My 150w HPS cab.

[BongHitBoy420]

Hey guys, use to belong to OG, but since their bust and closure I need a new home. Hope you guys rock. Anyway... This is my cab. Its evolved over the past grows quite a bit as had my methods. Anyway. Stay high. :stoned:

[BongHitBoy420]

More pics. This was Northern Lights from femaleseeds.nl Nice plant. Very dense for a 150. Perfume like taste.

[BongHitBoy420]

Ive got more pics on this grow, at least from the beginning stages and such. Anyway, this one is California Orange Bud from Nirvana.

[BongHitBoy420]

More.

[BongHitBoy420]

More.

[BongHitBoy420]

Good plant. Has a citrusy taste... almost like orange peel. Potent too.

[turtle420]

Wow dude... very cool!

What light(s) do you use?
Very cool looking buds man... how much time do they have when you flower them?
How do you take the close-up pictures? With your camera, normally? Or with a microscope contraption?

Side-note: I've got the 'Flick My Bic' lighter... somewhere... around...

Thanks man,

-turtle420 :cool:
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BTW: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: on the pics/grows :)

[BongHitBoy420]

I run a 1 chamber grow, the clone chanber underneath had problems (mainly stealth/heat) so its dirt and pots andstuff ya know storage.

I use 2 26w CFL warm spectrum bulbs for initial light + warmth over peate pellets in a humidity dome. Mist inside dome daily. Remove lid when seeds germinate. 1 day after the seedlings rise, I switch to 2 30w cool daylight spectrum CFL's. When the thrid set of leaves emerges, I add a 3rd 30w cool daylight CFL. Thats what they get for vegative growth. 90w daylight CFL ~ 4-5 inches away (24-0). People dont like miriacle grow, but I use the moisture control blend in a 50/50 perlite mix for soil. I like it. I usually only add food once for vegative growth, whish I use dynagrow/dynabloom hydro nutes in a 1/2 label per gallon mix. I prune for yeild and LST my plants for light dispersion. Plants veg to the 7th node and i top, leave 6-8 branches on the top and prune the bottom branches. After prune I wait about a week then go (12-12) and force flower. Plants are flowered under a 150w HPS light with a plexi glass heat sheild keeping plants cool and heat uptop which is expelled by 4, 4" PC fans. Theres a 2" gap in the front to allow passive air intake into the cabinet. Plants are flowered per breeder spec or until ~70 stigmas died and cylaxes have swelled (sinsemillia condition). Pot sizes are peate pellets ->4" pots ->6" pots and to 10" pot if i think shes getting root bound.

Pic is newest babies. Taken 10 mins ago. c99 from feemaleseeds.nl the new x-line :):)

And hey, thanks man! Appreciate the kind words <3 Its a hoby grow. Keeps me smoking. And quite honestly, the more you grow the better you get, i grow better than anything i could buy! Anything I want too :) Im trying different strains :)

[BongHitBoy420]

Happy babbies :D

[BukDatAss]

Impressive I love what you've done with the cab

[david zap]

hey Bro' from OG - super nice cabinet job man. mine is a converted office supply cabinet. your plants come out real nice man but let me ask you if you think they could be stronger? because if you grow indoors without repacing the UltraViolet from the sun, not all the THC happens right. at the pet shop they have UV-B lights for lizards that will work to make Trichomes and stone-ify the THC. get a strong unit and keep close to plants. or else sun-tanning lights are UV-B and will also do the trick. good grow books will mention it, but thats all. Marijuana Botany by Robt Clark spells it out. UV-B = THC. Stoney - dave zap.

[the image reaper]

outstanding grow, and your pics and explanations are very helpful .... I am getting ready to start the Northern Lights/Cinderella 99 hybrid in my new cabinet, hope I have results even close to yours ... your buds are much larger than most of mine in the past ... something always happened that forced me to harvest early, but now that I have a legal prescription, I wont be paranoid about waiting it out ... welcome to the forum ! ... :smokin:

[BongHitBoy420]

Thanks everyone. Heres whats been going on. Was too lazy to take a pic as of now... but tonight I just transplanted into 10" pots, powered HPS on. Gonna give them a week in veg under the 150 to get use to the new pot and increased lumen, then I go 12/12.

[sheist]

excellent job... congratulations on the previous harvest.. plants are lookin pretty good.. 2 plants need 90w CFL, eh? what about 6, would it be tripled? What's pruning? I'm good with the topping and pinching, I was trying to find a doc on it a while back but couldnt find a successful one on the site..

[tadaa]

What dimensions is that cab if you don't mind me asking?

[BongHitBoy420]

Sheist,
First pic. I've done 4 with 90w. But its all about what you intend on doing, and what the plant needs. I keep my plants trimmed and pruned and LST'd and relatively small. Grow to your enviroment, thats the best advice I can tell you. The plant will let you know what it wants or needs, and give it or take it away from it. I KNOW I can put these couple blubs in w/ minimal airflow for stealth purposes and keep them rather small till point x... ya know? I also know 6 blubs in my cab is murder on heat... unless i run fans stronger (which is at night for flower again for stealth. this cabinet doesnt exist to anyone. not even me. when im not taking care of them it doesnt exist ya know? **I** dont even wanna hear it). I digress, im high sorry... But yeah. in my cab... id add another bulb... 4. Maybe a 5th if it got crowded w/ leaves to penetrate a lil better... but again thats growing to enviroment. A plant needs ~1k-2k lumen to stay alive. More ya give after that factors into everything else :) I dont give a shit about veg i want smaller plants with branches... hence blue spectrum daylight cfls ;) I want a lil stem actions early hence I germ w/ lower warm cfl's then switch ;)

Oh..... and second pic is example of what pruning and LST can do. Maximise where growth goes and where flowering hormone goes when its in 12/12. I like this pic, one dude on OG dubbed them "donkey dick colas" and I thought it was funny.

[BongHitBoy420]

Tada, np man.
(first pic) orig blueprint... when I bought the cab (wally worly btw) and orig intent which i did and that grow was a terror. No lies. see second pic. DWC didnt work for me. Water temp and ph and blah and loud bubbles and blah blah just a headache. Plus if i had a spill I had my electronics underneath and thats bad.

Anyway. So the dimensions are on that first pic. Im really high right now sorry. This is basically the keif from the bottom of the jar from the last few grows. the bottom was covered in it <3

What was I saying? Oh... so yeah... Youll notice things changed. Example. I found that I needed to add two more vents to cool the HPS to run 24/7... uh.... yeah pic 3 or something.

Lets see. This is the bottom electronics section as seen in 4... Yep thats it... central hub of operations. And two wires from the back of the cabinet... 1 to the wall the other to the ballast in the tv stand next to it out of sight out of mind.

And pic 5 was my Mini play attempt. I was trying to make a germ/veg box before I did anything. This was my learning curve and this thing has long been distroyed. It never saw use.

[Legalizdahurb]

Nice i think i remember that pic from OG (R.I.P) keep up the good work.

[BongHitBoy420]

Timer goes on tonight... lights off at 9am. Start of flowering.

[mrabrego]

I dig the setup man.

[BongHitBoy420]

2 Day into flowering, and they're starting to stretch. This is where I use a technique I like to call rustling. Because they're in a cab, they have weaker stems. In nature the wind would be tossing them all over the place. So Every day now I go in for 5 mins and take my hands and rustle the branches on each plant so they get weak and saggy and droop over. This accomplishes two things... 1 stronger stems. 2, while they droop over some this open up the entire inside of the plant allowing light to get to all the growth shoots creating a nice bushy effect. All those lil growth shoots are now getting a full blast of mr HPS.

Once cylax development appears, the rustling stops and I begin to train her so that those innermost future budsites are getting all the direct light possible.

[Jory420]

just wondering about the smell while flowering
if you have the complete thing sealed does the smell leak out when not open?

[BongHitBoy420]

Ah yes, odor control. Well I try to grow the less stinky strains to start with, as my means are simplistic at best. How's it go? Keep it simple stupid? ;)

First pic is the back of the cab's 4 main vents.
Second pic those same vents covered w/ carbon air filters and some duct tape. (home depot/wally world/whatever) Violla.

The room the cab's in also has a small closet ozone generator near the exhaust filters. And on top the cabinet I have a airwick diepensor can thingy. Squirts 9-18-or 36 mins. I keep a citrus frangrance in the room which blends in quite well w/ the orangy Cali-O, c99 has a faint lemony smell so ive heard anyway which is PERFECT (and so far I dont smell a damn thing). Ironically, my NL was one stinky bitch in the final days of flower no lies (despite everyone sayin its low odor which supprised me), it smelled like hardcore herb.

So like I said dude, as far as odor goes, lower odor strains are my solution ultimatly. I'm not about to grow some super skunk X ny desil or anything outrageous like that. The neighbors 3 blocks away would smell that -- and thats not good at all!


(ps sorry for the shitty quality pics here)

[k1ucHt]

Nice thread you got here BHB you really seem like you know what your doing. I'm a newer grower myself but I've been around at this point. I'm wondering from your own experience what kind of yeild I should be expecting with my most recent grow. I'm growing Northern Light and Papaya strains both from Nirvana(Dr.Chronic). What do you think will come from 6 plants in 1 gal pots if I begin flowering when there 6" tall. I am veging them under 200W of CFL and flowering under a 400W HPS system.

[BongHitBoy420]

Hard to say man. So many things are variables. Pot sizes, not so much size vs number of nodes before flower, initial lumen -> flowering lumen, topped or not, each strain varies on bud production and density, etc. If i was a guessing person, id say as a ballpark guess ~3-4oz per female. Maybe more. Also depends on how anal you are manicuring. I leave alot of extra leaf on (anything coated in trichomes is fair game to stay). Too many things can influence the outcome straight down to how lightproof is the dark period.

And now, a public service announcment. I was bored ;)

30 second dollar bill joint rolling made easy.

[BongHitBoy420]

lol, random second thought. if i could guess your weight before your done dude --- id be guessing me some lotto numbers instead :D

[k1ucHt]

lol well 3-4 is sort of what i was epxecting but i get what your saying about variables. thanks though

[BongHitBoy420]

Day 9 flowering. 1 or 2 locations showing cylax development. I think its a save assumption both are female. Plant on the left definatly has more indicas trains, right more sativa traits. Also as a control test base, indicas dominant plant has been pruned. Sativa dominant left alone. No prunes no cuts minus topping.

[BongHitBoy420]

Day 11 flowering here. Got a side shot so you can see the height of the stretch. Both plants are aprox 1 ft tall. Got a top view too so you can see all the yummy budsites forming... And, my personal favorate. Pic 3. What every grower wants to see! :D I violated her to show you this. She still young and innocent ya know :p

[BongHitBoy420]

day 14 flowering. im overgrowing my cabinet and loving it. :thumbsup:

I may have to top the toped colas, the one plant has already reached the plexi heat sheild!!! Talk about a vigiorous plant! I got nowhere to LST too, theres just too much marijuana in there!!! Lol... too much?!? pfft. I might just let em go and see what happens. :stoned: :stoned:

[BongHitBoy420]

I know I know, its only been 2 days since I posted. But its a beautiful thing watching them buds start to take shape... what can I say. :D

Day 16 flowering.

[imagoober]

Looking real good!:D

[BongHitBoy420]

Just kinda looking at some of the other posts around here, I stumbled across this message that I had posted to help someone else with germination problems. Opening it back up and reading it now, days and days later... I realized its a fairly good post and decided to repost it here as well to help others.

These web sites, posts, bbs, books, you name it.... have been so helpful getting to this point, and I am grateful and wish to give back to the community, and pay it foreward so to speak. The one thing that I've learned on this great growing adventure though, no amount of knowledge actually holds weight vs sheer experience.

I have no problem in admitting I'm still by far a rookie. But I grow good bud so I dont care. Anyway, w/o further adue................

[BongHitBoy420]

I've tried various methods of germinating. This works best for me. Me. To each their own. Humidity dome, peate pelletes, 2 26w warm spectrum cfls for initial light + warmth.

Soak peate pellet's till fully expanded. Take a small poker, push seed pointy side to the left or right (you want the taproot to grow out, then down so it pushes the seed upwards to break the surface. straight down is bad.) aprox 1/4 - 1/2 inch into the peate pellet. Keep a little excess runoff water in the bottom of the humidity dome, and mist the lid of the humidity dome daily. When water evaoprates from the dome lid, mist again.

Couple days after cotelydons (sp? i cant spell for shit) show, remove lid. If you need to, you can carefully carefully carefully help remove any shell that refuses to break away on its own.

Keep peate pellets moist, mist seedlings daily till roots appear. Transplant to pots (can use in hydro. peate will break away over time. you will get peate in your water supply as it breaks down so make sure this doesnt compromise your airation system/pump.)

[BongHitBoy420]

They just dont stop!? They're filling my cab <3 I had to take the heat sheild down... Been pruing away whatever gets too close to the light, and moving a growth away to go up beside the light! They're the budding tops too I'mma let em go, trim anything that gets to close to the ehxaust vents... Trimmings are quite nice, im rather high at the moment on 3 day old clippin's. Im thinking... the sativa in her means imma have to let this one go a lil longer than 8 weeks... but with a FULL cabinet, I believe the results will be nice :)

I dont think im growing "plants" anymore so much as mini bushes :p
Day 21 flowering (week 3 mark).

[cactusman23]

what size of pots are you using?

[blackryu2007]

bonghitboy420 in your first set of pics tell me how you did that to your plant

[BongHitBoy420]

what size of pots are you using?
Plants germ'd in standard peate pellets in a humidity dome purchased from home depot's garden section. Seedlings were moved to 4" pots. Usually, I then go to 6" pots then 10" pots, but I let the plants go longer than normal in the 4" pots to form a nice root ball (almost root bound actually) then went straight to the 10" pots this time. Plants are being fed a squirt/mister bottle full of water ( 1/4 gallon ) w/ 1/2 tsp dyna bloom 3/12/5 hydro/soil nutes DAILY. No burns, just plumbing up. This strain apparently is hungry and can take it... So I'm feeding it to her... been feeding her daily now for the past week :) When and if she starts showing signs of burns, ill cut back to just water. :)



bonghitboy420 in your first set of pics tell me how you did that to your plant
Grow till node 4, cut bottom 2 branches. Grow to node 7, top 8th node off. as soon as the two branches start showing sign of growth, cut branches 2 and 3 from bottom (leaves 6 total remaining) and force flower. Aprox 1 mo into flower, prune lower budsites aprox 3-4 inches up from main stem. Use string to spread branches apart some. All growth is now focused to the remaining budsites on the few branches left. Called pruning for yeild. Hope it helps :)

[BongHitBoy420]

ITs been awhile since I've updated... heres what was going on... This was at day 23. First pic, I decided to cut the one plant down. It was fighting and stretching too damn much and trying to strangle out the other plant... and not budding as well as the other plant. I rather have 1 nice plant ya know... couldnt let this one hinder the others growth when the other plant was looking better anyway. (tho i smokes this schwag herb and it was good i will admit)

Pic 2..... Now I LST her and open her up to fill the space!!!

In pic 3, youll see the budsites on teh plant I kept alive. See... too nice for day 23 to let the other one choke her out especially when the other one didnt have hardly any budding going on.

And finally, after seeing these plants go... I decided to grow this strain again, this time w/ a lil now i know a lil more what to expect with it... I have "high" hopes for this plant.

[BongHitBoy420]

And now, day 33 flower! This catches us up nicely. Look at how much shes's filled out since the other plant's been taken out of the picture. Dramatic difference from day 23 to day 33. Pic 1

Pic 2 is just one of the pretty colas. I know I know, leaves are a lil curly but this branch rests up on the door cover so whatever. Shes healthy I promise :p

See, pic 3... healthy yummy bud... mmm... Im finding it hard to believe shes still got like a month to go. Look at the trich's!?! :thumbsup: This is a lower bud too! Anyway, I think its a pretty budshot none-the-less. So perdy.

[BongHitBoy420]

Day 37 flower... and shes really starting to call to me. I wanna smoke some of her so bad. I'mma be a good lil BHB and wait. :stoned:

[ToKnoIsToGro]

Hey BHB420, you mean to tell me you grew those fine specimens using only about 90W of cfl for veg and 150Whps for flower?
What was your yield? I bet you already harvested huh?

[stone eng]

Great looking, especially for only 10" pots! Nice.

P.S. No harm in a small sample, I call it "quality control" ;)

[BongHitBoy420]

Hey BHB420, you mean to tell me you grew those fine specimens using only about 90W of cfl for veg and 150Whps for flower?
What was your yield? I bet you already harvested huh?

Yep. This is what im telling you. Ive gotten away with 60w cfl's for veg in a prior grow too :) Ive noticed, its the increase from veg to flower that the plant really responds to most (ive also tried veg w/ the hps and the plant grew faster for veg, bud production seemed lower keeping the same 150 throughout). As far as yeild... I dont weigh but im a damn good eyeballer. I dont weigh cuz lets just say worse possible scenario happens... its all personal "I dont even know what the weight is" and theres no sign of intent to sell :smokin: Id say aprox 2-3oz which solely personal - lasts grow to grow plus a lil. Its usually rather potent... and seems to get more so each grow. 3 oz at a bowl... maybe two a sitting (which is all ya ever really need to be very high indeed) im set :) It works for what I need it for. Cheep -- quality bud for me to smoke and enjoy without the risk of 3rd party involvement or relying on someone :thumbsup:

oh... and no i havnt harvested yet. im waiting for her to go sinsemillia and fatten and sticky up more.


Great looking, especially for only 10" pots! Nice.

P.S. No harm in a small sample, I call it "quality control"

Thanks man :) I find the trick --- for me --- is all in the root ball. Get the roots to form a nice ball in the pot, then move a lil bigger to fill that up w/ another root ball in a root ball -- then transplant. Keep smaller pot sizes this way and still maxamize root growth!

And yeah, ive clipped lower popcown buds for sinsemillia condition so only the tops fatten and sticky up. No point is wasting the plants energy on crap. Clippin's are very nice indeed. Quick dried buds (envelope in the car in the sun method) burn even and taste sweet. Energetic high. Makes me feel like im in a video game... if that makes any sense :stoned:

[FOXBIRD]

And yeah, ive clipped lower popcown buds for sinsemillia condition so only the tops fatten and sticky up. No point is wasting the plants energy on crap. Clippin's are very nice indeed. Quick dried buds (envelope in the car in the sun method) burn even and taste sweet. Energetic high. Makes me feel like im in a video game... if that makes any sense :stoned:

what is SINSEMILLIA?

[crucial conflict]

i have a quistion which light would hps light would be better for a small closet 150 hps or 400 hps i want the 400 but cant the closet catch on fire if i use that and how close can the light be to the wall

[cactusman23]

sin - without
semilla - seed

[BongHitBoy420]

what is SINSEMILLIA?

This is taken from The Cannabis grow bible: the definative guide to growing marijuana for recreational and medical use by Greg Green and compliled with additional blurbs from growers and members of overgrow, grasscity, cannabis.com, etc.

Sinsemillia
condition 13
The female plant will produce seeds at this point is she has recieved viable pollen from a male plant. The seeds grow within the female bud and can take anywhere between 2 and 16 weeks to grow to full maturity. The female pistils may change color before finally busting the seedpods, sending them to the soil below. Breeders like to collect seeds before the seedpods burst. If, during the the flowering stage, there are no males present to pollinate the female plants, the buds will grow larger and develop more resin glands. Resin may drop down on to teh leaves making the plant very sticky. The pistils on the buds will begin to thicken and cluster into balls. The reason for the high increase in bud growth is that the female plant is trying her best to attract male pollen. This is the Sinsemillia condition.

growing 110
The male plant produces pollen sacks, which, when ripe, burst and scatter pollen to the female plants. The female plant produces white hairs at the internodes and top cola (head) of the plant during flowering. These hairs (pistils) begin to curl and slightly grow longer and thicker. The top cola should carry the most pistils. These pistils are sticky to the touch (don't touch them too much as they also contain the shought-after THC), and become covered in resin during the flowering period. The reason for their stickiness is that the pistils are used by the female to catch falling pollen. If the female isn't pollinated she'll try to grow more sticky areas. Hence the result of a sinsemillia crop... bigger and better buds.

hermaphrodites 171
It is not uncommon for some strains to generate a few hermaphrodites in the final weeks of flowering. This is quite a familiar condition with sinsemillia crops as some plants, in a last ditch effort to continue their line via seed, will generate a few male flowers to try to self pollinate. In most cases the pollen produces is not viable, but as a precaution you can clip them away. Simply check your sinsemillia for small yellow banana shapes in the bud during the final weeks of flowering and clip them away.

plant 7-8
A non-pollinated female (sinsemillia) plant will produce more flowering buds and more quantities of THC than the male plant or seeded female plant. The buds produce resin, which contains THC and can drop down onto the leaves. When fully mature, it should produce a very pleasing high, depeinding on teh grow method, the strain, and time of harvest. It should be the goal of every cannabis cultivator to grow non-pollinated female plants because those also produce the best yeild.


Theres a ton more info. I'm just stoned and had nothing better to do at the moment than retype all that. lol :p

[Garden Knowm]

You chopped down your plant??????

ummmm.. I think there may have been a different approach.. hat could have.. ummm

well...

ummm..

you chopped you plant??????

iloveyou

did you make clones....?

THANKS for all the Pictures

KNOWM loves pictures..

don't you ever cut down a plant again!!!!!!

iloveyou

[BongHitBoy420]

No way garden. I had two plants originally. One did get cut. But my babys still flowering away and no joke getting fatter and fatter every day. Thanks though for the post!! I think growing and taking the pics of my plant(S) are more addictive than the herb itself is.

Im too lazy to go take a pic and all right now, but I assure you SHES STILL GROWING STRONG!

[Garden Knowm]

yes GROWING is BETTER than SMOKING..

YEA I SAID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

miracle of life!!!!!!!

[crucial conflict]

what kind of reflective shit is that looks like that stuff they use for the bac of car windows to block like from coming in

[BongHitBoy420]

what kind of reflective shit is that looks like that stuff they use for the bac of car windows to block like from coming in

This has a neat lil article/explination of what the stuff is... only its a different "brand" than what I used...

http://www.radiantbarrier.com/what_is_reflective_insulation.htm?OVRAW=reflectix&OVKEY=reflectix&OVMTC=standard

I got mine at lowes our home depot didnt carry it... but heres two links for home depot .com for the stuff.

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/jsearch/product.jsp?pn=161460

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/jsearch/product.jsp?pn=161457

I definatly like it and its got some sturdy stiffness to it which makes it REALLY nice and very hand to add all over the box for reflectibility. I just used a staple gun and measured the box out... drew w/ marker (w/ extra 1/2 inch to press up into gaps) and took a big ass pair of scissors and cut on line... form fit and press up and use a staple around the edges of the box, than ran a line of staples in the middle top to bottom. Dont forget to mind your staple size... too long and it will punch thru the box too short and it wont hold the material on! And like I said the scraps are very hand, I make a reflector with it :)

You can also use the silver coated pipe tape they sell for like $5 to press into edges to "seal" edges... folds into a " L " shape easily. Presses right up and in place.

I've got an update comming soon w/ pics, my usb cable's shot. Been snappin a few pics meanwhile.

[BongHitBoy420]

Blah problems w/ uploads. w/e more pics.
its the door flap...

its the bottom lip of the cab to help light proof outter flap and to keep grow debris (dirt leaves etc) in cab area and not on my floor....

Focuses the intensity of the light to the plant(s)!

(pics are older shots i have left from OG posts.)

[BongHitBoy420]

I guess while i'm posting retro pics... I'll post these to help w/ cabby ideas/probs/etc. This lil light was a 2 in one deal. I remoted the ballast myself w/ a few screws removed, and the addition of an additional wire (120v grounded heavy duty extention cord cable outdoor/weather rated). Just cut and rewire.

Lights also got a removable vent that I guess would be fitted for an aircooled possibility :)

(ps sorry for extra shitty pic quality. was a very cheep cam)

And last but not least --- a bunny... with a pancake... on its head! :p :D :p

[crucial conflict]

i thought thats what it was but somebody told be not t use it because it creates hot spots in my plants

[crucial conflict]

so this stuff is used to reflect light and light proof right

[BongHitBoy420]

Yes, its opaque (and very reflective hence the name "reflecti-x") - where as mylar allows light to pass (translucent). The reason why your buddy or whoever told you not to use it... it is insulation. Any heat generated stays in the cabinet (which to me is a plus because that keeps the wood from getting hot and what happens when wood gets too hot? so hows that bad?). So, you gotta make sure your ventalation can take care of the heat. I actually sometimes (summer as example - winter I want that warmth) use a plexi glass heat sheild to trap it in the "top" compartment... Also it cut down the "room" the fans cfl's need to expell. :)

I myself love it and will use it in any cab I create. Very easy to clean... and if you nick it... and scar the material... you just take a lil piece of that silver pipe tape I was talking about and cut off a lil "band aid" to patch it.

Good stuff :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[crucial conflict]

ok i have another think to ask whats the difference between a duct fan and a exhaust dont they both to the same stuff in a way

[Kush Over]

Awesome work, past and present, BongHitBoy420.

Mm, rabbit...

[BongHitBoy420]

Thanks thread followers and all who compliment and ask q's! As promised, update time. This catches us up....

pic 1 the entire plant at day 38
pic 2 one of the colas in regular light right before hps powered on at day 40
pics 3, 4, and 5 were a lil sample bud I smoked... still a lower bud, but a nicer lower bud compared to the prune clippings I've tried. She is indeed sweet cindy. Very sweet candylike taste. The high is amazing and STRONG. very energetic and playful... imaginative.

[BongHitBoy420]

And this is as of 10 mins ago....... day 45 flowering

pic 1 entire plant

pic 2 one of the colas on the left up front

pic 3 the front right cola

pic 4 trichomes galore. entire plant looks like this :thumbsup:

[BongHitBoy420]

Day 52. Shit happens, and I decided it was in my best interest to harvest now... which I'm fine about it was only 4 or so days early. Enjoy!

I know I am! I've damn near doubled my Cali-O yield and far far more potent. My fingers are sticking to the keys as I type, and I've washed them twice :p

[BongHitBoy420]

More :) :D ;) :stoned: :smokin: :p :thumbsup:

[BongHitBoy420]

New babies will be starting soon. Keep tuned. :D

[hydroponicphx]

Thats beautiful...

[Th3 sand m4n]

That is the freaking sweetest looking pipe! GJ with the grow :p

[BongHitBoy420]

I'll get a couple nug pics in a few days. Its beautiful... and glistens white very much so. Also rather dense im supprised (i know the colas were falling over toward the end they were heavy)... Pretty pretty sparkly white all the way down if you cut a nugget in half. By far la creme a la crop (i think thats right) ive grown to date... and just as good if not better than ive EVER bought. Two or three lil 1 hitter nuggets in a bowl so you get that fresh greens taste everytime... 2 or 3 niiice hits im fucking STONEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. I mean stoned. Doesnt last quite as long as I would like however and I find myself outside 2 hrs later smoking another bowl ;)

Your mouth waters and you get a sugary sweet candy-like taste. Sweet Cindy <3 A true pleasure to grow this strain!

[dezalb]

It looks like it came out good, that's pretty good for a 150 hps, what was the dry weight of the bud from that plant?

btw where'd you get that lighting at?

[BlazeIdo]

props BHB420. Nice grows

[Nutzz]

so pretty! pretty inspiring grow log, thanks for sharing!

[Weed4Life]

Damn those look nice. Right now I have a 150 hps, but I was thinking of doing a cabinet grow when I move to my next spot. I might just make my own cabinet. I have 2 400w hps lights also. I want sum results like yours of course I need sum good seeds. Till then I will continue to grow bagseed till I can buy sum good seeds from Nirvana.

[BongHitBoy420]

Starting to run low so you know what time it is. This strain was good. HIGHly reccomend. I've been stoned damn near everyday plus all day on weekends since oh...... round feb. Only need a few hits and your set for couple hrs. Plus its fun to watch the few ppl I do share with on occasion damn near orgasm when I pull it out ;) Definatly keeping seeds around for this strain for future grows.

Givin her a second go -- c99 from femaleseeds.nl
Soaking peate pellets now.

~stay high. BHB

[hahaitsdoogle]

send me a seed i feel the need to create life.. :)

I have many 4 foot floruecent grow-lux tubes. no hps :-/

[BongHitBoy420]

Pic 1 - setting up germination lights in cab.

Pic 2 - gather supplies. toss two peat pellets in cups. add water.

Pic 3 - choose your seeds. when your pellets look like this, take your pointer tool and poke seeds 1/4-1/2" into peat.

Pic 4 - keep just a little bit of water in the bottom of the cup. add warmth and light.

Wait. Keep moist. check 1-2 times a day. only add water if peat is drying out. dont overwater.

[Racerx]

I just had some Cindy 99. Was wonderful. Managed to get a few seeds too. Cant wait to see yours!

[BongHitBoy420]

Sad news, my stoner self forgot all about the seeds. Been too wrapped up in RL... Found out my grandfather has cancer. Anyway, poped 2 more in tonight.

[BongHitBoy420]

Its been over a month sinced my last post. Sad new is I had something growing just recently (3+ weeks into veg too... s. african durban poison) but again I had to abort. Safety first and formost. Safety keeps you from getting caught. Not getting caught #1 priority even before smoking. I've been dry for aprox a month, month and a half now (and first time in YEARS)...

On the positive side -- I will be moving soon and this time sitautions are 200% in my favor to start up full power unrestrained. I already have my seeds - Nirvana Big Bud. I chose this strain simply for the fact that is a comercial strain and a heavy yeilder despite a moderate to medium/high potency. I've been very very pleased with my harvests thus far and if this strain lives true to its reputation I am hoping to potentially double my best harvest this time around (but hey we all want the largest harvests possible?!? so smoke a bowl for me to wishful thinking!)

This all will have been for the best I believe. Especially since I will be able to clone in the near future as well, which ideally will keep a plant in bloom at all times....... Its been a rough couple months and many seedlings unfortunatly never got a chance to bud. But, the futures looking bright again. A full 150 watts!

Good luck on yor grows everyone.
-BHB

[oturbojoeo4o]

so when are you movin...cant wait see see the new growsetup at ur new crib!

you have some of the best looking grows i think...wish i had some fatty buds like that!

[BongHitBoy420]

Ok back by popular demand and fiending those green leaves oh yeah buddy. Its been quite an ordeal and things are finally back on track. New crib new year new possibilities.

So i've been a little busy while I was away. I'll try to catch you up. The cab is running again, think around 12/10 I started taking these. Inside the cabinet I have a lovely Northern Lights plant from femaleseeds.nl Of course, this time bushier I plan on harvesting more donkey dick colas hopefully (first grow pics I have up from OG pics on first post).

But... I had some Cali-O seeds left too... A den w/ the cabinet, a empty closet just beccons use. So, this whole setup like the cabinet itself is ment to be rearrangable. My advise is and always has been grow to your enviroment so i make my enviroment adapt as the plant grows... and it grows in stages. Nothing is tied down permanent, and even the reflect-x is cut large and presses firmly into place. Its almost having a form fitting barrier. Again, I use it for the door but donot cover completely to allow heat to escape.

Right now the closet grow is comming along nice, i left them too long in the 6" pots so they got root bound (busy w/ the holidays). But now they're in 3 gallon buckets. The cabinet grow is nice... however... my intentions w/ the closet are 3-4 footers. Im pricing 150-250w now for the closet (my goal has always been the MOST bang for the least possible light. electricity is expensive.) If i go 150w, the CFLs will hang through the bottom half of the canopy to add more light to lower levels of the plant. If i go 250, its just a straight shot deal. Currently, there are 5 46w CFLs in there shinning 2300 lumens each. Plants are ~1 month old in 3 gallon buckets. I am to flower 2-3 full fledged females so i keep talking myself into the 250 for sheer penetration alone. However, ive seen the tric's cfl's produce and i believe mixing both the cfls and hps will provide astounding results as well. Im tied.

Andway. Running 2 small newaire o3 generators (closet bathroom model) and yes its genuine o3 via carona discharge. I have a larger model comming ups as we speak. Also, ozium is the shit. Industrial grade /medical deoderizor / is the only way to fly.

Yes, im stoned. Trimmings. Lower growth shoot while you have to smoke a couple bowls, still pack a punch. God almighty, its been too long.

This ones to you guys out there reading. :jointsmile:

[BongHitBoy420]

more...:jointsmile:

[BongHitBoy420]

oh yeah i forgot... the NL is day 14 into flower and ID'd female;)

[cactusman23]

good to see you back on the boards again bhb. very nice bushes you got there

[BongHitBoy420]

Appreciate it cactus Been too damn long! Oh my oh my and I've almost forgotten what the after work toke was like. How dare I!

:jointsmile:

PS, good o3 generator came in today. Variable w/ timer. 10-100 mgph. Pluged it in full blast for 15 mins and kicked it off. Rooms yummy fresh.

The small newaire generators might make it out into the living room to hit any unlikely escaping odor. Tho I dont have to worry about that quite yet... Not till im full bloom w/ week(s) till harvest. I wish odor was my problem right now... Prune clippings are good, but damnit I want pretty flowers in my bowl!!! I've been spoiled too long :(

[green horn]

hey bhb i just read this intire thread and i must say good job. im fairly new to this myself but it seems like u really know your shit. happy smokin.

[dezalb]

I have a few questions, if you don't mind.

1. How much were each of those fluorescent lights your hangin above the l5 plants cost? and where did you get em? I'm curious of a place that has good deals on them, same with the 150w HPS light.

2. Since you use a 150w HPS for flowering, what sort of temperatures do you get inside your cab? does any extreme heat or extreme cold in your area affect it much? I know you have intakes with fans right, since you use a cab with that sorta light how many fans are needed to keep it at ideal temperatures?

3. Does the Ozium really work? and if it is does it left any kind of noticeable after smell? even if something not that that strong, does it smell like anything at all in piarticular?

[BongHitBoy420]

I have a few questions, if you don't mind.

1. How much were each of those fluorescent lights your hangin above the l5 plants cost? and where did you get em? I'm curious of a place that has good deals on them, same with the 150w HPS light.

2. Since you use a 150w HPS for flowering, what sort of temperatures do you get inside your cab? does any extreme heat or extreme cold in your area affect it much? I know you have intakes with fans right, since you use a cab with that sorta light how many fans are needed to keep it at ideal temperatures?

3. Does the Ozium really work? and if it is does it left any kind of noticeable after smell? even if something not that that strong, does it smell like anything at all in piarticular?

Never mind questions, genuine questions that havent been answered 100000 times in other posts. The lights that I have hanging... the fixtures are from wallmart. You can find them in the lighting section usually. $5.88 a piece. I use an assortment of different CFLs through out the grow however. The two that are used mainly are 26w (1750 lumen ea) and the 46w (2750) lumen ea. The 26w you can usually get in a pack of like 6 for $12, the 46w are like $8 a pop. The fixtures themselves are handy, you can use them w/ or w/o the clips, w/ or w/o the reflectors, etc. Suitable and adaptable, which if youve read the rest of this post, is one thing I'm really all about. No two grows are the same and shit always pops up, adapting is essential imho.

As far as the temps go, in the cabinet itself I found it necessary to have the 4 fans exhaust. If i run 24-7 I try to open it up for 15-20 once a day just to let excess heat out... although heats never really been too terrible an issue. However, by the end of the 12 hr photo period, the rooms ambient temp has definatly gone up a few degrees, however minor.

I swear by ozium. Its good stuff, and it leaves a fresh sent... i dont know how to explain it... Its a fresh clean scent? Now. Its by no means a 100% fix, because Im simply not there to spray it all the damn time... Which is why i use a lil here and there in conjunction to the ozone.

Hope that helps :p

[BongHitBoy420]

Dismantled the 150 from the cabinet and cannabalized it and put it in the closet. (16000 lumen) Also have 4 46w cfls hanging in the closet as supplimental light near the bottoms of the plants (extra 11000 lumen). So the cabinet is now running at 27000 lumens and day 2 flower, a little over half of which warm spectrum and a lil under half cool spectrum. (Its quite an interesting purple hue of light).

The reasoning... the NL that I thought was female was indeed a hermaphordite. And im fine with that. I had a feeling that would happen seeing as how the seeds were f2's from a prior grow that self polinated at the end of the grow. NL has a tendancy of doing that.

He/she/it made the honorable sacrifice of its life so that 5 cali-o bushes could progress into flower. Besides, the LAST thing i wanted to happen would have been for hermie NL to contaminate and pollinate the Cali-O.

I want sinsemillia for the closet grow. But first grow in the new place w/ the new setup etc...... I was willing to have 0 return this run in the name of discovery.

Gotta be willing to fuck it up to learn from it ya know?

Keep ya updated as things progress.

[BongHitBoy420]

First real feeding time. Show ya how bright the closet is now w/ the HPS on... overall setup, gallon milk jug was to feed but also for size proportion.

Second pic is after its wrapped back up and im poking my head over the top lookin down in on them

Pic 3 is the new ozone generator.

[BongHitBoy420]

I dont know if anyone read the emergency post, but tomorrow im having pest control come in... one of the ladies found a mouse.

I have my grow area easy to disassemble to begin with. I have a LARGE box that unfortunatly will only fit 3 plants. I did my best sexing, and narrowed it down to 3 plants. 2 should be female and the third is an unknown. Sadly, under such short notice I will only be able to conceal 3 plants. They will be losing ~1 hour of light...

I'm not too worried about the lighting however, ive had the power go out before and been fine.

The plants will be plastic wrapped and in the box w/ a slew of other boxes.

o3 will be flooding the room for an hour at 100 mgph prior, and the to miniature units will be in the room.

I'm not worried at all, so thats good.

Anyway here are the babies something like a week into flower.

Wish me luck! (My only non confidence is getting up earlier in the a.m. to actually pull everything down. Fucking mornings ugh :(

[oturbojoeo4o]

yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BongHitBoy420]

ya know, its like day 10 or 14 flowering... i dont even know?!? :stoned:

days are aproximates. you can eye ball em when theyre ripe.

all went well w/ lil scare... good to keep ya on your toes i guess...

They are all female. They are all strong and healthy and i think slowing down the stretch. Nice healthy green leaves. Pushing 11 blades, tall... full... lush...

I say this each grow but they're beautyful. And they're not even budding budding yet. So far, most vigorous grow yet... they've just rocketed since the begining full of life... and breaking past the space confines of the cabinet is quite a thrill.

I cant wait to see what a MAIN cola looks like, ive ALWAYS pruned/lst'd mini bushes. This is like a new experiment for me and im sucking it in as a learning opp. Like I said, ive never gone tall always squat and bushy.

Contiplating adding 3 more 46 w CFLs near the bottom bottom of the plant just to get more even lighting down under where the sun dont shine (couldnt resist using that in a sentence).

... Where the hps doesnt penetrate as well ;)

[BongHitBoy420]

more...

[trynagethigh]

Hey Bong,

Just imagine what those jokers would look like if they were hydroponic.

Tryna

[BongHitBoy420]

A full closet of growth. Budding nicely too. Had to do a lil snipping.

Also thinking about retiring this tread and opening a seperate closet grow thread since this isnt so much my cabby anymore.

[green_gardenr]

dude i didnt see you post anywhere how much you got form that plant that you had only 1 cuz the other stretched too much???

[BongHitBoy420]

yeah i didnt. i dont weigh. its personal. no scale in house. no nada. i can eyeball pretty well, i didnt always grow my own ;)

the c99 grow i think your talking about... 2-3 oz, definatly more toward the 3. Lets just say... I smoked 1-3 bowls a sitting... on average 4ish times a day, every day, for oh... a lil over 3 mos. All on the same plant. (weekends sat/sun cloud 9 24/7) :) if you wanna know weight i cant tell you, but i will say it was enough and i was happy.

my nicest grow to date imho. im waiting to see how splitting that 150 3 ways works w/ the closet this grow :)

sadly, im seriously seriously pushing for a 250w for my new adventure. ideally freeing the 150 back up so ill also have the cabinet back if i need it.

seperate cab also breeds ideas for cloning/breeding. but thats still a ways. but we gotta plan to the future eh?

plus a duel light possibility for the closet.... well see

[o my]

hey there bonghitboy. i'm new to this forum and i wanted to ask you. What dimensions was the cab grow. i didnt find it any where in this thread.

thanks
- o my

[BongHitBoy420]

Cab dimensions are on the first page, 1/2 way down on the blueprint pic. The blueprint had tweaks done to it as i progressed, but that was the orig layout and the dimensons are the same.

If you follow the blueprint i will say you need 2 more additional vents up top. And if your growing hydro i strongly suggest you make proper modifications and put the electronics up top. Having a DWC w/ electronics under it is asking for trouble.

Peace. Hope it helps. :jointsmile:

(PS, small screw hooks were added inside the cab as well for LST points. Needed areas to tie to.)

[o my]

hey thanks buddy. how much did that walmart cab cost you? i am building my own cab thing my dimensions are basically the same. the thing is that i am making it out of a styrofoam like board and i am trying to keep it stable and well constructed. i would rather spend a few bucks and get a cabinet then have a flimsy grow box.

[BongHitBoy420]

I think the cab itself was like $50. I used a 1/4" sheet of plywood as opposed to the cardboard backboard it came with. So thats like an extra $12 for the wood. Give em the height and length, they do 2 cuts for free at home depot. All I had to do was bring it home and nail it on. If ya go that route, circle saw drill bits to cut holes make life easy. Optional... but i also cauked the entire thing before lining it w/ reflectic-x. Few hits w/ a staple gun, and the material isnt going anywhere :)

[o my]

yea thanks buddy. you have been more than helpful. I am getting ready to do a grow of one or two plants, maybe even for seed we'll see, i think i want more bud than seed this time. i just recently decided to do indoor grows in addition to the outdoors i have been doing in order to have a more controlled environment and some more bud during the summer when its pretty lacking around here. i wanna know, how effective is the plexi-glass barrier? and by the way, i am more of a build it myself kind of guy. I know a lot about carpentry a bit about electrician work and the combo makes me love to do shit on my own. i built my grow chamber out of the foam board because i had it around, other wise i would have built a grow room myself with 4 pieces of plywood for 48 dollars if from home depot, or maybe even cheaper if i get it from the local lumber yard. i wired the hps myself, and made an aluminum reflector. damn that shit gets hot. im firing up my grow in the next couple weeks. I hope it goes okay because i have to leave my brother to tend to the grow for a week. :( but hey its an experiment. haha

[BongHitBoy420]

yea thanks buddy. you have been more than helpful. I am getting ready to do a grow of one or two plants, maybe even for seed we'll see, i think i want more bud than seed this time. i just recently decided to do indoor grows in addition to the outdoors i have been doing in order to have a more controlled environment and some more bud during the summer when its pretty lacking around here. i wanna know, how effective is the plexi-glass barrier? and by the way, i am more of a build it myself kind of guy. I know a lot about carpentry a bit about electrician work and the combo makes me love to do shit on my own. i built my grow chamber out of the foam board because i had it around, other wise i would have built a grow room myself with 4 pieces of plywood for 48 dollars if from home depot, or maybe even cheaper if i get it from the local lumber yard. i wired the hps myself, and made an aluminum reflector. damn that shit gets hot. im firing up my grow in the next couple weeks. I hope it goes okay because i have to leave my brother to tend to the grow for a week. :( but hey its an experiment. haha


No problem glad to help. The plexi glass heat barrier is a simple concept and serves two purposes. If you cut a strip of plexi glass and leave 2 inches for air to pass, well heat rises. Your creating an "attic" like effect. Hot air rises, its traped in the uppermost compartment, while the cooler air is trapped in the bottom. The light still obviously penetrates and serves its purpose.

Now that you have an attic, you need to vent it but hey now. That attic is alot smaller than the rest of the cabinet.... so... you can get away with less cfm to cool because your not cooling the ENTIRE cabinet, only a smaller section of it. And the two inch slit allows the cool air up and out.

Good luck with your grows man. Hopefully your bro has a green thumb. Glad to help :)

Ill post a pretty pic from my closet grow just cause :jointsmile:

[invision]

heat shields works wonders, i use glass on mine and right now running 2x150watt hps its 70F in there with the lights on right now, great thing to have if heat is a issue just keep the glass clean.

[kdspecial]

heat shields works wonders, i use glass on mine and right now running 2x150watt hps its 70F in there with the lights on right now, great thing to have if heat is a issue just keep the glass clean.

hes right I love that design in Invision Cabinet...

kd

[BongHitBoy420]

Inviation to thread readers:

Evolution from cabinet to closet using all left over or canabalizing resources from this box! (see signature for link!!)

:thumbsup:

[ItsMePipeWeed]

Long time lurker. I read both your entire closet threat and was curious and read your entire cabinet.

Wow. Awesome work and very inspiring. You give me ideas.......

Thanks.

[dnlfacundo]

i was planning to get thta 150w floralux from htg supply but now im thinking about getting a 250w hps and growing in a cabinet i saw at ikea.Im planning on growing 3 hopfully 4 plants in this 19x31x60 cabinet with a tempered lens placed in the middle of a shlef right below the light.I want to do this because hopefully that will increase yield and keep the heat in the sealed upper part of the cabinet but i am concered about the light heating up the wood.So this question is going to Bonghit boy what would you recommend for a light the 150 floralux or a 250w hps with a diy lens.

[TJ23]

any reliable seed company that will send to the u.s.a.

[BongHitBoy420]

any reliable seed company that will send to the u.s.a.

Is that a statement? Question? Where did it come from cuz this is an old thread?!? I'm happy its still getting hits and still helping people but find my closest threat for current content.

Appreciated :thumbsup: