you've done what I (and many others) could not do ... take a first attempt to harvest.

*pats self on back* lol thank you so much for the kind words. I am honestly also very surpised I made it this far. I have been dealing with plants with my mom since I was a tot. That's been mostly outdoors though, but it helped me understand plants enough to get by.

I cant say much other than god damn.

Do you know if your northern lights is gonna be sativa or indica dominant? Most are sativa dominant I believe but Ive gotten some from a breeder once and they turned out to be very strong indicas.
All I can say is I love that strain. It was the first one I grew out
soooo tasty

LOL yeah man it's impressive on how big she has gotten. You can obviously tell I didn't plan on her getting that big as I didn't even put the emergency blanket that high on the wall.

I actually asked my girl to get an indica dominant strain, but she said she forgot to ask which it was. So I guess I won't really tell it starts growing. Northern Lights #1 was the first headies I had ever smoked, and my favorite tasting as well! She said on the brochure she said the seeds she purchased flowering time was 6-8 weeks, so I'm guessing that would be Indica dominant.

 

[kochab]

by the way bra you should also probably do away with those pc fans and get one of these... Or @ least look into it.
they are only 40 bucks and would be great for your room. You might be able to find a cheaper one but that site (htgsupply) is usually the one with the best deals.
Hook one of these up to your light and add a pane of tempered plate glass and youll never have to worry about heat again in there. You could still use it without the glass but It would be a little less effective.
Then you can use a box fan to keep air moving around in the room really well.
Im looking around for some more equipment to put back even though I dont have the space to use it right now cause of that thing on that pm I sent you.
If that bill gets passed Ill MAKE room and try to open up a club.
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[toolage]

Hey i was going to say toolage, are u sure mary and stretch aren't just normal weeds. Cuz they look nothing like ur top plant juana. LOL @ Juana, where's pablito ?

i'm not sure if your referring to the beginning of this journal or now? Only stretch is still alive, and yes they did look like shit at the beginning of the grow. But after I replaced with HPS they made a quick turn around. And not to sure what you mean by pablito...

 

[toolage]

by the way bra you should also probably do away with those pc fans and get one of these... Or @ least look into it.
they are only 40 bucks and would be great for your room. You might be able to find a cheaper one but that site (htgsupply) is usually the one with the best deals.
Hook one of these up to your light and add a pane of tempered plate glass and youll never have to worry about heat again in there. You could still use it without the glass but It would be a little less effective.
Then you can use a box fan to keep air moving around in the room really well.
Im looking around for some more equipment to put back even though I dont have the space to use it right now cause of that thing on that pm I sent you.
If that bill gets passed Ill MAKE room and try to open up a club.
Suncourt 6" Inline Duct Fan

wow what a deal! definently am going to invest probably an extra 400-500 for this next grow. But I've never had experience hooking one up, I would love to learn how to do it. DO you mean tempered glass under the bulb in case the bulb explodes? If so I already have on of those on my fixture. There is a spot in the side of fixture for an inline fan, just have to purchase one.

 

[email468]

Hey i was going to say toolage, are u sure mary and stretch aren't just normal weeds. Cuz they look nothing like ur top plant juana. LOL @ Juana, where's pablito ?

Hi - where's your grow? do you have a journal? let's see some pics!

 

[kochab]

wow what a deal! definently am going to invest probably an extra 400-500 for this next grow. But I've never had experience hooking one up, I would love to learn how to do it. DO you mean tempered glass under the bulb in case the bulb explodes? If so I already have on of those on my fixture. There is a spot in the side of fixture for an inline fan, just have to purchase one.

damn, youll be spending that much? Hell if thats the case then you can get all kinds of usefull shit to make life lots easier on you.
intake outtake fans for venting, light mover, dwc setups being your key things you need to get.



If your light has a plate glass cover that isnt to protect you if the bulb explodes, Its to keep it as airtight as possible so no heat escapes downwards to the plants. The only time Ive ever heard of a bulb exploding is if it gets wet while it on, or has oil residue from handprints on the bulb.

Now this brings us to another discussion since you said you have that much of a budget.... Venting that closet.
The better your air circulation the better your plants will look. If they dont get fresh air then they dont do well. What you really want is a negative air pressure inside of your closet...Which means you want more air going out than there is coming in. There is a couple options you have here to do that.

A) You can use an inline fan on your reflector so that heat isnt an issue in the room, and make a setup like you already kinda have with those pc fans but using 2 more inline fans and some vent hose to get a decent air exchange in the room. That should be just enough to get by with But I dont believe that it would cause a negative air pressure in there.
it would cost

B) or you could take into mind that your space is 5'long x 5'wide x 8'tall which is exactly 200 square feet of space in there.
There is another fan offered byu the same company for $80 and it can exchange 200 sqare feets worth of space in 2 minutes. That will deffanitly give you negative air pressure in the closet. I think you should also be able to vent the closet and your light with that one fan.
http://htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=52479

 

[kochab]

then theres always the concern of smell...... Your in an apartment dude, you need to have some sort of charcoal on the end of that fan so that your place dosent smell like a skunk died in it all the time. You can make one pretty easily if you can find sheets of carbon filter shit around there if you cant find any of that then youll need to buy one. Cheapest ive found so far is $60
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something else you may want to think about is this, a 400watt lamp will provide a 3x3 foot area of grow space. You are putting a 4ft lightmover in there You can use that whole 5x5 closet for flowering....
Why keep so few plants if you are going to have the light to raise more? If nothing else get your closets venting and lighting hardware squared away before you start. Then as you get a mom, starting making more dwc/drip or whatever systems you would like to use in there so you can use those as well? Hell once you get a mom, You can keep them in soil containers if you dont have the chance/$ to build them a setup for a bit.
It would just be a shame to see it go to waste....

 

[toolage]

damn, youll be spending that much? Hell if thats the case then you can get all kinds of usefull shit to make life lots easier on you.
intake outtake fans for venting, light mover, dwc setups being your key things you need to get.



If your light has a plate glass cover that isnt to protect you if the bulb explodes, Its to keep it as airtight as possible so no heat escapes downwards to the plants. The only time Ive ever heard of a bulb exploding is if it gets wet while it on, or has oil residue from handprints on the bulb.

Now this brings us to another discussion since you said you have that much of a budget.... Venting that closet.
The better your air circulation the better your plants will look. If they dont get fresh air then they dont do well. What you really want is a negative air pressure inside of your closet...Which means you want more air going out than there is coming in. There is a couple options you have here to do that.

A) You can use an inline fan on your reflector so that heat isnt an issue in the room, and make a setup like you already kinda have with those pc fans but using 2 more inline fans and some vent hose to get a decent air exchange in the room. That should be just enough to get by with But I dont believe that it would cause a negative air pressure in there.
it would cost

B) or you could take into mind that your space is 5'long x 5'wide x 8'tall which is exactly 200 square feet of space in there.
There is another fan offered byu the same company for $80 and it can exchange 200 sqare feets worth of space in 2 minutes. That will deffanitly give you negative air pressure in the closet. I think you should also be able to vent the closet and your light with that one fan.
http://htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=52479

wow! I definently should of invested in this on this grow. I never really was one to purchase online, but for these prices I have to! Do you think I should just take off the tarp thats covering my closet? I think if I take that tarp off and just use that to cover a window it still won't get any light leaks, and it'll have a WHOLE lot better air flow.

 

[toolage]

then theres always the concern of smell...... Your in an apartment dude, you need to have some sort of charcoal on the end of that fan so that your place dosent smell like a skunk died in it all the time. You can make one pretty easily if you can find sheets of carbon filter shit around there if you cant find any of that then youll need to buy one. Cheapest ive found so far is $60
High Tech Garden Supply

nice so I can get that filter, and that $80 fan and I will be set to go with good air quality and good odor removal. This is just getting better and better! I wish I could've been able to purchase all this at this grow, but I have money saved up now!!

 

[kochab]

She said on the brochure she said the seeds she purchased flowering time was 6-8 weeks, so I'm guessing that would be Indica dominant.

missed this earlier,
i would say thats an indica dominant pheno for sure.
Im growing out some raft x sativa bagseeds I have trying to get an indica dominant plant. Theres a 50/50 shot @ it so Im keeping my fingers crossed that one of the babies will have the rafts indica and its stronger potency traits. I dont have any female raft plants or any more beans so its about my only shot

 

[kochab]

nice so I can get that filter, and that $80 fan and I will be set to go with good air quality and good odor removal. This is just getting better and better! I wish I could've been able to purchase all this at this grow, but I have money saved up now!!

If Im thinking and calculating everything correctly then that should be fine & that will cost you less than $300. So youll be able to get some mylar to go up on the walls. I actually recommend taking some cardboard and attaching the mylar to that tightly then putting those panels up on the walls, it keeps the mylar less wrinkled and that makes it more productive. Wrinkled mylar throws light around the room in odd angles and if one catches a plant just right too close to the wall it will burn the shit out of a plant.

By the way, Your the first person Ive ever heard of to grow lowryder in a hydro setup

 

[kochab]

wow! I definently should of invested in this on this grow. I never really was one to purchase online, but for these prices I have to! Do you think I should just take off the tarp thats covering my closet? I think if I take that tarp off and just use that to cover a window it still won't get any light leaks, and it'll have a WHOLE lot better air flow.

NO! I like the way you are thinking though...
1) blacking out a window always makes people outside that see its blacked out ask questions. They will either think You work @ night and have to sleap during the day so you blacked it out, or that you are trying to hide something and that will make them curious to find out. Then you come home one day to find your house has been broken into and police are everywhere outside...etc....

2) that will take away your negative air pressure. Your fan would be sucking air in through the big open doorway and blowing it right back out into that room to come back in it again.

3) odor control works by pumping air through a filter and cleaning it of smells so to say.. in order to kill all smell you have to trap it best you can in the area and then force it through the filter, if not some might get out and raise suspicions.