Continuous Grow, 478W cfl stealth dresser

Now that these ladies are transplanted they're doing great. Almost time to kick'em into flower, about a week or less. I need to clean out the flowering cab thanks to the mites that infested my just recently clipped batch that I've been waiting to finally finish. Thinking I'm gonna be able to finish them in the 2.5 gallon buckets and at just about the same height when i transplanted the 2 previous 1's from the 2.5 buckets to the 5 gallons they finished in. The Orange Diesel is on the left, Kaya Gold to the right.

Though sadly to report, this might not be the continuous grow I was hoping for. My 1st electric bill running my setup in a A/C cooled house my bill is 330. Living in AZ I've always had swamp cooled conditions and my bill has never been over 100. At this price for a couple oz every couple months isn't cost worthy for me to keep it up. Unless I really step down my level or production by seriously reducing the height I veg the plants and finish them and eliminating a couple bulbs....OR if I could find 1 of those mini mobile swamp coolers for really cheap. Cuz I just need to cool the grow room and not the whole house.

All in all I know it's not because of the cfl's I'm using but the a/c kicking in to keep the house in a comfortable temp for the plants. I'm gonna try my next seeds will be an experiment in how high the temps can go and still not stress them into males or stunt flowering yield...

My laptop charger decided to blow up just after my last post almost a month ago now. Finally got a new one, off brand and probly won't last as long as the real thing but FUCK IT lol.

The 2 ladies have in flower for about 3 weeks now and are doing great. After nuking my grow area for mites that almost trashed my last 2 just prior to putting them in the box. I had a small bout with some lingerers that hit with some new organics, Captain Jacks Deadbug Brew and insect soap I pretty well knocked them out. The O.D. is starting to smell of citrus, rather lemony but I expect the intense orange flavor that I remember smoking months back to come through later in weeks to come.

On another note. As I mentioned above about nearly losing my last crop to the mites I decided to salvage what I could and dried out all the buds in a tupper ware and after everything was good and dry after a week I froze the buds for 5 days to ensure I killed all the mites and eggs that remained. I made HONEY HASH from the frozen debris using butane. The shot glass lined with the resinous deliciousness is from the Kaya Gold. I read online using triple(or higher) refined butane is best for a better result so I found a case at a good price from my favorite glass shop and proceeded. Only used 4 cans so I'll have some for my trimmings off the 2 beauties waiting to finish.

Over the last few weeks I had a shoe box and 2 phone books under them to boost them up and now i have just 1 opened in the middle and half height. Just can't wait to fully enjoy another crop unlike my last disappointment. But at least I get to boost the thc and otherwise shitty affects from the reggie I'll have to get to fill in the gap.

I'm still surprised I have the same size plants as my last 3 batches but in buckets half the size. I'm not fully sure if it's help from the FIM technique or I somehow did something better than I have this whole time I've been growing lol

great update bro... everything looks stellar!!! was that the outdoor that you made the oil from? or is that grow still going??? stay high

Na the outdoor grow was completed just over a month ago. Had to sell half my yield cuz of unexpected bills. But it was nice and stoney, a high I could handle going to work with lol. I made the hash from the Sour Grapefruit Kush x Mr.Nice and Kaya Gold. Dam mites sure can mess things up especially toward the last half of flower. At least I still get to enjoy a tasty buzz of what I almost missed out on.

If it's not one thing it's another. Dealt with the exploding charger and recently my web gets shut off instead of the former neighbors, dumb ass cable guy get the address right! Had it off for nearly a week, playing the waiting game for them to get a guy back out to turn it all back on.

Plants are doing ok, not great cuz of the dam mites. I keep hitting them and they keep coming back making my plants look crappy. I'll post new pics tomorrow when I have the energy and aren't so stoned haha

Wow! Its been too long since my last post. Just got real busy with life and fixing my new place.

To up date you all, the Orange Diesel was an early finisher that I clipped in early Sept. Got just shy of 2oz from her. As for the Kaya Gold I cut her about 3 weeks after the O.D. which I still have and got 2.61 oz from her. I'm glad my first FIM grow turned out very good in 2.5 gal buckets compared to the last 2 were in 5 gal buckets and were only topped and still yielded about the same amount.

I've had 3 G-13's going for about a month now that are about 12 inches tall. I'm considering adding 1 more 68 watt bulb to have make the buds even more dense and tighter. I'd like to find a ballast S52 for these 2 100w HPS bulbs I got from work for free from the janitors supply. They would be perfect for my little dresser is I had the proper fixture to run them...

Well happy new year to everybody in the growing comminity. Sorry I've been away for so long but I had to lay low for a bit cuz of my neighbor got busted for growing on a large scale. I'm glad to say my G13's have been doing great. Clipped one 3 weeks ago anf I'm now getting a taste. Its a god functional high that I've found releives stress very well.

Update on lighting situation. My girl got me a 150w hps for my cabinet. Since I'm already using like 400w in cfl and fans I'll be getting way more lumens per watt and should get way denser buds from it than ever before. Currently modifying a Stanley blower fan as my exhaulst which will increase my cfm like double what I have now which is about 60 cfm. Along with the walmart made carbon filter should greatly decrease smell