Micro Pc Grow!! Done Right!!!

That's pretty awesome man! The hard part is going to be getting light down to the bottom haha.
How are the plants?

Duece.

I'm Eager to see some more pictures of the clipped buds.

I didnt really understand how your first water curing contraption worked but your new one looks great. Hows the taste after water curing?

hey guys sorry i haven't been here, i had some family issues but its all resovled..

well a lot has happened so i will try to be quick

i smoked the water cured stuff with some friends and asked there opinions.. the smoke was VERY smooth, not like weed smoke at all.

the high was VERY up-beat and cerebral. i was laughing so hard at one point i had running tears down my face..

my friends liked it a lot but we all agreed it was kinda loose and airy (prob cause cfl)

my clone has taken root and there is new growth, i think i will keep it as a mother and take clones of it...

the picture is of a nug that i cut to practice drying and curing... after only to days i gave in and smoked some,, the high was good and the smoke was surprisingly smooth for only curing for two days

OH YEAH DONT WATER CURE IF YOU PLAN TO SELL!!!

water cured bud LOOKS LIKE POOP!!!! the bag appeal is almost gone and if i didnt know that i grew it, i probably wouldn't have smoked my own stuff,,

Yeah water curing is great for personal, but not for commercial. Looses the smell, stickyness, look, and actually looses some weight.
Anyway man, glad to know you had a good high.
The rest of it is still growing right?

Duece.

Damn, read through the whole 31 pages. Bored at work, what else can I do but look at weed pictures

Nice grow though! The only thing I was a little puzzled by, in some pictures you have a really long stem with no leaves at the bottom of the plant, did you cut them off or something?

yeah every thing is still growing,, the new HPS lights is really fattening my buds

ill get pics later..

the one plant that is super cut was cut before it started to stretch... at one point it looked like the rest but it grew too tall and i had to cut the top buds or they would burn


BUT i cant bring myself to cut it all.... ha ha

the first pic is my clone...it has taken root and is starting new vegetative growth.

the second is my biggest cola.. that bud is starting to fill out and is starting to look like a "real" bud ha ha

the last is the light setup...

Can you tell me how tall your computer is? And where did you purchase the HPS light set up. Everythings lookin good.

the HPS light is one of those 70w security lights that they have at lowes.. i rigged it to be a remote ballast.. that way the ballast is out side the cabinet and doesn't add heat

right now the picture you saw wasn't the comp..i moved them to a two drawer filing cabinet and i keep the pc for vegging.....

contrary to what some people say, height isn;t the biggest concern in a pc.. for me its width... the leaves some time hit the sides

Wow thanks for the setup picture that really puts things into perspective.
You're going to get more yield than I expected, awesome!

Duece.

just like a few other people, just read your entire thread in about two hours. youve got some beautiful buds, congrats man. you've definitely inspired me to do the pc grow box.
i know you cant be everyones personal grow guide, but if you could, answer me a few questions about your set up please.
sorry if i sound rude, im a little stoned, just trying to keep organized with the bullet points.

1. with the fans running and the buds at maturity or close to it, how bad does the pc box stink up the room(im in a college apartment on the first floor, and the groundskeepers are always in our kitchen checking the hot water heater for the building, trying to avoid a potential problem before i get started)
2. did you weigh out your final yield, or just give me a guess if you could.
3. a lot of people here seem to swear by cfl's, but ive been considering aquarium tube lights, they have every k rating/wattage you can imagine at my local petco, i can change out bulbs for veg/flower. good idea, bad idea compared to cfl?
4. this is a slightly ignorant question as i am fairly new to growing, what is LST
5. i noticed you said you used miracle grow, but decided that was a bad idea, did you stick with MG on that bud you smoked with your friends? did MG affect the smoke?

i know i probably could have done some more research on a few of those questions, but as far as the stink from the box, i pretty much have to ask you.
sorry for the ignorance man, thanks for helping out the noobs.

ha thats no problem

1.right now i have zero smell from inside my room. Maybe i got lucky with a few low-scent plants, but i also have two natural magic odor absorbing gels.... you can get them at lowes usually by the register.... they work pretty good for a bout 30-80 days

2. No i havn't harvested all the plants yet,, but i am horrible at guessing yeild so i cant help you there

3. You need to check the lumen out put of the aquarium lights... find one with X watts and compare the lumens to a cfl of equal X watts DONT USE THE EQUIVALENT WATTS OF THE CFL THEY MEAN NOTHING WHEN GROWING THE GANJA

ONLY LOOK AT ACTUAL WATTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

LST stands for Low Stress Training--- basically you slowly bend the main stem of your plant to a horizontal surface and grow the plants sideways,,,, this allows all of your bud spots to become "MAIN COLAS"

yes the bud i smoked was grown entirely with MG soil,, the smoke was not affected cause i flushed a week and a half before i cut them

thanks man, i really appreciate the answers, good luck with the rest of your grow, cheers to a future smoke.

your welcome....glad i could help

you should make a journal and i will be glad to help as often as i can

I was reading a post from some guy who was swearing to the low energy equivalent wattage bulbs. I think it was in a closet, soil, 3 plants, 3 60 watt 120 watt equivalents, and dude got like 80 gs off of it.

Do you have any personal experience with watt equivalent lights? Because I Im getting that started up and any experience would be appreciated.

yes i do.. they are called compact flourescent lights

they are great for a grower on a budget or with space constraints.


but as far as 80g's with 3 60w lights, i think thats impossible,,, or it would take many more than 3 months.. like 7 months