Fun Grow/Hindu Kush

Ok. Doing an experimental grow. Small cabinet. Using a 200 watt light with a shield mounted on top. Corner cabinet. Left wall is 18". Back wall is 18". Right wall is 10" and the front opening is 20" across. The bottom is up high on legs so I cut a nice tight hole for a five gallon bucket so only gain of space no loss there. I have 37 1/2" to work with for heighth,plus 4" to 6" in the bucket. Where you see the light coming out of the side i have two 4 1/2" fans. The one up high is my intake and down low is out. I plan to run both always with the light on. But only the out during dark time. I got my card today and stopped on my way home to pick up my new baby girl. She is a one foot tall Hindu Kush. We have named her Pocahontas. I will be running 18 hour veg. She will get 24 hours the first night so I can change her schedule. Anyway,I couldn't stop movin until I started my journal. Gotta stop for tonight. All comments welcome.

nice. im tuning in. like the cabinet btw

Ok. Forgot. She went into her new home at 8:15 Pm. PST. Also. Attached 4 layers of screen on the outside of the fans. For light,cooling and dust issues.

Very nice! Subscribed. Congrats on your green card! Im on my way to Cali by next winter to join ya!

is that a mirror? really man?

It's tin foil. I got a good no heat bulb. You can touch it after 12 hours. Tin foil no good?

u should be fine with tin foil unless you are using an HID bulb

Drunkinop420 said:

u should be fine with tin foil unless you are using an HID bulb

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Cool. Thanks. It's florescent. Still lookin into stuff. By the way. Good luck gettin to Cali. Stay North.

thoes are a lot of light leaks! get something done with that.
(weather stripping?)

Ran outta cash. Lol. Couldn't wait to get my baby. Like a little kid. I'll be enclosing it with some black sheets. Still gotta few things to get. Just outta cash. Stoked to be up and running though. Half assed as it is.

Light leaks are fine by the plants (ONLY IN VEG) but it might be annoying if the room is used by people as well.

Yeah. True that.


Ok. Started her new light cycle last night. She sleeps from 12 am to 6 am. The soil I got is real hi in everything. Was told no need to do anything but add water for 4 weeks. She got a little yellowing on the tips. Pretty sure its the nutes shes not used to gettin that high. Have to watch and see if maybe a little mixing will be in order on the next run.

The rule of thumb during veg is when the plant is starting to go pale (either top growth or bottom growth) you need to start fertilizing.
Before than you really have no need to.
In veg the plant consumes mainly nitrogen and most likely it would be the first to run out.

hows she doing? Other than the yellow tips. Are things looking good?

Ok. This morning she was a little wilty in a couple spots toward the top. After an afternoon of light she is looking better. I am not trippin on to much until she has had the oppertunity to acclimate to her new space. I am happy to say she has grown a little over an inch since she got here. So I figure some show of progress is good.

Oh. Left out some some stuff. I had origanally planned and stated that I would be shutting down the intake fan during sleep hours. After struggling with heat and humidity during light time I changed my mind. I think it's gettin pretty cold in here at night. Gonna go back to original plan. Wondering if to much cold is contributing to wilting. After a few hours of light she perked up.

Hey Godfrey from what I've read, < 15 degree night/day difference in temperature (Fahrenheit) is optimal between their day/night cycles. Larger fluctuations in temperature can result in a lot of condensation, swinging RH changes, etc... that can cause problems for the plants directly or lend itself to cultivating harmful pathogens (molds/fungi) indirectly.

What up Sable. Good to see you in here. Subscribed to your page. Just left there. Lookin very pretty. https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/307625-150w-hps-dwc-small-cabinet.html Thanks for the info.

Oh shit. I'm not a stranger anymore. Much better.

Hey buddy - was just checking in on your journal, how the plant is doing? And it just struck me, with the light on top like that - are you planning on leaving the plant at that height the whole way through?