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if you seal it up then make sure you put some ventelation in there.. yes i am starting to smell it but luckly my roomie is cool with it.. but i will need to put soem type of carbon filter up there so that the smell does not linger into the hallways

roll420 said:

hey greenearth, do they smell real strong? You dont have any kind of carbon filter do ya? Im kinda worried mine are gunna make the palce smell sooooo good, ill have to put together some kinda filter.

Right now i have a fan blowing in from the bottom of my cabinet and keep the door cracked, temps stay 78 to 80 with lights on. and drop to around 71 w/ lights off. if it starts to smell to good im gunna have to seal it up.......

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yea im looking at exhaust fans right now, was thinkin about just punchin a hole in the house and put a dryer vent on but the neighbors, on that side, are ignorant fcks. So now im gunna just put and exhaust fan in the top of my box and build a carbon filter or buy one. dump it to the other side of the basement.

And yea my girl dont mind the smell at all, she smokes like a chimney!!! its just when we have people over, which is not that often, dont want anyone to see or smell anything!!!

You can make a filter and use kitty litter. It works great. I use Fresh Step Crystals myself. We have a very small house and you can't smell it outside the closet.

You can make a filter and use kitty litter. It works great. I use Fresh Step Crystals myself. We have a very small house and you can't smell it outside the closet.

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That sounds like a great idea, what size filter did u make and what kinda exhaust fan u got? Any info on how you made it would be awesome!!!!

here is an update..... these pic was taken today

Nice, your leaf is twice as long as my plants are tall!! O yea and nothin like a little girl on girl action huh!! hahaha

DUDE.. do you have any info on how to build that kitty litter filter?

roll420 said:

That sounds like a great idea, what size filter did u make and what kinda exhaust fan u got? Any info on how you made it would be awesome!!!!

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Hash Lover said:

You can make a filter and use kitty litter. It works great. I use Fresh Step Crystals myself. We have a very small house and you can't smell it outside the closet.

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Just couldn't wait for that action huh? Ya I do. I'll post some tomorrow.

nice pics oh and the plant looks good too

I did one kinda like this, but used PVC for the outer parts. It made it a little bigger which made the filter a little thicker. But mostly so my diy fan could bolt to it.
http://boards.cannabis.com/growroom-setup/90173-how-carbon-filter.html
I used this for a fan. and used a toilet flange to bolt the fan to it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270344138142.
Works great. Just remember, the slower the air passes through the filter the better it will clean.
A 120mm computer fan will bolt to a toilet flange, some sizes don't even need to be drilled.

greenearth5 said:

I came home to find one of my plants were fallin all the way over and laying on the rockwool... it feels really weak and flimbsy .... my temp was 84 degrees.. i also noticed that the bottom part of the stem was very scrawny in comparison to the top part of the stem... so i moved the light up another 2 inches in hopes that the plant will grow taller and towards the light

Any sugestions?

EDIT: the plant is only 1 cm tall and already has fan leafs.. i have no control over the pH now.. also I have had the lights on for 24/7 ... could either of these cause the plant to sag.... FYI not all the plants are like this but only the one plant

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Moving the light away will just make the stem weaker. move light closer-keeping an eye out on temps, and cut to 18 hrs.
And you do have ph control. First your water/nuets. Then you can always check your soil.

*** sorry... I'm baked and did not realize I was looking at an older post.....

MaBud said:

Moving the light away will just make the stem weaker. move light closer-keeping an eye out on temps, and cut to 18 hrs.
And you do have ph control. First your water/nuets. Then you can always check your soil.

*** sorry... I'm baked and did not realize I was looking at an older post.....

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hahahah

Hashlover, that sounds real good, but i wish i could see the pics!! im not a member of that site and reg. is closed.

Are those pc fans loud?? I have a small one from my old pc and it seems to be noisy, maybe with some duct work, it might be quieter?

Ive been looking at the s&p duct fans, kinda pricey but suposed to be real quiet!

http://www.hvacquick.com/spfnconfig.php?fm=TD&PHPSESSID=tof8o6koc5ma0d8kv8dbfbruk1

A buddy of mine just ordered a 6'' one and im gunna hook it up for him. Cant wait to see how it works!!!

just a friendly update... i added another gallon of distilled and bumped the nutes from 750 up to 1grand... roots are 24 inches long... just as long as the plant is tall and they are lookin good....im still having problems with my leaves boating up and drying out.. im thinking this could be because the light is not good enough to penetrate to those bottom leaves...but then again its only effecting the newly grown leaves near the bottom of the plants

greenearth5 said:

just a friendly update... i added another gallon of distilled and bumped the nutes from 750 up to 1grand... roots are 24 inches long... just as long as the plant is tall and they are lookin good....im still having problems with my leaves boating up and drying out.. im thinking this could be because the light is not good enough to penetrate to those bottom leaves...but then again its only effecting the newly grown leaves near the bottom of the plants

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As always looking great bud. I have noticed that they seem to have just streached since flowering, i hope mine do the same.

Are you tieing them or staking them to try and get them to fill out your closet?

i started off tieing them down but that didnt work out to welll so i untied them a week ago and they straightend up some... they are now more than 2 feet tall

DukeOfBellSt said:

As always looking great bud. I have noticed that they seem to have just streached since flowering, i hope mine do the same.

Are you tieing them or staking them to try and get them to fill out your closet?

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greenearth5 said:

i started off tieing them down but that didnt work out to welll so i untied them a week ago and they straightend up some... they are now more than 2 feet tall

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sweet, i think i'll wait a while before deciding on tieing them or not.

Roots look great man. Though we probably could get a better idea of how they really look if you had your friend hold them up for you, haha. That's the problem with a smaller light, the usable light does not travel as far as a higher watt light. Do you have a light meter? With a 150 watt (that's what you have right?) You would do better to keep the plants much shorted and have more plants per Sq. ft. I think you would get a much better yield in the end.

lol yah my ol lady would look good holding them roots and they would show up good on her black body lol... i do have a 150W HPS but no light meter yet.. i would prefer to have shorter plants but there is no way that i can keep these two super silver haze short... ive been toping every single branch i can see and then smokin the tops.. prob close to 20 tops now....thats the only thing that i can see that can keep it short

Hash Lover said:

Roots look great man. Though we probably could get a better idea of how they really look if you had your friend hold them up for you, haha. That's the problem with a smaller light, the usable light does not travel as far as a higher watt light. Do you have a light meter? With a 150 watt (that's what you have right?) You would do better to keep the plants much shorted and have more plants per Sq. ft. I think you would get a much better yield in the end.

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Geenearth and 420, I'll try to copy and paste for you.
Pic 1- Here are all the supplies you need for this 4" carbon scrubber.
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First thing to build is the inner chamber.

pic1 - supplies:
6"-4" reducer
4" cap
2 - 4.5" screw fasteners
10" length of Heavy duty chicken wire
2 - pannyhose legs

pic2 - Wrap the 10" length of chicken wire around the 4" end cap to form a cylinder. I used a bunch of zip ties to secure the cylinder's shape.

Pic3 - Slide the pannyhose legs over the cylinder to act as a screen for the carbon.

Pic4 - Secure the end cap on one end of the cylinder with one of the 4.5" screw fasteners.

Pic5 - Secure the 6"-4" reducer to the open end of the cylinder with the other 4.5" screw fastener.

That's it. The inner chamber is done. Set aside we'll need it in a bit.
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