CFL LOW RYDER #2 Rubbermaid

LOW RYDER 2 (Fem)
DAY 6 from dirt break.
46 Watts of 2700 K

Hello all i welcome you to OldmaryJanes 2nd grow. After being somewhat sucsesful with my first grow i new i had another one in me. First Grow - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/148275-cfl-flower-day-one.html

I have always admired and thought highly of all the rubbermaid grows on here and new my next would be a RMG.


I like my setep and it was cheap but i do find it a bit suspect...My make shift ventilation actually ended up working out better then i thought it would....When i got the fan at the thrfit store it seemed smaller!!!! I was planning on creating an outtake as well but this seemed to do the trick....air escapes thru the fan...so its not a wind tunnle at all. The fan runs 18 hours a day and the lights have been staying on for 24....I get a new pair leaves every other day.....The first 5 leaver comes around the fifth set. Keeping the soil damp but not soaked, will turn to WET/DRY when more mature. Also will start nutes bout week three....useing mirical grow veg maybe once or twice then turning right to flower fert round week 4-5.


Enjoy.

looking good so far... i will subscribe to this thread simply because i like small grows and a autoflowering grow is something i really want to keep watching... so yeah... i'm hooked... keep us updated... also... just wondering.. can you take a pik of your set-up... like top closed... i cant really figure out what you have going on withyour lights from your pictures.. thanks and stay green homie...

HA Yeah i fucking meant to too! Just when i closed my box to take a pic my dog started barking! Ill get one up tonight. Does anyone think my ventilation is risk? Also im in an unfinished basement and am worried about bugs/ moisture/etc. Any tips of the trade are welcome!

OKay got a profile pic of the grow. Also macgyverd some reflectors. More lights to come aswell, prob start of week two there will be two more cfls added preferbly 5600 k to offset the spectrum early in the grow. Then hit it with all 27's like week three or so.

I do apoligize for the shitty quality, i have been taking pics with Iphone....I will start useing digital when the plants start to get goin.

Wow subscribed son I'm likeing the tiny box guy.

Yeah tiny for now anyway....I have a feeling I'm goin to have to stack rubbermaids to add s Ome growing space....altho these are lowryders and i plan on keep my lights tight to prevent any stretching. Mght even bend them over...Lst works wonders just not sure how lowryders react to training....

nice start man... looking good

lo0king g0od tryn get sum cpu fans.,.,like 4-of them do the trick perfect for myne.,.,smaller fans also help keep light leaks down in flower unless u were 24/7 the lights.,.,

Yep exactly.....looking like im goin to try a 24 hour grow thru out.....POSS MAYBE POSS go to like 20/4 when flowering kicks off but being an auto flower who knows. As for the pc fans....i might actually pick one or two up, it doesnt sit well with me that i only have an intake and no outtake, however like i said befor my outtake is basicly thru my intake cuz there is space for air to escape....ireally need to get a temp in there cuz if anything i dont think its warm enough. Aslo CBTHUNDRED....where do you obtain your fans??? FOR CHEAP? I was thinking ebay is best option.....retail just to pricy.

Update....

Day 7 - began feedings today, only spoon feeding right now and will gradually increase. Useing VEG mirical grow 8-7-6....Will move to a flower fert in few weeks 9-35-12

Thanks for the tips...

yeah i agree on the exhaust... i mean, what you have is working, but it can be improved... thanks for the grow box shots... i like the reflectors alot... that is what i used for my 26watt cfl... works real nice for control of light direction... as far as your basement being moist... how moist? humidity is good for veg, but from what i have understood, moisture is not so good for flowering...if i am wrong, PLEASE correct me... anyways... looking good... are those autoflowers a 8 week or nine weeks strain?

Umm...SOmewhere between 8 and 9 i guess. All depends i guess, have read and seen these things go 7 weeks and produce upto 45 G a plant under Hps....Cfl im prob looking at tensh and maybe a max of 20 g a plant....

OldMaryJane said:

Umm...SOmewhere between 8 and 9 i guess. All depends i guess, have read and seen these things go 7 weeks and produce upto 45 G a plant under Hps....Cfl im prob looking at tensh and maybe a max of 20 g a plant....

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My next grow will hopefully be some lowryder #2 so Im subscribed. Lookin good by the way.

Added two 27 watt 5500k cfl today , bringing me to a total of 100 watts of juice and somewhere around five thousand lumens...for a 12x24x12 grow room this will do me fine for now....week threesh more will be added...already know I'm prob goin to need to expand grow space.....was a bit nervous today when I Checked on them since I fed yesterday for first time....one died!!! ................SIKE!!! This nigga gos to grass school, gotta spoon feed that shit. Popped her open and I could see conciderble growth from the juice. I also am goin to add a "root tone" cloning powder to my reg feeding...it's basicly steroids for your roots...iv heard good things. ALSO.....added two bottles of home made co2.....yeast and surgar. Well see...can't hurt anything...

Have pics up next few days. Peacies.

let me know how that hoemade co2 helps... i was considering it, but didnt think i would need it in my size grow... sounds like you have plenty of wattage for your grow... but more is always better... so more "power" to ya...lol... want a lil update with piks if ya dont mind... you suck major donkey dick for that "sike joke"... lol i laughed...

Sup Guys....sorry been lack of updates here, computer was actling lil funny. Ill have a good update and some pics up tonight. Day 12 today....all looks great.

Update
Day 12
146 Watts
(3- 5600k, 3- 2700k)
6600 Lumen

LETS PLAY "SPOT THAT GROW ROOM!"


Can You Spot the grow room?





YOU GOT IT!!!!




Okay...enough fun and games....heres the lowdown. Start of day 12 today and all is well. I added two more cfls brings my total to 6 cfls half 27 half 56 so i have a steady spectrum for this half vegging half flowering freak of nature. I plan on adding two more 27 round week three or four, when ever budding realy kicks into gear...also have to expand box befor adding light....Temps are goin up to around 85...By adding the lights the top of the box is always ajar which has once again turned out to be a good thinig...its acting as an outtake and has kept the temps down. My humdity it around 40 which i think is low but not awful and is a good number for flowering. Have been watering wet dry pretty much with a mix of M.G and cloning hermon to stimulate root growth which will give me more photosynthsis and all that shit. Plants are looking good my fourth set of leaves are about to be here....i almost even think i should rais my lights when flowering beggins i do want to try to make her as big and bushy as possible without stretching her...please dont leave me comments about stretching issues...I KNOW I KNOW. So for now that is all enjoy the pics.

Light setup
6 cfls
2outlets,
1 power strip
2 sockets adapters
2 y adapters

Looking good bro, thanks for the link in my journal! Ill be sticking around in here for sure.

yeah man... it is looking pretty nice... i played around with my rubbermaid box a lil this weekend and decided how to run my lights when i decide to use it... i know i will need alot more fans before i put it to use... and with those i think my rubbermaid box will work quite fine... we will see when the time gets here...

Update
Day 19



Alrighty, we have arrived at day 19....This is bit of a big update....many things have gone on over the last 7 days. First off, the plants are showing first signs of flower. Beautiful twin pistols popping....Thick & less hair like...i hope for this to be an inklink of thick full buds.... As for the grow everything has gone smoothly..The only kick up iv had is the good old Nute Burn....very minor but definit classic nute burn...I spoon fed too, so i was bit suprised. They have seemed to fight it well tho. Only made its way to second node. Got a pic showing NB.






Lets see what els??? Oh yes..Transplants were made...They were grown in 5" X 5" pots and were just hitting rootbound on day 18....so that can kind of give you a gage of growth...They are now in 10 in round pots this is enough but really could be more.


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Nextly...I have expanded grow space...I went and purchused another rubbermaid and used the classic blue print contruction. Glued/taped tops together and cut hole in it....Added another cfl...This brings my total too.......Getting calculater.....

CFL Watts - 169 (54W 5600) (115W 2700)
Lumens - 13100

I think this should be final resting place for my girls...With first sign og flowering i changed my lights from 24/24 too 20/4...I think the rest will help and the sun goin down will shock her. Temps go down to round 60 at night and bout 80 when suns up. Humidity reaches 70sh at night and high 30s in day...depending on irrigation.





HELP!!!!
Ok so i do have one problem....Does anyone have any ideas why my leaves woould be curling under themselves...The leaves have a good color...i will say that they are not very soft....very rigid and harder then soft.






MISC

how often are you watering? when mine would sag, i would skip a watering... back when mine was vegging, i would water once a week... until i got in tune with my plant sorta realized what to watch for when it needed water... regardless.. it may be over watering... check and see...