Dizzys 1st go at grow. CFL/Cab W/ Bagseed

Thanks Root, I'm enjoying the labor so far... kinda sadistic, I'm not taking care of myself, but I'm bird dogging the lil ones. Like a hen...
peeks in cab, that he's been busy on, and checks how they're doing

I finished painting the inside of the cab.
Finished the home made hood. I like to call it the HMH.
Mounted (4) 24 watt GE Daylight, 6500k
And (1) 42 watt Lights of America - Big Funky Bulb. BFB if you will.
Ran it on some string and lowered it on the plants. Looks pretty good IMHO.
And damned if I don't have the camera to share.

Soon!

Well crap. I think DFYS will be stopping by. (department of youth services)
I stopped by the house at lunch after I picked up some more tools. I lifted the hood and was pretty shocked. I guess I didn't take into account how much more heat would be retained with the hood, and the addition of the 42 watt BFB, half of the plants are in rough shape with damage to the top leafs and 2 of those are pretty bad... I knew I would have to split up this op with 4 in the cab (if they were females) and the rest I would set up at my buddies house, but I didn't want to do it like this. Of course it happened to the 4 healthiest, I.E. tallest and "bushiest" ones. dangit.
But, it happens, right? I pulled the lights up a couple 3-4" inches higher, watered and went back to work. I think they'll make it, but... who knows.
Pics later.

Main tool I picked up was a moisture meter, which told me half of the pots were dry dry dry. I didn't want to overwater after the transplant and I think that didn't help with the burns.

Lessons lessons lessons!

Things look a little better than before, still not pretty, but ok...ish
Still not 100% finished with the cab.
The reflector/lights look kinda mean, I like the close up side picture of the lights over the plants.
I'm kinda ripped and it looks like something out of a Alien invasion movie with the plants cowering in fear (and rightfully so) of the craft. :rasta:

And things look "better" than earlier.:(

Added a 2" exhaust.
Runs from that inside 90, to an outside 90 then down a 6' or so 2" shop vac hose, then to a PC fan, I believe it's an 80mm and it moves a decent amount of air, cab has been sealed for an hour and the temp is 76.7F., 24.5C.
I'll still be adding an Intake and more than likely I'll also enlarge the exhaust port. Well see where I decide to route the end and the sound.
Don't mind the safetly blanket, it's sole purpose is to take that last little bit of light glow away when the room is dark.

Wow, Dizz. I admire your set-up...I really do. I hope to be sharing my own progress with you all soon. I am curious as to what you plan on doing if the plants outgrow the box? It is unfortunate what happened to your plants but you really seem to have the right touch...the green touch. :)
Good luck & keep us updated!

Thanks Ganj. :jointsmile:
I put a decent chunk of time into it all and I'm starting to be able to enjoy it a little more as the projects die down. Nice to be able to fire one up before midnight. I don't do that fuzzy construction, I enjoy my finger tips too much... so to speak.
A couple are starting develope noticable second limbs. Can't wait until the messed up leaves dissapear, I didn't even feel like a pic. Couple days and I will.
As to the growth, I figure it like this.
I started with 8 bagseed. Decent smoke, but god damn there was a lot of seeds! I think in the 2 grams I bummed, the ratio was 50/50 seed and weed.
Ok, so I'm :rastasmoke: and you got a story, my bad.
So I really figured this...
That of the 8 planted I would guess at least 2-3 would be boys. I think I could try for 3 in this cab with LSTing. My buddy would take the left overs and give it a go with already established females then. I think he could take a 200 watt HID, we'd figure something out. I also think I'll put these into flowering in another week, maye 2. They're already a week and some change old, would also help keep them smaller.

Thanks again. :thumbsup:

Some updated pics and the addition of a little suprise. :)

Plants seem to have recovered from the burning, one seems unsure though.
Soil is very dry in these pics, the fan and CFLs rape the soil of moisture very quickly. After the photo shoot I added an inch of MG moisture control soil to the top and watered heavily. I figure the minute addition of nutes shouldn't hurt much, it was an inch or less addition to the cups, so very minimal.
The last pic was a freebie I picked up a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure it was operable and I thought the bulb was burnt out... I was blindedly wrong. :stoned: In fact I'm still blind... It's a 150 watt HPS bulb with matching fixture. Since I know it works I will try to fab up a sheetmetal enclose so I don't have to install this heavy duty outside security enclosure in my cabinet.
Also not shown in the addition of a 1.5" passive intake mounting on the front portion of the floor and leading to the side of the box where the exhaust is. The pipe runs about 3' into the box and I configured a temp light trap with 3 90 degree elbow outside the cab, just to keep it dark while the silicone seals set up and then I can configure it how I want it.
I might try the HPS for the evening to see how the cab handles the temp and see if I need to work on more intake or exhaust.

wow your a mad handy man eh;) great job with everything

I don't know how handy I am, but I sure can rig some sh*t. ;)

And thanks!