My Second Rubbermaid Grow-CFL's, DWC, Scrog

Hello my fellow cannabis lovers!!:rastasmoke:

I am back at it again but alot has changed since my first go round which im still smokin on:smoke:
Anywho, this time since i have moved back into my parents house(yea i know your not supposed to but i couldnt help myself from trying haha:p) i have constructed a single 22 gallon Rubbermaid tub which i lined with mylar, i think how i did it was pretty sweet:cool: I cut pieces of cardboard about the sizes of all the walls in the box and then wrapped them in mylar. This made it alot easier to put up in a cleaner fashion where i wouldnt have to deal with the noise of some of it blowing lose. I found an old lamp that bends and fashioned it to the back of the box and is then held in a sturdy place by a hanging wire which i can raise and lower by rolling it up or down;)


I am using 3 100w(eq.) CFL's with some reflectors that i made out of cans,
i know more is better but i think it will get to hot and dont know if my rig could support it. I also have a 6 inch fan that i fastned to the back corner of the box with zip ties, which are probably my new favorite tool haha:p.


Now to talk about my DWC set up. I purchased a water pump from lame-mart(wal-mart) for like 15 bucks and it is pretty quiet if its not against anything and looks pretty quality. For the bucket i bought a 3.5 gallon rubbermaid which i wrapped in duct tape to light proof it. I am thinking about finding one that isnt see through and smaller since i think this size might be a bit overkill for one plant and i wouldnt mind some spare room. I then wrapped the top of the lid with some aluminum foil tape. Then i am using a 3" net pot with some hydroton that i got for free from my new buddies at Colorado Grow, he just gave me a couple handfulls of some extra that he had laying around since i didnt need a whole bag:thumbsup:

Now for the plant...ooo yesss the plant:D:D
I obtained a Armageddon skunk clone from my friend, he had a couple different kinds and he gave me the shortest one. Now this could be a horrible problem in the future because it already smells a little and im guessing skunk means really stinky so im gonna have to fashion up a filter and pray:eek:. Also it was alot bigger then i expected which kind of stinks cuz i wanted to train it from really small so i could keep it as tight as possible but im gonna give it a shot:hello: I have started planning out where im gonna place the new sets of nodes if everything goes well. I received the clone in soil to which sucked so i had to get as much dirt off as possible but she seems to still be going good;)


Im still barely grasping the hydro thing so any pointers as to a daily and changing routines would be much appreciated:thumbsup:

Im lookin forward to this one people:hippy:

Looks good!
That little plant will fill that screen quite nicely!

I'm sure you'll do fine with hydro.
Keep an eye on the pH.
You'll always rather under-feed the plant(s), rather than over-feed them.

I truly think you should change to Coca Cola cans for the lights.
They are far superior to the Pepsi ones you are using at the moment.

Do you have the hydro instruments?
You want to be able to measure pH and ppm...
Keep us updated! :) :)

-- turtle420
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haha yea these were just the first cans i had available but ill keep an eye out;)

And i bought some of the ph tester drops, i know a digital one is way better but i ran out of funds so maybe ill try and get one off of ebay:thumbsup:

thanks for the reassurance turtle, ill be keepin this baby updated:thumbsup:

:hippy:

You have used this before? How well did it work for you last time? I'm curious about yields. Very clever. Why complicate things? Some people just cant think outside of the box..too u sir I say congrats.

this is actually my first attempt at a hydro set up but i did complete a soil grow in a similar set up and yielded over a half ounce, not bad for a first try imo. i just put a link in my signature of the first grow. thanks for the support:rasta:

Your going to have to put the girl into flower in about a week. Hydro has proven to me that growth is simply insane!

alrighttt, im gonna give her one shot of FF grow big and see how that treats her and then shabamm its flower time:D

thanks for the advice:thumbsup:

Well well, alot has happened since the last post...in a good way i'd say:D

My bucket started leaking so i scrapped it and made a new one. This one is a little smaller which i was looking for. I did lose like an inch of vertical space but i think ill still be okay. I'm still havin a little trouble gettin the ph to where i want, i've added a bunch of Ph Down drops which have slowly been doing the trick, just gotta get the balancing act down

I have also Fim'ed her in two spots and i have seen the new growths starting up so thats a promising sign also gave her a quarter tsp of grow big. I'll add more on the next water change and then itll be flowering time:jointsmile:

let me know how im doin people:rastasmoke:

Well things are goin pretty good id say:D The new growth from the 'fimming' i did has really started to take off, the scrog method is freakin amazing, i can get light to anywhere i want :thumbsup: Im starting to see a few tiny spots on the leaves which i am guessing is a N deficiency so i gave her a bottle of water with about a tsp of Grow Big since she seemed to have loved the last little bit and supposedly this will help...im hoping Also, the roots have been growing like CRAZYYY, i included a pic of them:thumbsup:

And speaking of Roots...I just got the new Roots album called "How I Got Over" and i must say, its fuckin amazingggggggg. Its really conscious and has a good flow all the way through, i definately recommend it to any music lover:rastasmoke:


Let me know how im doingg :D:thumbsup:

peace everyone:hippy:

Welcome to Hydro, the land of fast growing plants :D
Looks like you are well underway and things look real good.