First Stealth Grow Box with (PICS) need pointers

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BudLife

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Hey this is my first stealth grow inside i figured i would come to the forum to learn and maybe someday help pass on but anyways this is my box i made im running 2 100 26 watt 6500k cfl's i have one exhust fan up top of box and a air in at bottom, temp stays around 88.1 F with 2 lights also its a bag seed, belive to be sativa but its all i can get now, i plan on soon painting inside all white and bigger air intake and maybe trying to come across some lowryder or northern lights seeds well any info is aprechated if anyone can help me if they see anything i could change to get these plants going if possible. I started them outside and brought them inside into planters there all about 3 weeks old with no fertalizers,,..... thank you









thanks for looking!:eyesmoke:
 
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Grow11

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Lower the lights big time man, their stretching way too much. You want to keep cfl\'s within 3 inches or so of the plant. Also, grab a can of flat white spray paint and make the inside of that box white. For about $5 and 20 minutes of your time you can improve your plants considerably.

Also give us some basics: what soil are you using? no fert yet, but which ones in the future? lighing schedule? etc.

- Grow
 
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BudLife

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TY yeah i was planning on painting inside and also making the intake and exhaust holes bigger and for soil i am using miracle grow and the lighting schedule is 18light/6dark
 
Camtheman289

Camtheman289

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The only thing I can tell you, as mentioned before, is to lower the lights ALOT. I made the same mistake of having my lights to far away, and you should have seen my stems!!! They were veryyyyy long.
See if you can bury the most stem you can with soil, this will make a stronger stem. Good luck man!
 
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cannabi

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I hate to be the one to point this out, but you should ditch the LEDs on your fans because they will fuck up your photo period...
 
Favre2Harvin

Favre2Harvin

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cannabi said:
I hate to be the one to point this out, but you should ditch the LEDs on your fans because they will fuck up your photo period...
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Hes right, those LEDs could become your worst nightmare.... they may look cool, but this is your growbox not your computer lol.
 
thatdjsnow

thatdjsnow

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OUCH. that last guy put effort into that burn!

But yeah, just rip the leds off the fan with some needle nose pliers.

Lower the lights.

Possibly seperate the three plants in one container.

Take some of the white paint from doing the walls and paint your clear plant containers.

Arrrrgg... and probably not use watering glassy globe thing. Most likely not good for establishing a good root network.
 
Cransi

Cransi

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Are them LED's on when the fans are not running, are the fans running during lights out? Glad you mentioned you are going to paint them walls white when ya get a chance. Where your plants that stretched when ya brought them inside?

Separate them plants, if the roots are tangled up you can soak the root mass in water(good ph). Tap water left standing for 24hrs. will work. Slowly agitate(gently) the roots under the water till they loosen up enough to pull apart. At this point I would plant them in their separate containers. If you need cheap ideas try 2-liter bottles, cut the top 1/4th off. Leave the label on for added light barrier. That way you can have equal containers for your plants. Don't forget to bury them a bit deeper to compensate for some of that stretching.

Do them food storage containers have holes in the bottom, if they do are they just sittin in a puddle of water inside your drip pan? thatdj say's good stuff... get rid them watering globes. Them roots need time to breath, i sure hope there is no potential root rot. There will probably be some shock from this. Just bare with the plants. They should bounce out of it. Like the others have said, get them lights closer to them plants. Also make the light even with all the plants as much as possible.

That temp might be gettin a little uncomfortable for them younginz @ 88.1f... Where are you getting the reading from? With the light spread as much as it is an the temp is that high.... I sure hope it don't get to high!!!:fire:
 
thatdjsnow

thatdjsnow

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Cransi said:
Are them LED's on when the fans are not running, are the fans running during lights out? Glad you mentioned you are going to paint them walls white when ya get a chance. Where your plants that stretched when ya brought them inside?

Separate them plants, if the roots are tangled up you can soak the root mass in water(good ph). Tap water left standing for 24hrs. will work. Slowly agitate(gently) the roots under the water till they loosen up enough to pull apart. At this point I would plant them in their separate containers. If you need cheap ideas try 2-liter bottles, cut the top 1/4th off. Leave the label on for added light barrier. That way you can have equal containers for your plants. Don't forget to bury them a bit deeper to compensate for some of that stretching.

Do them food storage containers have holes in the bottom, if they do are they just sittin in a puddle of water inside your drip pan? thatdj say's good stuff... get rid them watering globes. Them roots need time to breath, i sure hope there is no potential root rot. There will probably be some shock from this. Just bare with the plants. They should bounce out of it. Like the others have said, get them lights closer to them plants. Also make the light even with all the plants as much as possible.

That temp might be gettin a little uncomfortable for them younginz @ 88.1f... Where are you getting the reading from? With the light spread as much as it is an the temp is that high.... I sure hope it don't get to high!!!:fire:
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OH yeh, to make them 2-liter bottles better, try cutting the top off right where it gets the full circumference of the bottle, stab holes all in it, turn it up side down and stick inside the lower half of the bottle. it's what I do - they work awesomely for my little mini-hempy buckets, but they work good for soil as well as long as your soil is soft and has good aeration.
 
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BudLife

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Yeah last night i took the 2 long ones and sorta lowered them into some netting to lover them about 5 inches and there looking much more alive now with the light closer and also i opened the air intake a little switched fans for sound and also i am gonna take the LED's off it tonight . I did not even want them but they were cheapest CPU fans i could get around me for now, i am going to post pics tonight thank you for all your input its greatly appreciated.




 
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BudLife

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i cut box for more air flow and switched fans for noize reduction i lowered the 2 tall ones down to a lst style grow and now i need to get my lighting configuration set up hear is some pics and yeah i need to get thos led's out i dident even want them there.. thank your all for your input i greatly apreachate it



 
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BudLife

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yeah sence i have to spend 3 days away everyweek they work very well ii have used them on other plants i know there not bext but i sterized them b4 i used them and there not to bad .
 
Cransi

Cransi

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BudLife said:
yeah sence i have to spend 3 days away everyweek they work very well ii have used them on other plants i know there not bext but i sterized them b4 i used them and there not to bad .
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Plan your water around when you are away, big water night before ya leave an they should be fine, as long as your not battling high temps... still at 88.1f? I hope ya got the temps a bit lower than that. 75-80 is like the golden road to happy high yo. If ya must use them globes, then maybe fill them half full... well that really depends on the quantity of water left in them once you get home from being away. Half full to me would not allow to much over-watering to happen. How was the soil about .5-1" down? When ya got home last, did ya notice if the soil seemed very dry or still damp/moist soil?

BTW... hope ya don't burn down your house when away. :twisted::eyesmoke:
 
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BudLife

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yeah Cransi im ging to try watering them b4 i leave bc when i come back usaly there still moiset and for heat issues my next plan might be to cut a 6 buy 6 hole in the side of box and out a peice of breathable foam to lower it, a freind is ordering me some lowrider #2 seeds that im start wiuth after im done with these practice bag seed sativas but when i get home this weekend ima going to paint inside all white and get rid of the aluminum foil and LED'S on the fans. PEACE FOR NOW
 
Crasta

Crasta

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So I would start off by getting some ocean forrest/grow medium potting soil, some bigger pots (that fit in the box and don't restrict room). If you keep these zipper lock containers, you'll need to make drainage or you will be in for a world of hurt. Also you can bring your lights above and hang them down about 2"-3" above your plants. Take down the tin foil and throw up some cheap, none harmful white paint on your walls. WATCH OUT* for over watering these little bro's, you don't want the soil to retain to much water and cause rot. Other than that, maybe invest in some bigger CFL's. You can get 42 watt 3000k CFL's for around $6 a cfl. Have fun and keep it green brada cuz.
 
Cransi

Cransi

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Crasta said:
So I would start off by getting some ocean forrest/grow medium potting soil, some bigger pots (that fit in the box and don't restrict room). If you keep these zipper lock containers, you'll need to make drainage or you will be in for a world of hurt. Also you can bring your lights above and hang them down about 2"-3" above your plants. Take down the tin foil and throw up some cheap, none harmful white paint on your walls. WATCH OUT* for over watering these little bro's, you don't want the soil to retain to much water and cause rot. Other than that, maybe invest in some bigger CFL's. You can get 42 watt 3000k CFL's for around $6 a cfl. Have fun and keep it green brada cuz.
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Quick question Crasta, did you read through the whole thread? How about the last post of the OP's before you posted... he states
BudLife said:
ima going to paint inside all white and get rid of the aluminum foil
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Also, is the soil bad that BudLife is using? So you are wanting BudLife to go out an spend more money on soil an pots(do you really think pots are going to fit well in that area?), is this the cfl sub-section? Normally people grow with cfl's for a few good reasons... budget!, stealth!, grow-area!, experiment!, etc.!

Thanks for your input though, we need all we can get!

Keep.It.Lit:bigjoint:
 
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BudLife

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this weekend i went out to a hydroponic store and looked for like a 20-10-10 or 30 15 15 fert but they dident have thos levals and i dident wanna be like well im growing GREEN ...i have some 10 10 10 and 10 15 10 just wondering what would be good for vegging and also im still having trouble with heat from my second cfl maybe i should add more intake holes or exhaust holes? anyways thanks for your time (my closet smells so skunky from these 2 small plants...) lol
 
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