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I think that's were all the pluses came from. (blushing) We knocked the keyboard, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by canuck grower
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Your ladies are so pretty Chrissy. How is your afghan smelling? Looking forward to some harvest pics. BTW, how old is your youngin'? My wife and I just welcomed our girl into the world on the 25th. Come by my grow. Peace
Hey thanks for stopping by. What I call my Afghans(everyone says I have my Afghans and Northerns labeled backwards, but buddy is 1000%sure I have it right and he's the one who ot them for me) they smell like fresh moist plants, like when I worked in a greenhouse with my mom. The northerns smell faintly like pine. My Daughter is 6 months old and a little peanut. We have some weight issues right now, but they aren't serious. Congradulations on your little one, they really do change your life and way of thinking.Quote:
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Oh and paul I've been thinking about yarn but with all the lines cut the plants are pretty close with eachother. Oh and I tried the magnifying glass with what my camera says is high sensitivity setting and still a blur, so I'll have to wait till the buds get bigger.
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OK so I have 5 clones left to root that have a few days to a week be right on schedual. I figured that I would throw all the clones under the MH bulb. So I pulled the stage 2 dryer out of the corner, left the light hanging where it was, and moved the stage 1 dryer drum riht underneath. Everything was scrubbed down with bleach water, swept, and washed during the transition. I have the MH bulb about 24" above the dome, and the emp is at 81.5. I'm hoping this will boost the unrooted clones a little. If it does then as soon as they are in soil I'll start cracking the dome an inch a day. If they still take a little longer I have a cake dome and tray(thanks to MIL dropping of groceries, it was good cake) that's the perfect size to put both domes in the drum.
HOW I BUILT MY FLOWER ROOM
I forget who it was but I promised to post how I built my flower room with the(I love this) Panda Plasitc. So here we go...
1. The size. I chose the size of my grow room due to the space I had. I sacrificed ground space for a few inches of height due to plumbing above. If you look at my pictures You'll see the my room gets wider closer to the ground. I made the room as big as I could at the top then pulled the front out to slope it.
2 the frame. The frame started as a basic 2x4 rectangle. For the first side wall, for the width I used the measurement of the top of the room at the ceiling, and the hieght I went right up to the rafters. I stood up the frame and determined how far I wanted to pull out the front of the room to increase floor space. I used another 2x4 and cut and nailed it to the first at the angle I wanted.
I was fortunate enough to be able to use eisting back and right wall. If you don't have this then build another frame like the first for the second side. Then if I were you I would nail or screw another two 2x4's for the back. One across the bottom and one across the top of the back. Then for the front do the same thing, one across the topconnecting the two side frames and one across the bottom.
I was fortunate enough to be able to secure the frame to existing shelves rafters, and structures, you may have to find ways to stabilize your frame so it isn't so wobbly if it is free standing.
You should end up with a box with a slope. The slope in the front helps later when it comes to light proofing the door.
3. Ventilation. I used a $20 bathroom exhaust fan. To mount it i determined how high in the room I wanted it. Then in the existing first rectangular frame I added a 2x4 in the middle to hang the fan from.
4. Mounting the light. Right in the middle of the room on the ceiling I have a rafter. This is where I inserted a screw before I mounted the plastic so I knew where to place the hook.
5. At this point I started with the plastic. I cut sheets to fit the back, and side walls, as well as the ceiling and floor. I duct taped the floor down with the edge under the frame to help hold it down. I then used a staple gun to secure the top part of the room, pushing the srew where the light mounts through. Then I stapled up the sides, all from the inside.
The front is a little trickier because I needed a lightproof door. So I made three panels that overlapped by 2-3". One the front there are 3 panels now, 2 on either side, and one that falls over top as the door. I secured the two front side panels tight from the outside of the frame this time.
If you look at my pics there is a strip of duct tape on the edges(vertically) on these two side front peices. Before you staple this part put the ducttape on as strait as you can and fold it over the other side the pull and staple as tight as you can at the top and bottom.
Over top of that so that the door overlaps equally, staple that middle panel to the frme only at the top.
To open and close the door. I used a peice of rope and fed it through in between the two peices of plastic at the very top in the middle of the door. Then make a loop big enough so that you can roll up the door and slip the rope around under it. When the door is not rolled up you will only see one half of the rope going to one side close to the top.
So the rope from the outside, is fed through, inbetween the plastic for the door and ceiling, then it comes down, under the rolled up door, and back up to the original entry point. Make sure the loop is long enough to losely be put to the side when the door is down.
6. odds and ends. That screw that we put in the top to mark where to mount the light. Take one of those hooks with a screw on the end and screw it in.
Then cut your hole in the plastic where the fan is with a razor. If you cut it just a little smaller it will stay snug around the fan, but don't put it around the fan yet. I used this hole to put the light through into the room.
To hang the light I used a pulley system so it could be adjustable. For this rope works smoother and better. The rope will hang over the hook in the top, then it goes strait to the hole you fed the door holder ropey thingy through. put it through that same hole. Outside the room you need a thick staple, or and eye of some sort to feed the rope through, then it goesto what ever you tie it to to keep the light from falling. I used the sink drainage pipe because it was right there. You should be able to attch the light on the floor and pull on the rope to raise it up then tie the rop when it is where you want it.
7. Duct tape crazy. I stared from the ceiling and ductaped the seams. Then moved down the corners of the room, then around the fan, then I duct taped the seams alond the floor. When I did the floor I I did all the way around except for 10" on one side so it was open at the very bottom. This allows me to sweep dirt out and to squegee water out. Now take a flashlight, close the door behind you and crawl in, with your roll of duct tape. Now tape up and light leaks you can see, if that' hole to sweep dirt out isn't that important or leaks to much tape it up. It should be close to pitch black in there by the time you are done.
8. Air intake. Now here is where I was stumped till my Husband reminded me that light doesn't bend. So I took 4" fleible shiny dryer ducting. I cut 3-3.5" diameter holes in the sides and front(only the side panels not the door), then screwed the ducting(about 10-12" long) into the hole. Then I bent them downwards and secured them to the plastic with duct tape. Now you get to turn on the exhaust fan. If the door sucks in you need more intake holes, if it doesn't your fine.
9. turn on the light. Do a dry run for a day or two to figure out temp and airflow issues. I found I needed to add a small tower fan to circulate the air and recently added flouros in the corners.
10. Take your time. Measure, check, measure, check, over and over. Then think of every step right to the end(or at least up to the big wall that always blocks you up at some point). then measure and cherck again, then finally cut. You will probably have to change a few things or alter them, but what ever works for you.
I hope this helped someone out, if there are any questions or clearifications needed, please ask. I apologize but the camera is leaving me today again for a little bit.
Thank you so much for pooping in and happy growing.
Buds are growing, slowly. but it has only been 2 weeks. I moved the clones under the 400w mh bulb and switched the clones yet to root under the cake dome, and the rooted clones have to dome cracked. Well the unrooted clones aren't to happy, but they are still holding on. I shaded them to cut back the intensity. The light is as high as it can go. As a result the whole basement is lit up which I forgot about regaurding the flower room. The flower room is pretty much light proof but the low light in the basement was an added security with only the flouro going. But the light from that MH bulb is bouncy, especially with white floors. The light was shooting up the 90 degree intake tubes. So I noticed this last night and was fortunate enough to have two blankets right there and old pipes from a shower in the basement we had removed, so I threw them over top, careful to rerun wires and move the ballast. Then this morning I go down and find the blankets o the floor. Not to judge or jump to conclusions(fucking Cats) but I have an idea. So I rehung the blankets a little more securely, and ent to inspect my big babies. Casey and FOxy have very minor mites that are kept under pretty good control by plucking underleaves that are yellowing anyways. I moved a pot and behind it was a puddle of water(?), I noticed it the day after watering but it dried up by the next day so I wasn't concerned, but it's back. So I checked for leaks and found none, went to clean it up and it's CAT PISS! So kinks are being worked out and I think I'll be headed to the nearest asian resteraunt with some skinned cats to donate. No I love my kitties just need to figure out a few things.
Anyways thanks for visiting and feel free to speak up anytime. Since I started the Womans war thread it seems everyone is gathering there, but hey all's well.
Ha ha, bring the cats here I'll eat them! j/k ;) Sounds like you're busy in that basement though! I wish I had that much stuff to do, it sounds fun. :jointsmile:
Busy bust busy on week ends while DH is at work. Somehow with two parents to watch K during the week I still never find time to go downstairs cause it's like I have 2 kids, lol. I love my husband, and my cats. I'm more concerned about them spreading the mites from plant to plant.
I go down stairs everyday to say good morning to my ladies and rotate them around the room, and everyday the itty bitty buds are a little bit bigger. Then I go check on them to see if they've gotten any bigger. But I never notice a difference. So I check more often. No difference. By the evening I'm content just to sit and watch my plants and try to catch them growing behind my back. But I never do. Then I get up the next morning and they've grown again. I love it. It's so much more fun to grow your own. The anticipation and impatience alone is worth it.
Anyways now that I've ahad my moment of the day. I haven't seen any mites in the last few days, but my eyes are open. I figure I'll try to do that for a few more days, if the under leaves are really bad I'll remove them, a few scattered I'll spray the underside of the leaves with water(not much cause I don't want mold problems), then I'll spray Doktor Doom, one last time to kill the suckers left.
My plants are 53 days old, and 17 days into bud. They are taking more water more often, We went from 3L every 6 days to 4L every 5. Yesterday I watered full feed with Big Bud(since you only use it 3 weeks and it cost so much and I have so much extra) The carbo load, Cal/Mg, and the three part nute system. I'm just using their lite feed though. No need to burn them twice during my first grow. I'll tweek it more once I get a ppm meter.
I wish I could show you girls pics but my camera is gone. Maybe I'll try a few with my cell phone.
Ok I just checked on my plants and I HAVE A PROBLEM.
One one of the 4 taller plants, 2 fan leaves are affected. It starts at the tips and is inbetween the veins. It turns splotchy dark puplish green then contorts as it curls up and dries dark green, not much different than the original green.
This has been written in chunks throughout the morning. Any ideas on what this is please help.