Atkeni's First Grow

So A week or so ago i started my grow, i am using an old equipment box, with the foam padding torn out, to grow in.



The top compartment is atm being used to store random bits, but later on will likely be used for storing the ballast and venting the cooltube the lighting will use.

speaking of which, the 20w CFL is temporary, as my 150W HPS is late in arriving. the 150W HPS will be used with a cool tube (so the plants can use all of the available space)

Right (Frankie) and Left (Samantha) are Bubblegum's, 8-9 Days old, in the center (Tesco) is an auto Hindu Kush, about 1 day since it sprouted. the bubblegum's are increasing in mass about 20-40% per 12 hours :) . on Stinkys advice i have stopped adding any milk to the mixture (2 teaspoons milk, 1ml urine/pint- same as my legal herbs)

All of them are potted in a compost mix, with bone meal mixed in (none at the top, light amount, then medium, and a reasonable amount at the bottom) the compost appears to have some sand mixed in, and drains fairly reasonably. eventually they will be put in square containers, which will have a touch of perlite mixed in.

Currently, the only ventilation is the hole cut for an 80mm fan (no fan yet). the temp in the box raises by 3 degrees C when 60w of heat is put in, with no fans- the box acts like a giant heatsink, i dont expect any heat problems with the 150W.

When the 150 Goes in, i will add a lower intake fan, and fit the exhaust fan, both with thick dust filters, which nullify the light. the plan is for the air to come in via the lower right of the case, and move diagonally up and across to the left hand exhaust. the fans will be on 5V, as full airflow (as there is a cool tube) will not be required, the lower noise will be appreciated.

Oh, and i do intend to finish clearing the foam out, its stuck in bloody hard :P

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9929/img9907yo1.jpg

some proper pics coming soon, as soon as i work out how to disable auto focus so i can force it to stay on macro, stupid camera! :wtf:

All input appreciated :)

Welcome to the Grow Log Forum, Atkeni. I'm anxious to see what you grow, especially the bubblegums (a fav of mine)

Shovelhandle

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Originally Posted by Shovelhandle

Welcome to the Grow Log Forum, Atkeni. I'm anxious to see what you grow, especially the bubblegums (a fav of mine)

Shovelhandle

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Ty Shovel, as promised, pictures :jointsmile:

L->R= Frankie(Current favorite, better not be a Frank :P), Samantha(I have no idea why it looks like a leaf has embers, the plant looks fine), Tesco

HPS is now a good few days late, darn x-mas post, if it doesn't come tomorrow, I'll bung a 150W Halogen lamp i have lying around up the top

Cool, here's my Bubblegum Grow I finished up last March.

Shovelhandle

I don't think halogens are what you want to use....pretty sure they put out too much heat and not the right spectrum

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Originally Posted by FlyGuyOU

I don't think halogens are what you want to use....pretty sure they put out too much heat and not the right spectrum

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Heat shouldn't be a problem(kept above the plants, to supplement the current 20W CFL), its just a temp fix till this damned HPS arrives :mad:

Hey, Few updates due to relatives in the house, so also no pictures for the same reason

plants are at 13 days for the bubblegums, and 6 for Tesco. Frankie has doubled in size, and is exploding with growth :) , Samantha is getting not enough light in her corner, so has only increased about 40%, tesco is on about 10 leaves, expecting her to flower soon.

the stems are finally nice and tough, they needed a bamboo support before, now they stand fine :)

HPS Still hasnt arrived, and wont for the next few days due to holidays.

Argh!, bloody Useless royal mail

They are looking good so far, you have a very unique set up, it will be interesting to watch this one.

Keep us posted!!!

Merry X-mas all :) (ok, so its the 26th now, Shh!)

Just checked on them before i go to bed, this HPS really cant come soon enough, its over a week overdue, and this 20w CFL really isnt going to cut it much longer >.<

Tesco isnt minding too much, shes almost doubled in size today.

some of the bottom leaves on Frankie turned yellow, they are getting almost no really quantity of light, so i gently plucked them off.

the bubblegum leaves at this point have a faint but distinctive parsley smell on them, whereas the kush has no smell as such yet.

i figure the smell is likely a lot due to the foam still in the box (once the HPS comes, it'll get a proper scraping, soaping, and washing out :)


hurry up hps!

im on the same boat as you. I am currently waiting on 150 watt hps and it is about a week late. have had my 2 plants under 26watt cfl for a week. how long do you think is too long to keep them under there?