Posted this same topic in the Grow Journals section..wasnt getting much feedback so decided to post and update here instead.
Setup:
I don't have the exact dimensions of the case, it is roughly ~21in. height x ~24in. width x ~6in. depth. I have one exhaust fan and plenty of open holes for passive intake. Temps hopefully won't be a problem, the surrounding area isn't very hot at all. It's also pretty light proof for the most part, except on the exhast fan but the lights go off at like 11:30 pm until about 5 am...so light leaks during the dark period wont really happen.
Seeds: Lowlife's Auto Blueberry - ordered from Sensible Seeds
Soil: Miracle gro Potting Mix
Lights: 1x 125 Watt CFL (I have both 6500k and 2700k that I will switch when needed)
Nutrients: Miracle gro Bloom Booster 15-30-15 (Will be used very, very lightly about 3.5 weeks in.)
pH: General Hydroponics pH Control Kit (Liquid Drops)
Light Schedule: 19/5
Let me just say I fully understand that Miracle gro is not the best choice but it is all that's available to me right now so don't recommend to me fox farms or advanced nutrients, I know they're the best to use. Soil is soil and I figure that if i take care of them properly i should have no nut burn problems Before I put the seed in the soil, I'm going to flush it quite a bit so the plant wont burn. When putting in the soil, I tried to get as many of the little nutrient sacks out as I could.
Here are pics. Day 1. (1/19/11)
1.) Case with the lights on. The reason some of it is aluminum reflective tape and part white paper is because i ran out in the middle of building it and was too lazy to get more
cut me some stoner slack haha.
2.) Pc fan - exhast. not sure how strong it is, kind of loud but not too loud.
3.) Case with light off.
4.) First pot with one seed - if you look hard in the middle you can see its popping up..I saved it! thats the one that dried out pretty bad but its making a nice recovery.
5.) The case with everything in and set up.
any comments suggestions...
![photo 1.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996079-cea4df467ee80a56dee2f4b31aa4fda8.jpg)
![photo 2.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996075-7cb41c0605877e034c415751cfc1ffaa.jpg)
![photo 3.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996076-b19d1975169dbd67ad5addad4e4cc13c.jpg)
![photo 4.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996077-82fe37e8fa99e5c78b4834cf56ff86ca.jpg)
![photo 5.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996078-24df131e1f8592518507b74a739861c9.jpg)
Setup:
I don't have the exact dimensions of the case, it is roughly ~21in. height x ~24in. width x ~6in. depth. I have one exhaust fan and plenty of open holes for passive intake. Temps hopefully won't be a problem, the surrounding area isn't very hot at all. It's also pretty light proof for the most part, except on the exhast fan but the lights go off at like 11:30 pm until about 5 am...so light leaks during the dark period wont really happen.
Seeds: Lowlife's Auto Blueberry - ordered from Sensible Seeds
Soil: Miracle gro Potting Mix
Lights: 1x 125 Watt CFL (I have both 6500k and 2700k that I will switch when needed)
Nutrients: Miracle gro Bloom Booster 15-30-15 (Will be used very, very lightly about 3.5 weeks in.)
pH: General Hydroponics pH Control Kit (Liquid Drops)
Light Schedule: 19/5
Let me just say I fully understand that Miracle gro is not the best choice but it is all that's available to me right now so don't recommend to me fox farms or advanced nutrients, I know they're the best to use. Soil is soil and I figure that if i take care of them properly i should have no nut burn problems Before I put the seed in the soil, I'm going to flush it quite a bit so the plant wont burn. When putting in the soil, I tried to get as many of the little nutrient sacks out as I could.
Here are pics. Day 1. (1/19/11)
1.) Case with the lights on. The reason some of it is aluminum reflective tape and part white paper is because i ran out in the middle of building it and was too lazy to get more
![Red Eye :eyesmoke: :eyesmoke:](/styles/smilies/redeyesmoke.gif)
2.) Pc fan - exhast. not sure how strong it is, kind of loud but not too loud.
3.) Case with light off.
4.) First pot with one seed - if you look hard in the middle you can see its popping up..I saved it! thats the one that dried out pretty bad but its making a nice recovery.
5.) The case with everything in and set up.
any comments suggestions...
![photo 1.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996079-cea4df467ee80a56dee2f4b31aa4fda8.jpg)
![photo 2.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996075-7cb41c0605877e034c415751cfc1ffaa.jpg)
![photo 3.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996076-b19d1975169dbd67ad5addad4e4cc13c.jpg)
![photo 4.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996077-82fe37e8fa99e5c78b4834cf56ff86ca.jpg)
![photo 5.jpg](/data/attachments/996/996078-24df131e1f8592518507b74a739861c9.jpg)