First Crack at cabinet grow..

Looking good frosted, I am also wondering like bigtops said hows that filter working out for ya.:jointsmile:

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Well I used the diy that Bodom posted .. http://boards.cannabis.com/growroom-...ml#post1075003

I have to make one more then I will have completely figured out the exhaust smell issues with my grow cab. I have one already on the main cab exhaust and since I have taken one tube off my light hood to help with temps in box I have to add a filter to that as well otherwise I would say that its works pretty good. If I was going to make another one of this size I would make it longer to spread the air flow over a larger space and to not create as much back pressure of my inline duct fan. It was rated at 250cfm which is fine for this size. I will soon invest in a eco plus brand or something similar in quality, as well as a pro made carbon scrubber.

The money I have spent would be better suited if I went first class all the way instead of half ass so gradually I will upgrade everything once things are dialed in, like grow three or so. The largest cost was the light/hood/ballast which ran about 360-$420 and then the box creation. Its funny how little things add up I would have to say I have spent almost 1k or so to date. Its worth it though and wouldn't have it any other way..

Also I really wish my digi had a macro function so I could zoom in and share what I think is my preflower that I so desperately wish to see. They are not definitive just yet but should be in a few days..

oh i forgot to mention if you look at my filter you can see i used that hexagon shaped poultry cable, instead of the square grid kind that Bodom used and I wish I would have looked closer for that stuff cause it will be easier to work with then what I used. I went back for some other items at the store to find that kind after I already made mine lol...

Nice box!

I did my first couple of grows exactly the same way.. See my links below. One item I'd point out is watch your plant height, you'll run out of overhead room much faster than you think. Once you flip your lights to 12/12, expect some stretch. As far as preflowers.. if your plants are 6-8 weeks from seed, just flip them, you'll find the males quick enough. If you want to wait to take clones, there's plenty of pics out there that will show you what specifically to look for.

In regard to your filter... ask for "hardware cloth" when you're picking up your filter parts. I did a similar one inside of a rubber made container I use for drying, though I draw through it instead of pushing the air out. In regard to your humidity comment earlier, you'll find if the relative humidity gets above 60% your filter will be less effective. Happens on Can filters too..

Peace, Farmer Rich

It is funny to me when someone says anything nice about my homemade box, because I was lucky enough not to lose a hand or eye. Usually thats what would happen to me. Weird thing as well was that I used a level and checked my work and damn thing is level.. Not sure when i commented on humidity but right not humidity isn't a big thing for me. Also I had left more leaf on my clones when I cut them then most leave on, will that slow or stop root development?

I will try to upload a pic of my clones in the Root riot setup. They were taken 5 days ago and they seem really healthy but that could just be from folar feeding I suppose. I figured they would take longer to root with more leaf but then I would make that up when they have a root system in place they will take off and make up the time spent. I was hoping for them to be used as my sexing option but looks like preflowers will be what I use. I don't want to flip the lights just yet without being able to take a few more clones before budding them. I can't wait to kill off the males the rest of these bitches need the room...

Looked like I needed to transplant once more before flower and from the looks of it before sexing these babies. I was hoping not to have to waste, soil, nutes, and space on males but not seeing what I want yet. The clones haven't had enough time to work it from that angle. here are some more pics from today.. the last pic if your able to see a big enough shot is the only preflower looking things I have on most of my plants, mostly they are pitcher shaped growth and then some I am thinking are claw shaped growth and from what I read that indicates potential male and the pitcher shaped tend to be female..

Came home from work to find one female showing her stuff in my cab. I have looked them all over and seperated the ones I believe will be male and the ones I think will be female. Pretty good ratio potentially which is to be expected since I sprouted 20... More pics later today.:)

Looks beautiful... everything's going right for you so far. Keep up the good work and don't be shy to share your success! :jointsmile:

Wow, still only one showed her skirt.. I slightly enclosed part of my basement with 3mil black plastic to section off my grow box. I am switching to 12/12 tonight and needed to find a solution to my temp issues when the lights are on the off cycle. i moved the hood up as far as I can go and reworked my exhaust and intake to support the hood move. Not fun but I knew I would have to play with it this go round till I get things dialed in. I will put pics up later today..

I was really hoping for a good update where I could proudly exclaim my 100% clone success rate but alas I lost about four so far. Two days ago I was looking at them to check for good roots and there were many, all plants looked great. Then about two hours went by and I look at them they had wilted and basically stabbed me in my heart... Time my heal all wounds but I don't think they will heal some of the clones. I need to get females figured out in the bloom box quickly for they have run out of space to basically flower I can still scrog them a bit but its going to take some trimming. I think this round will get me the info I need for round 2. I will clone like mad this time once sex is fully figured out and then look out world self medication time. I will update bloom box update later tonight when I am able to open box. oh clones are less then two wks from cut

Clones lookin real healthy cept well you know which ones.:jointsmile: Hope you get your bloom box situated soon.



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Thanks killa, its weird maybe its life's way of letting me know I don't know crap and not to try to imitate nature. although on the other hand, even the clones that look like death are actually snapping back, not sure if I will bother with them even if they are from a female but not ruling them out just yet. On my other box the damn plants have still only shown one female and very similar look alikes. I am going on four days of flowering so far... I have no patience.:)

Well it will still be good if it snaps back you never know what it might hold. Patience will not be regreted in he long run man. Your patience will be paid for in due time. Also I say another 2-8 days and you will have a harder time with patience as you will find out my about your plants."Give me ladies":jointsmile:


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This time around I will mostly learn about patience and timing. I was hoping to grow a few plants to about 15'' then turn them to flower and also know what sex they are before hand, all from seed,,, hmm sounds ridiculous huh. So now that reality sets in and I have taken clones and grown a few plants I pretty much have run out of room in the bloom box.

I can harvest still once the sexes are fully shown, and then try to scrog them,I might have to stress the plants to get them to fit I am afraid. On the flip side I am going to take some cuttings when possible from all my females or the best ones, and work round two a bit better then this go round.

Working with clones is going to be way easier and fit in my setup perfectly, its sad that even knowing most of this day one it still sux months later watching it happen. All is not lost but I was shooting for a perfect flawless first round,, and yeah I am aware of that being stupid but if you don't set the bar high you will never come close..lol

Also don't set your bar to dam high where you cant grasp it or close to graspin it. And there is always going to be problems to arise sooner or later belive me no matter how dam good you are frosted. The best still have issues they have to fix and sometimes need advise so don't feel bad man its called being human.:jointsmile:
1 more thang do you have some seeds stashed away..?, You never know what life will throw at ya keep that in mind man good luck.:jointsmile::rasta:


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Hey thanks Killa, and yeah I have asked many close friends to save only their best seeds for me and I still have some I have collected for about 4 years. Today I killed off male looking plants and brought my number of females to about 6 and then tried to force them into a scrog formation. Trimming and bending and a few broken branches I did what I could. This would have been soo much easier if I was working with clones.

On that note I have about 12 female clones with roots working like no bodies biz and will feed them into my canopy when the time is right. Also training these chicks right from the getgo. I would post pics of what my scrog attempt looks like, but at the moment I would be embarrassed they look like death.. might post them tomorrow.:)

Guess you trying to wait til your plants bounce back alittle bit huh frosted.? Well will be looking forward and waiting for some updates.:cool:



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Thanks for stoppin by my log :)

I wouldn't mind having your setup next door either :jointsmile::jointsmile::jointsmile:
Very nice Frosty... :greenthumb:

Looking good frosted, Them ladies getting nice and bushy looks like everything under control.:thumbsup:



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Hey frosted what are the measurements of your Ac hood....? And you have the glass in it.?,Is that really helping on the heat.?

Hey killa the hood is sun system 6'' ac hood with the glass and without it my 4'ft high box would not work. I am going to add an extension to the box to make it another 1.5ft high so I dont lose so much grow space with the light. that and it will help heat issues that do exist.

Here are some updates of my blooming box of fun. About three wks into bloom cycle.

They look fantastic!! :thumbsup:
can i borrow your green thumb?? :rastasmoke:

Okay so from seed to scrog in my small box really is hard for me to get right the first time. I think I will do way better on the next round and I have been training the clones earlier and more suited to the small bloom box I have. having only a 4' and taking in the pots and the light hood I lose a lot of space. But here is the results this go round.. And it is just bag seed.

more random shots.

Looking good frosted:thumbsup: What do you hope to yield off your space.? And have you raised or lowered your hood during growing, or have you just left it at the same height.? If so did you find it difficult to raise and lower it because of the size.?

Wow, those are starting to look really yummy!

Okay so now I have to tell myself and the world about the affects of a hermie. As a girl she showed such promise and I held some much hope for our future together. When she showed me her balls I nearly lost my lunch. I am down to 5 females from first round and about 20 female clones. I am going to dry out the bud that I picked off hermie plant and see what it taste like. I am not expecting much but I haven't smoked since last Oct. I take time off from smoking and this grow was going to be my present to myself for the summer.

Hey killa thanks for checking back again. As for the hood from sun system2 I like it but for this box I would rethink going with it. I like that it is air cooled but the light range doesn't spread like I would like. I have the place where I could use a batwing setup and then pick a better exhaust for the box so I may retool some things. Right now on each side of light hood I have a cfl producing 200 watts each. I did move the light up and down because this go round I was going at it from seed. I wont move it or much this next round because I am going to scrog from clone.

I have about three to four wks left of bloom on this one. I was hoping for smoke before Memorial day.. Gotta love the weather and bbq and some good smoke.

here are some new bud shots of my bloom box. I added an 85watt cfl to the box and have to leave the box a bit open to help with heat. this pushes lumens to somewhere around 60k give or take a few. I think without even trying to look it up , that I am nearing the three wk bloom maybe four and getting very impatient. I hate waiting and spelling but the waiting is going to kill me. My girls smell like really fruity buds and kinda want to crawl in that damn bloom box and not come out until all i can say is Purple,,,hmmmm or some other retarded saying but it would be fun to just sit in and hangout with them for a bit.:hippy:

dude, I love your setup, and it's obvious your plants do to. for your first cabinet grow you have done an amazing job!

Hey Fluid69 thanks for the comment. I really was getting sick of the prices and product that was available to me and my friends. We have really good herb at a price here and that lead me to drop about 1200 bucks on the odds and ends that happen when you are trying to make a setup. Money is great but I have no plans on setting a limit on what this hobby will cost me monetarily. It is fun and rewarding beyond the smoke. Even using bag seed, which sucked has so far turned out nice. I did choose good seed from nice bud. There are no good clones available from my collection of people and its a bitch to even get ave seeds, most weed here doesn't even have seeds in it anymore. I am just hoping for enough to smoke till round two is done and then the outdoor stuff should kick in around the fall so I will be happy with my on hand medicine.

Also I am really getting good things at flea markets and garage sales/auctions. The other day I found an intel play 200x q3 usb digital microscope for two bucks... I will be posting trichome pics when its gets a bit closer to finishing.:)

your doing great! you did some reading before you started didn't ya?

I have grown mj outdoors but that basically was guerrilla style and was based off of volume vs planned events. I was young then and now older I took what I heard/saw/read/did/imagined and :stoned:coming on these forums sites got me thinking and wishing and the rest is the future. I plan on doing three rounds a year and maybe even go ever other year. I don't smoke much and the only time I really want some is when I don't have any.. love that. Also going from seed sucks.. I am way to adhd to handle that over and over again. I will prollyy seed something in the next round or two just to provide a good source of seeds for future but I don't recommend doing that with bag seed, but that's all I have ATM.

ahh...bagseed, good for practice, good for smoke.

get you a good mother and start cloning. that takes atleast 1 or 2 weeks off your grow. plus you'll know it's female.

Currently have about 20 clones from first round. I will update their photos tomorrow...

Hey frosted your plants looking good man keep up tha good work.:thumbsup:
I am a lil curious as to what the temps are inside your box on average, And what your room temp averages out to be consistently what would you say.:rasta:


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Look's like your having alot of fun..I smiled out loud several time's while reading thru your log. Nice work

Dive:stoned:

So far my overall ave temp was around 72-75 once I reworked my inline duct fans and hood like a certain fin told me to. Using Foxfarm soil and grow big and tiger bloom plus molasses can probable take most of the credit to my current condition of the girls. I have read so many other people's logs/threads and thought why they hell can't I have something slick and easy. After this grow I will make the box height total either 5.5ft or 6' and then get some different bells and whistles like mylar and side lighting. I have read that during the bloom cycle there are about one to two growth spurts of actual bud growth not just stretch and I am looking forward to that. Not sure how much time I will let this one flower I am guessing till end of or middle of May. This digital microscope I picked up makes me laugh. It is a kids toy for sure but I bet I can take damn good trichome pics with it. I have also been picking up mason jars that seal and look different then reg jars.:jointsmile: