PC Micro Grow

[dirtyheaddustin]

So I am Late starting this because i did not think i wanted to exploit myself like i have done in the past. But i am to the point now where i know i can be smart about this.
but i started my pc Grow back June 19. i did 2.5 weeks of vegetation where i did a straight 24/0 cycle. on July 1st i started the 12/12 flowering cycle. so now i am on day 20 of flowering and 36 days in total.

i have four bag seed plants. (i had 5 but one was a male.)
i am wondering how much space i am going to have and if i will need to get rid of a plant.
i am just starting LST and hope that it can help.
i just started using tiger bloom on day 10 of flowering.
i will try and keep this updated. but hey help a brother out on whats good and whats bad.

 

[Md03gli]

They need to be in bigger pots. Also I don't know if you have enough room on there for 4 flowering ladies. What Are you demensions?

 

[karousing]

from what i can see, even if they double in size from this point. you have enough room. might need bigger pots though.
train them along the sides of the case. give them as much room per plant as possible. you might want to consider drawing dividing lines and training each plant to have 1/4 of the space available.
you should have enough room. draw up a sketch and experiment with what you know about plants. they will grow. approx 2-3 times the size of when they were in veg.
they grow in a straight line and have offshoots. you might have to train some of the lower offshoots to go in the middle while some go on the sides. use your imagination.

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

Md03li i am using 3 (26 watt 1650 lumens) lights with dimensions of 16x20x8
and i have seen many people go start to finish all in one solo cup. im not sure i actually need to transfer.

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

from what i can see, even if they double in size from this point. you have enough room. might need bigger pots though.
train them along the sides of the case. give them as much room per plant as possible. you might want to consider drawing dividing lines and training each plant to have 1/4 of the space available.
you should have enough room. draw up a sketch and experiment with what you know about plants. they will grow. approx 2-3 times the size of when they were in veg.
they grow in a straight line and have offshoots. you might have to train some of the lower offshoots to go in the middle while some go on the sides. use your imagination.

nicely said. yeah at first i was thinking of doing LST in a spiral around the cup. but i will take what you said into consideration. i will do some mock ups.

 

[Barron5595]

The only place I grow is in a of grow box. And like any other plant they do tend to grow 2x bigger durin flower... Lst and super roping would be the best for a of box as it allows more light penetration as well as a better o2 flow. I started 12/12 from seed so my plants only got about 8 inches with a whopping "1/8" dry off each plant. But if your using a of box lst!!!! Highly recommended

 

[chibzilla]

Nice setup man, I love the pc grows!

I would suggest getting around 75 watts minimum per plant for one of these though, Solo cups will work if you feel like yielding an 8th, lol.

I see it's a bit too late to change anything since you've already put them into flower. I guess the best you can do is make another cab or find somewhere to build a box, 4 plants under 50 watts is really just a waste of time.

A fellow on these forums just recently yielded 20 grams off a PC grow, One plant with 70 watts that had lots of love put into her.


If I was you, personally I would have grown a single plant of the most high yield for such a small space.

If you're willing to spend money then do yourself a favor and buy a pack of the 23 watt cfl's, you'll be giving yourself better yield drastically. The rule of thumb that most go by is 100 watts per plant, then an extra 50 for every extra. This is actually the
lowest recommended wattage, 150+ for every plant is much better.

The 4 plants for the pc grow is way to small though (in my opinion), they are better suited for keeping mothers alive, vegging and single plant grows.

Not trying to be asshole that comes in here to shit on dreams, But I felt I should give you my humble opinion. You can still get a decent yield if you do a little tweaking and spend like 30 more bucks.

 

[beterthanjeff]

you live and you learn good luck next time

 

[karousing]

remember to write down your findings and keep track, that way you can look back make improvements.

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

chbzilla i understand. i feel like i can do 2 plants but that means i have to git rid of two plants! i dont want to be hitler and decide which plants are the reason for unwanted space.
so what i need to do is more light, more space.

if i transplant 2 of them in bigger pots my yield will increase correct?

 

[chibzilla]

Yup. You will indefinitely, More room for the roots to grow = bigger plant

Don't have to 'get rid' of them. You could maybe switch them back to veg and perhaps make a separate holding box for them?

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

Yup. You will indefinitely, More room for the roots to grow = bigger plant

Don't have to 'get rid' of them. You could maybe switch them back to veg and perhaps make a separate holding box for them?

true im not sure i have the space. maybe a friend, who know. ill think of something. whats the rule on cloning. can you clone after they start to flower?

 

[Barron5595]

true im not sure i have the space. maybe a friend, who know. ill think of something. whats the rule on cloning. can you clone after they start to flower?

You can indeed Clone while the plants are in flower it will just take some time for the plants to very back to veg stage. Also if you veg back from flower your plants might start to shoot out single bladed leaves. Don't get rid of your plant it's typical. Eventually they will shoot "normal" leaves out again. It's just more time consuming I wouldn't recommend cloning flowers

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

i took what you guys have said to heart and went out and bought another light as well as expanding space by taking away two plants. i used one bucket and divided it down the middle. i now see how much more space my roots have to grow!

 

[chibzilla]

Nice man. That looks a lot better already!

Neat idea for the pot.

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

here are some pics to update. i am not having good vibes about the plant on the right. it still has not shown its sex and in seems to resemble a male

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

so i have another male. i did the stupid thing. i had 5 plants originally, i grew them through the Veg cycle and ended up with 3 females 1 males and one no name.

i killed the first male the second i found out; and then after i asked for some help on my grow box i was suggested to take out 2 plants to save some space. so i jumped the gun and thought my no name would be a girl just because when ever i have had a male it usually show much earlier than the rest. so basically i threw out 2 females and not i am left with one plant.

but this isnt a bad thing. i dont doubt that me yield could be as big with just one plant. from here on out im just playing it by the book and thinking like a plant.

 

[bb61]

I think you'll be better off with just one in there.

 

[n0tmycupoftea]

I think you'll be better off with just one in there.

^ This!

With your dimensions one plant is enough. In terms of you wanting a big yield... you can yield up to an ounce in a pc grow your size. Adding more plants wont increase your yield, too small of a case. Ive seen pc grows where they pack it with 4a plants and yield an eighth. Yield is all about tlc.

 

[dirtyheaddustin]

day 16 flowering.