FRIDGE GROWS FROM DOWN UNDER

Bshbloke

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Its been afew years but im back with afew strains ive been collecting here and there most of them local but one or to thats not,any questions throw them at me always down on advise so sit back and watch heres what ive got to offer
 

Bshbloke

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everything here ive crafted by hand pretty much and home made it may not be flash but its effective,ive got my mini extraction fans x2 10w 150mm to extract the heat and and suck fresh air in pretty good flow, my white 15w fan for circulation and to keep the heat down on my 150w ballast setup,my ballet/lighting is part one of 4 parts i have its a 150w setup ive hand built from igniter,capacitor and ballast i also have two 250w steups identical and a interchangeable 70w setup that can run a 50w bulb as well thats for side lighting if needed,above i have 3 groups of new seeds comming through they are hobo haze,watlington rainforest and berry smooth all local strains each one is between 20-30 generations of same seed breed they new to my fridge for the acceptation of watilngton rainforest any advise is good advise and always up for a yarn so yeah here we go ppls
 

fishdeth

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Very nice. Those plants have some fat ass leaves !
Did you remove the floor between the freezer & the fridge areas?
PLENTY of height there.
You gonna set up a SCROG screen?

I'm along for the ride !
 

Mr.Moniker

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Nice setup there man! Good job. My only suggestion would be to reposition your light, or possibly buy/build a small reflector to direct the light down onto the plants instead of out in all directions.

And I also think you'd benefit from a scrog screen in there. I also use a 150w hps and it really helps to to use ALL the light as efficiently as possible... No wasted space!

But your setup is sick. It's so stealth, it's ridiculous. Did it take long to setup??
 

Bshbloke

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lol yeah we had the fridge stuff out brought another one and at the time i had a small bar fridge doing the same job pretty much but with small antler/bonsai plant i trained funny enough i managed to get 26 grams off it but i had more space,yeah i removed the floor between the fridge and freezer GOD IT WAS A MISSION,yeah was thinking of a scrog itd be a first for me if i did but just waiting on 4 of them to sex atm hoping like hell they go female as for the big bud that i got there shes a clone and only just showed her hairs ive been slowly cutting my lighting times down over the last 3 weeks they been in there for about 6 weeks from seed,i actually rearranged my setup today just to tidy some wiring up and re potted the 3 small pot plants for the last time they rooting fast as fuck!!!!! as for ferterliser im about to strat low 10ml to 1ltr doses of seasol which is like ground up fish and seaweed and shit...... thats part 1 great stuff tbh works wonders,part two is like the n.p,k seasol cant remember off the top of my head what ratios they were but i use a 10ml mix to that same 1ltr of water,thats just my starter for them during budding i add molasses its ruffly about one teaspoon to acup of hot water to disolve but ill get into that later on,yeah was wondering how i was gonna make a reflector today i do have some sheet metal left but not much im into the whole white reflecting buzz seems to work great for me,nah the setup took about 6hours but alot of rethinking and redesign oh and gasket seal to seal up every nook and cranny lol my missz just shakes her head when i get bussy stuffing round with it lol my kids get reali excited cause the ove looking at my (PRICKLE PLANTS/STINGING NETTLE) i tell them its the lights they love tbh they only very young,i thrive on makeing stuff like this,im also looking at using an autopot watering system for my next lot of seedlings but thats just an idea atm ill have sum more picks up tomoro ish for my new arangements for you guys and great to have yous tagging along :)
 

mmmmbrownies

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very cool.... i have been thinking an old fridge would do the trick.....
would be cool to see a vertical grow like that
 

Mr.Moniker

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Your right, the flat white will reflect (about 90% of given light), BUT light reflects at the opposite angle it hit at. Meaning if your light is going out in all directions,it's reflecting in all directions instead of downward towards your plant. I mean, you are in a small enough grow space that light is used pretty efficiently regardless, but without propper directionality, a lot of your light is used on wasted space.

I'd say you don't even need to make a shhet metal reflector. Just find something with a parabola shape, paint it white, and call it a day!
 

Bshbloke

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well after a good week of flat out work and pondering how i could improve my setup i came up with this,got another 6 sheets of sheet metal to fuck round with yet as im gonna make a more efficient ventilation system,all products and equipment here is free of charge to so i haven't payed a cent just perks of my job my next grow all the wiring is gonna go to tps and gonna have a small set of circuit breakers instead of a rcd at the wall and ive startd training them a wee bit, Tryed to fim two but didn't do anything so im gonna stick to my usual training and tieing back heres ma girls.........................
 

Bshbloke

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oh and i traded up for one of my 250w son-t with a agro-grow bulb,this was just befor i put the 250w setup in SANY3392.JPGSANY3393.JPG SANY3394.JPG SANY3397.JPG SANY3398.JPG SANY3399.JPG
 

Bshbloke

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heres after i finished my 250w setup also had to modify my exhaust intake,i love that black tape for those sharp edges never enough insulation tape i say.SANY3402.JPG SANY3403.JPG SANY3404.JPG SANY3405.JPG SANY3406.JPG SANY3407.JPG SANY3408.JPG SANY3400.JPG SANY3401.JPG
 

ruby fruit

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That fridge idea is so aussie its not funny !!!
The reflector looks like its a brought one well done.
I use that powerfeed as well but I learnt last year it doesnt quite fill the buds out dense/heavy although it keeps the rest of the plant looking great.Im using powerfeed again but then for flower im using general hydroponics maxibloom can be brought in australia on ebay mate.Ive experimented with it in my auto thats outside at the moment and its working great.Later on you can make your npk higher by doubling the dose with the same amount of water once they are used to it.Keen to see the yield u can pull gd luck
 

fishdeth

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Things are looking good with the light... AND the plants, what big broad leaves !!!

What's up with those moldy looking cubes?
Is that rock wool?
 

Bshbloke

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hmmmmm wel much has happend had 3 of the seeded plants hermie........ no time for hermies so they got the CHOP had a re design of the fridge exaust to better extract the heat more effiecntly,nah they jiffy pots um compressesd dirt thingys that expand when soaked in water Great for clones and seeds,well as for the down under bit ruby fruit yes im half aussie but also half kiwi hahahahahaha and fortunly i live in nz a wee bit more down under that the aussies lol ive taken acouple clones from my afgan kush tbh only my afgan kush and big bud kush plants have survived lol but they both growing NUTS they had another prune up and re-training the other day ive got shit loads of bud sites on both,been talking with a fellow grower down here hes a massive tree grower like the fridge is half the size of his plants them selfs hes got going on in his back yard hes a MAD ORGANIC FEIND mean forearm sized buds every were,gonna start looking for alternative extra fert but heres the photosSANY3430.JPG SANY3431.JPG SANY3432.JPG SANY3433.JPG SANY3434.JPG SANY3435.JPG SANY3436.JPG SANY3437.JPG SANY3428.JPG
 

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Bshbloke

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had a wee swap round with what fits better where but they growing to fast for my liking lol cant wait for the buds to grow sum size so so excited
 
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