GREENATIK'S HOUSE OF FOAM

Well hello cann.com - and welcom to my second indoor grow. For all those that weren't watching, my first grow was one plant heavily LST'd in a computer with 92 cfl watts. yielded about an ounce of tasty dank, and a realization of what could be done on a 'micro' level.

I am usually browsing over on icmag in their micro section for inspiration, especially from a member who flowers 144 plants with 1176 watts in a very compact manner. I decided to scale it down, build something more geared towards my personal use, and maybe a tad bit less crammed.

I present you my micro house of foam.

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Yes, Styrofoam.. Didn't have the tools nor the cash for anything more luxurious. In retrospect it was a really easy material to use and build with, and very strong once finished.


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The lighting is supplied via two 4-light vanity fixtures, so a total of 8 possible CFLS. Right now there are 6 23 watt cfls, and 2 50 watters. Planning on adding a couple more 50's once I completely finish the intake/exhaust, but the current temps don't allow it.

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The ventilation is fairly simple, 1 dayton blower exhausting, passively. My hinging door stays shut perfectly just by the suction. I am thinking of adding a 4" dayton intake once the carbon filter (if needed) is added. Right now the temps are 84, but I am shooting for the 70's.

I had to do some work lining the outside and inside with poster board to prevent 'glow,' and added weatherstripping to the door and lid to go around wires. It is very close to light safe, and will be completely soon.

I am growing in COCO again, and hoping for the similar beautiful results (without burning them)

OK - On to the plants.

STRAINS
So this was my first time cloning... the cuts were taken from my outdoor plants about an hour away. Not to mention they were from pretty malnourished plants. Turned out O.K. - got 12 out of about 25. They all rooted within 10 days and are now in 20 oz gatorade/powerade bottles. I think they are looking shitty for a couple reasons. one there was a small mite attack right when they first got in the foam box (taken care of), and two they needed to be fed badly. just got them some nitrogen for the first time 2 days ago and they are looking a lot better. FINGERS CROSSED :rasta:

Good God (clone from club, unknown genetics)

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Bagseed (most vigorous of the plants I grew outside this year, also the fastest rooting clone by far, 5 days)

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The Chronic

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That looks like a magnificent idea!! Thanks for sharing and using COCO!!
Subscribed!! :thumbsup: PR :hippy:

Gods Gift x Blue Goo (OG KUSH x GDP x BLUE BUBBLEJUICE X G13)

my fav plant
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Purple Erkle a.k.a BUSHY FUCK (only one from seed - not sure about the yellowing, it had been going a little before the clones and needed veg nutes for sure...) hopefully its on the right path now.. the new growth looks pretty good

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Oh yeah, will be flowering between 12-15 plants, 12/12 from clone. I have 11 now, 1 possible male (urkle), and plan on throwing maybe 1-2 clones from the club in. I am using MaxiGro veg nutes and used The Stimul8r to achieve node galore. I will be using Flora Nova, Liquid KoolBloom and the Dry KoolBloom. Along with sweet/molasses in the flush.

The chronic, pictured above, looks extremely weird because its off a revegged single-bladed mom, but I expect big things from this wierdo :D


Thanks for joining in PR, cheap and effective is what im all about :jointsmile:

Looks beautiful. Always love to read about a well planned micro. And I am a big fan of coco and can't really understand why anyone would use soil indoors. :P

I'll keep track of this one.

Puffzter

Plants are looking good nice compact nodes:thumbsup:

That yellowing scares me:( Did you over nute? You may want to do a flush if you have not already done so.

What nutes are you using?

JG

I doubt that is an issue of over nuting. Rather looks the other way imho or a slight pH problem.

Puffzter

whats up puff, thanks for joining in.. I too am a big fan of coco, IMHO it is much simpler to deal with and analyze what is going wrong, when things do go wrong

hey jerry thanks for stopping in - the yellowing scares me as well. like i mentioned they were starving for N, and I think I overdid it slightly the first feed, so I flushed, and things look to be back on track. Hard to tell since this is my first time with this type of coco and first time with these nutes.

will post a pic in the plant problem section if it doesnt clear up within a few days. I just flipped the lights, so they will be getting the FloraNova soon

ph is 5.7-6.0

Kind of confused about CALMAG. My veg nutes have CAL and MG, its a one-part complete hydro nute, so I haven't been giving it calmag. Any thoughts on this?


Thanks for the comments everyone ;)

greenz i got room for a blue goo clone in my flower room.. let me flower one :hippy: