CFL Micro DWC PC Grow
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noneed4me2
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Everything I have read says using a vaporizer to smoke raw buds is best. Those little electronic cigarettes work on a vaporizing principle. Other than leaving it in a dry paper bag a few days is another way if you can't get a hold of a vaporizer. Post a review as soon as you do I'm interested in how it turned out. I would check around as to whether leaving it in direct sunlight even in a paper bag is a good idea. Indoors in a dry closet would work if ventilation is decent.
alrighty after 3 days drying the outside of the buds are just crispy to the touch, stems bend but dont quite snap yet so i figure its a good time to jar them up.
Dry weight is 18grams, spot on for my estimate!
still smelling rather nice so hopefully i can keep that nice aroma thruout the curing.
unfortunately i dont have access to a vaporizer but i might chuck one of the smaller popcorn nugs in a paper bag somewhere warm just so i can sample it.
Dry weight is 18grams, spot on for my estimate!
still smelling rather nice so hopefully i can keep that nice aroma thruout the curing.
unfortunately i dont have access to a vaporizer but i might chuck one of the smaller popcorn nugs in a paper bag somewhere warm just so i can sample it.
noneed4me2
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alrighty after 3 days drying the outside of the buds are just crispy to the touch, stems bend but dont quite snap yet so i figure its a good time to jar them up.
Dry weight is 18grams, spot on for my estimate!
still smelling rather nice so hopefully i can keep that nice aroma thruout the curing.
unfortunately i dont have access to a vaporizer but i might chuck one of the smaller popcorn nugs in a paper bag somewhere warm just so i can sample it.
You might research nuking it as I seem to recall some quick and dirty methods with using microwaves. I guess being patient is the best method but its soooooo hard.
Haha yeah patience is the key! I still have some from my last harvest, doesn't taste the greatest cos it dried way too quick but it still does the job!
I've heard about the microwave method but don't wanna stink out the house and microwave ... the missus would not be impressed lol
I've heard about the microwave method but don't wanna stink out the house and microwave ... the missus would not be impressed lol
brettsog
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dude do not stick your bud in the microwave. it tastes horrible and smells like wet hay. ive just read this entire thread as ive just finished building a stealth pc for micro dwc. nice grow man. one suggestion for next time. better nutrients and a larger res. and maybe some slightly larger cfls. 23w are good but 30w are slightly more lumens per wats so essentially more bud. also most people will say the plants prefer a slightly mixed spectrum. maybe 1 6400k in there to even it out a bit. other than that. awesome grow. hope your smoke was good
Hey cheers brettsog, nah I just dried naturally and curing now.
What I've smoked so far is nice, good taste sort of a spicy aroma /flavor and a real creeper of a stone. Only had one cone and that was enough, long lasting too.
Once I get some more cash I want to invest in some better nutes, using the ag grow for now til I run out. This stuff just isn't as concentrated as more expensive nutes, just means I have to use more to get desired ppm.
with the cfls the next wattage up I can get are 48 w 3000k and 6000k.
And yeah next dwc in this case will be a bigger Res, already got it ready.
Got a clone in there veggin at the moment, its gunna be my new mother plant.
Its a bubblegum strain and I've seen the mother it came from, all I can say is it was a bush 3 ft tall and 3 ft diameter! This thing looked awesome
What I've smoked so far is nice, good taste sort of a spicy aroma /flavor and a real creeper of a stone. Only had one cone and that was enough, long lasting too.
Once I get some more cash I want to invest in some better nutes, using the ag grow for now til I run out. This stuff just isn't as concentrated as more expensive nutes, just means I have to use more to get desired ppm.
with the cfls the next wattage up I can get are 48 w 3000k and 6000k.
And yeah next dwc in this case will be a bigger Res, already got it ready.
Got a clone in there veggin at the moment, its gunna be my new mother plant.
Its a bubblegum strain and I've seen the mother it came from, all I can say is it was a bush 3 ft tall and 3 ft diameter! This thing looked awesome
Spliffer1
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Hey baskarz, I've been checking out your grow, and that is really sweet!
I'm putting together my first cab as we speak, and I'm very interested in that light bar you have set up, to raise and lower.
My question to you and the vets that are following is about the horizontal orientation of your lamps. I'm under the impression that the light waves are conducted more effectively to the target (plant) from a vertical position. I read it in a post or journal or somewhere (which doesn't necessarily make it true). In the featured thread pics, the grower had them oriented horizontaly, with little home made reflectors, over the tops of the lamps. It was pointed out that that particular light setup was less efficent than it could be, by the lamps being horizontal and the reflectors actually absorb and distort the light waves, instead of reflect them back down like one would think. There's a name for this phenomenon, but I can't remember what it is.
Supposedly, the most efficient is with the lamp oriented vertical and the reflector at the top.
Anyone?
I'm putting together my first cab as we speak, and I'm very interested in that light bar you have set up, to raise and lower.
My question to you and the vets that are following is about the horizontal orientation of your lamps. I'm under the impression that the light waves are conducted more effectively to the target (plant) from a vertical position. I read it in a post or journal or somewhere (which doesn't necessarily make it true). In the featured thread pics, the grower had them oriented horizontaly, with little home made reflectors, over the tops of the lamps. It was pointed out that that particular light setup was less efficent than it could be, by the lamps being horizontal and the reflectors actually absorb and distort the light waves, instead of reflect them back down like one would think. There's a name for this phenomenon, but I can't remember what it is.
Supposedly, the most efficient is with the lamp oriented vertical and the reflector at the top.
Anyone?
glockdoc
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yea i think ive seen that test; but at the end IMO i think it boils down to end what kind of light your using. they say cfls is best to have the bulb horizontal , hps and MH depends on both the bulb and set up...but to answer ur question theres a saying out there "once you vert, you never revert".
I see what ur saying spliffer, but I wouldn't think there would a great deal of difference, especially in a small case like mine. Those 4 cfls take up most of the room and the coverage from the lights spreads out throughout the whole case.
Just my opinion anyways
Also having them horizontal allows me more vertical height than if they were hanging vertically.
I guess in a larger cab vertically mounted cfls with reflectors would be the way to go.
Plus it took me a while to make that adjustable light bar so I'm not about to change it haha.
Shall post some pics later of the new girl and her little seedling friend.
Just my opinion anyways
Also having them horizontal allows me more vertical height than if they were hanging vertically.
I guess in a larger cab vertically mounted cfls with reflectors would be the way to go.
Plus it took me a while to make that adjustable light bar so I'm not about to change it haha.
Shall post some pics later of the new girl and her little seedling friend.
Spliffer1
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Yeah, I get your point about having a limited amout of space to work with. Funny, but when I dream up ideas, they work out fine in my mind. But when I emplement the idea, my 3 pound sack won't hold the 5 pounds of shit I want to put in it! Lol
That light bar, especially for your stealth set up is the shit. I like that!
And please do post some pics of the new girl and her friend. Having been married for some years now, I NEED to see some new girls, and I love it when they bring along a friend!
That light bar, especially for your stealth set up is the shit. I like that!
And please do post some pics of the new girl and her friend. Having been married for some years now, I NEED to see some new girls, and I love it when they bring along a friend!
Haha yeah i get that too, have these awesome plans laid out in my head but it never comes out the same lol.
The light bar was actually one idea i dreamed up that actually DID come out how i pictured it
Anyways here we go, the new girls.
the one in the middle is the bubblegum clone which will become the bonsai mother. the little one to the right is a random bagseed i also want to make a mother (providing its a female, will veg for a few more weeks then force flower to show sex)
they are both in premium bonsai potting mix with a dash of perlite for good measure. no nute feeds yet, not until about 4 weeks or more as the potting mix has some nutes in it.
Cfls are 2 x 6500K 24w and 2x 2700K 24w on 18/6 light schedule.
Im able to keep temps around 21c overnight even with ambient temps dropping to 9c
nevermind the little guy on the left, thats just a Sturt desert pea native flower seedling ive put in there for now cos its a bit too cold for it outside and i already had one of them die from the cold.
The light bar was actually one idea i dreamed up that actually DID come out how i pictured it
Anyways here we go, the new girls.
the one in the middle is the bubblegum clone which will become the bonsai mother. the little one to the right is a random bagseed i also want to make a mother (providing its a female, will veg for a few more weeks then force flower to show sex)
they are both in premium bonsai potting mix with a dash of perlite for good measure. no nute feeds yet, not until about 4 weeks or more as the potting mix has some nutes in it.
Cfls are 2 x 6500K 24w and 2x 2700K 24w on 18/6 light schedule.
Im able to keep temps around 21c overnight even with ambient temps dropping to 9c
nevermind the little guy on the left, thats just a Sturt desert pea native flower seedling ive put in there for now cos its a bit too cold for it outside and i already had one of them die from the cold.
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noneed4me2
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Another sweet setup. You should do a comparison between your hydro/soil grows. I would have a hard time keeping the heat down on that setup but it looks sweet and I know your on top of things.
Man it just isn't fair, I just want to grow new stuff. Why does it take so long..
Man it just isn't fair, I just want to grow new stuff. Why does it take so long..Hey noneed cheers for the kind words!
Heat in either cab or PC case hasn't been an issue at the moment, ambient night temps get down around 9C but cab temps I can keep around 21C cos I run the lights at night. Day temps in cab sit around 25C so all good
At first this cab was getting too cold and caused edges of a few leaves to develop brown spots.
From what I've read if its too cold, it causes phosphorus lockout and in turn brown tips/edges of leaves. So now I've just added a speed controller to the exhaust fan which has worked well to keep a bit more heat in during 9C nights
I know what ya mean by it takes so long! Can't wait for these to get bigger so I can start training them!
Heat in either cab or PC case hasn't been an issue at the moment, ambient night temps get down around 9C but cab temps I can keep around 21C cos I run the lights at night. Day temps in cab sit around 25C so all good
At first this cab was getting too cold and caused edges of a few leaves to develop brown spots.
From what I've read if its too cold, it causes phosphorus lockout and in turn brown tips/edges of leaves. So now I've just added a speed controller to the exhaust fan which has worked well to keep a bit more heat in during 9C nights
I know what ya mean by it takes so long! Can't wait for these to get bigger so I can start training them!
noneed4me2
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Good luck on these new babies. Looking at maybe growing some Afgan Kush clones. Just 2 this time.
saxamaphone666
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light traps??????
pics please...
pics please...
https://www.rollitup.org/stealth-micro-cab-growing/514310-cfl-micro-dwc-pc-grow-3.html
Go there and go down to post #23, describes my light traps and pics