My 150w HPS cab.

2 Day into flowering, and they're starting to stretch. This is where I use a technique I like to call rustling. Because they're in a cab, they have weaker stems. In nature the wind would be tossing them all over the place. So Every day now I go in for 5 mins and take my hands and rustle the branches on each plant so they get weak and saggy and droop over. This accomplishes two things... 1 stronger stems. 2, while they droop over some this open up the entire inside of the plant allowing light to get to all the growth shoots creating a nice bushy effect. All those lil growth shoots are now getting a full blast of mr HPS.

Once cylax development appears, the rustling stops and I begin to train her so that those innermost future budsites are getting all the direct light possible.

just wondering about the smell while flowering
if you have the complete thing sealed does the smell leak out when not open?

Ah yes, odor control. Well I try to grow the less stinky strains to start with, as my means are simplistic at best. How's it go? Keep it simple stupid? ;)

First pic is the back of the cab's 4 main vents.
Second pic those same vents covered w/ carbon air filters and some duct tape. (home depot/wally world/whatever) Violla.

The room the cab's in also has a small closet ozone generator near the exhaust filters. And on top the cabinet I have a airwick diepensor can thingy. Squirts 9-18-or 36 mins. I keep a citrus frangrance in the room which blends in quite well w/ the orangy Cali-O, c99 has a faint lemony smell so ive heard anyway which is PERFECT (and so far I dont smell a damn thing). Ironically, my NL was one stinky bitch in the final days of flower no lies (despite everyone sayin its low odor which supprised me), it smelled like hardcore herb.

So like I said dude, as far as odor goes, lower odor strains are my solution ultimatly. I'm not about to grow some super skunk X ny desil or anything outrageous like that. The neighbors 3 blocks away would smell that -- and thats not good at all!


(ps sorry for the shitty quality pics here)

Nice thread you got here BHB you really seem like you know what your doing. I'm a newer grower myself but I've been around at this point. I'm wondering from your own experience what kind of yeild I should be expecting with my most recent grow. I'm growing Northern Light and Papaya strains both from Nirvana(Dr.Chronic). What do you think will come from 6 plants in 1 gal pots if I begin flowering when there 6" tall. I am veging them under 200W of CFL and flowering under a 400W HPS system.

Hard to say man. So many things are variables. Pot sizes, not so much size vs number of nodes before flower, initial lumen -> flowering lumen, topped or not, each strain varies on bud production and density, etc. If i was a guessing person, id say as a ballpark guess ~3-4oz per female. Maybe more. Also depends on how anal you are manicuring. I leave alot of extra leaf on (anything coated in trichomes is fair game to stay). Too many things can influence the outcome straight down to how lightproof is the dark period.

And now, a public service announcment. I was bored ;)

30 second dollar bill joint rolling made easy.

lol, random second thought. if i could guess your weight before your done dude --- id be guessing me some lotto numbers instead :D

lol well 3-4 is sort of what i was epxecting but i get what your saying about variables. thanks though

Day 9 flowering. 1 or 2 locations showing cylax development. I think its a save assumption both are female. Plant on the left definatly has more indicas trains, right more sativa traits. Also as a control test base, indicas dominant plant has been pruned. Sativa dominant left alone. No prunes no cuts minus topping.

Day 11 flowering here. Got a side shot so you can see the height of the stretch. Both plants are aprox 1 ft tall. Got a top view too so you can see all the yummy budsites forming... And, my personal favorate. Pic 3. What every grower wants to see! :D I violated her to show you this. She still young and innocent ya know :p

day 14 flowering. im overgrowing my cabinet and loving it. :thumbsup:

I may have to top the toped colas, the one plant has already reached the plexi heat sheild!!! Talk about a vigiorous plant! I got nowhere to LST too, theres just too much marijuana in there!!! Lol... too much?!? pfft. I might just let em go and see what happens. :stoned: :stoned: