First grow, stealth style

I started them as seedlings here on 1-1-14

Just moved them here today. waiting for them to show gender before weeding out the best 4!

Anybody see anything obviously wrong? I'm adding more lights shortly. There is currently @200 watts mixed spectrum in there. The plants all seem to be happy as fuck! Once they show gender (2 have already), I'm going to clone. I may build one of those "Space Bucket" setups i saw on the forums here and keep a mama for a while. I haven't decided.

Looking good mate. What do you have above your lights for reflection?
The setup in the 2nd picture is really cool, lights lil bit more far than the 1st photo, which, with the right reflection is super dope!

Cheers nice setup!!

The top of the cab and sides are lined with white foam board for reflection.

I used to use styrofoam on all my walls..nice and light, reflective, forgiving/flexible, cheap to buy, versatile, insulates..you name it. I have since packed up the basement and moved into a 9"x11"x26" box..the wife got me to give it a break for a while...but i still need my little slice of heaven, so the little box will do for now.

Looks good though man!! Just wondering if you would ever swap your cfls for low wattage hps? maybe run 3 x 70w hps instead of all those cfls...or maybe check out that one guy who made the cfl remote ballast...might be able to get more light in there and reduce temps if you run them all like that.

best of luck. keep it up!!

not4n said:

I used to use styrofoam on all my walls..nice and light, reflective, forgiving/flexible, cheap to buy, versatile, insulates..you name it. I have since packed up the basement and moved into a 9"x11"x26" box..the wife got me to give it a break for a while...but i still need my little slice of heaven, so the little box will do for now.

Looks good though man!! Just wondering if you would ever swap your cfls for low wattage hps? maybe run 3 x 70w hps instead of all those cfls...or maybe check out that one guy who made the cfl remote ballast...might be able to get more light in there and reduce temps if you run them all like that.

best of luck. keep it up!!

Click to expand...

I don't know enough about hps yet. I definitely plan on looking into hps and hydro in the future. First time though, i just wanted to keep it simple. Just some dirt, lights and water and let her roll. I may try scrogging these though. I like fooling with them everyday. Haha!

You would never know this is your first time giving it a shot...looks like you already have your shit together. It pays off doing some research and planning prior to planting. It's clear that you've done both.

Have you seen dr.grenegenes or whatever? His shit is solid!!

A nice little sea of green could be your best friend in that setup. If you do plan on having a mother and some clones I would say throw some autoflowers in there too. If you can utilize the veg light and have flowering in there too, why not?..thats the way I see it anyway. nuggets...nuggets everywhere!!!!

not4n said:

You would never know this is your first time giving it a shot...looks like you already have your shit together. It pays off doing some research and planning prior to planting. It's clear that you've done both.

Have you seen dr.grenegenes or whatever? His shit is solid!!

A nice little sea of green could be your best friend in that setup. If you do plan on having a mother and some clones I would say throw some autoflowers in there too. If you can utilize the veg light and have flowering in there too, why not?..thats the way I see it anyway. nuggets...nuggets everywhere!!!!

Click to expand...

Thanks for the compliment! Yeah, I tend to research the crap out of anything new. I still have a good ways to go, but I think I have found a new favorite hobby, haha! I will see if I can find dr. grenegenes. I like checking out other people's journals and learning from them. No point in trying to reinvent the wheel. I'm definitely going to try a perptual harvest of about 4 plants every month or so. I don't know how long these are going to take to flower (they have been in there close to a week now), but I am guessing around 8 weeks. That means I have about 1 more week to start clones, then two weeks to let them root/veg, then they go straight into the flower box. I may have to cut it down to two plants to do that though. Unless I can score another cabinet cheap. I found this veg/clone cabinet on the side of the road and the larger bath/vanity cabinet I got at the Goodwill for $6. Can't beat that!

i moved my lights closer. i think i still need a few more lights as those 2700k lights are only 14 watts and the others are only 26 watts. They're looking pretyy good for now considering the abuse i have dealt them out of stupidity....lol
These are 29 days from seedling and 7 days into 12/12. I will weed out the males once they show, then decide whether to scrog. I will probably take clones starting next week so i can perpetual every month or so.

Here's one with the lights off.






They have come a long way from this:

I have had to lst a few to keep the canopy even. I will try to get some bondage pics later.

if you get more Y adapters and more 26w bulbs, I'm sure you'll be able to maneuver more lumens in there. There were some pictures I saw floating around on the internet showing guys making small single cfl reflectors out of empty beer cans....might be worth looking into. Looks like your babies are coming along. Keep it up!!

but i am more concerned with the lighting as sum of 11 bulbs may result in increased electricity bill

WarrenHite said:

but i am more concerned with the lighting as sum of 11 bulbs may result in increased electricity bill

Click to expand...

I' m hoping it won't be too bad since I have a total of @200 watts. I will find out in a couple of weeks.
@not4n, I bought 2 y adapters yesterday, haha!
I should be seeing gender in the next week. 2 of them are showing what i assume are little testicles this morning. One of those two is bushy as fuck too. I was hoping it would be a female. Still a little early to tell for sure though.
Hope they show soon as I have a couple pots that have two in them and they need seperated. I ordered 4 1gallon smart pots that should be in monday.

I've got a little nasty assed browning/yellowing on some leaves today too. I am using MG in the water and used it 2 waterings in a row. Going to stick to plain water for a bit and i bet it clears up. These bitches are drinking a lot more water since i went 12/12.

cedarghost said:

I've got a little nasty assed browning/yellowing on some leaves today too. I am using MG in the water and used it 2 waterings in a row. Going to stick to plain water for a bit and i bet it clears up. These bitches are drinking a lot more water since i went 12/12.

Click to expand...

Most likely too many nutes. You really only need to water with MG, like once every 2 weeks, maybe 1 once a week max. MG is powerful stuff, I have nute burn from dialing in organics right now and they are nowhere near as concentrated, so walk softly with MG and carry a big watering can

Abiqua said:

Most likely too many nutes. You really only need to water with MG, like once every 2 weeks, maybe 1 once a week max. MG is powerful stuff, I have nute burn from dialing in organics right now and they are nowhere near as concentrated, so walk softly with MG and carry a big watering can

Click to expand...

Yeah, I figured I burned them. I will try once a week and go from there.

They are starting to show gender daily now. Had one show his balls and one show pistils this morning. I'll take it. The bad thing was I REALLY liked that male. It was bushy, thick trunked....

I'm using MG pot soil and all purpose nutes. First 2 or 3 waterings are 7.0 pH water. This is done to combat the inherently acidic MG ph when dealing with seedlings. After about 20 days or so I start with half strenght nutes every other watering. Once she's mature you can run full strenght nuts at 6.4 pH but you may not need to. After all it is a weed and they don't require a whole lot to grow and flower.

ghost sorry to here about the male. I had the same thing happen to my first plant. Vegged that little for 40 days. Turned into a thick massive bush and 2 days in flower dude dropped big balls.

There is one plant that I am REALLY going to cry if it turns out male. Its a fucked up main line attempt, that ended up with three main branches. It is bushy, thick to the point of gnarly, lush and SEXY....looks like it could have a LOT of budsites.

Spanky's Monkey said:

After all it is a weed and they don't require a whole lot to grow and flower.

Click to expand...

^^Philisophical shit^^^^
Thanks for the info on MG!

2 more males showed their little balls today.....uggghhh....
made more room though!