My first grow, speaker grow box

[sidewinder_89]

If i put a light strip on the side wouldnt that make the plants grow to the sides instead of vertical growth since plants grow towards the light?

[Opie Yutts]

thanks for the info what exactly is a Sunlight fluoro strip, and where would be the best place to get one.

Sunlight and Daylight refer to the color of the light. Daylight bulbs (6000-6800K) are actually suppose to mimic the color the daylight in general, and Sunlight bulbs (5000K) are the color of the sun, which is a little more orange than daylight. Both would be for vegging, and in general make the plants grow wider and bushier. For budding you want a more orange or reddish bulb like Warm (2700K) or Very Warm (2200K). These in general make plants grow taller and less bushy, but are the right color to stimulate bud growth. You can get them at Walmart or Home Depot, or most hardware stores.

To line the speaker box on each side a tube I think, would be more desirable than bulbs. I'm not sure what the point would be of growing up the plants all the way to the highest they can grow, when all the growth below the canopy wouldn't be getting light. It would mostly just be stalks and no bud sites.

If you consider this, you might want to look into the newer, smaller, and more efficient T-5 bulbs instead of the bulkier and more common T-12 bulbs. They are much more expensive up front, but I think they end up paying for themselves in the long run, if I remember right. Also you would probably need a vertical screen either on all sides that have lights, or a vertical cylindrical screen in the center that you could train the plants too. Either way you'll need some way to keep the plants from touching the lights or they will burn. Don't forget you may need additional ventilation if you add more lights.

[Opie Yutts]

What about width opie? We pretty much have hte same amount of space and seem to be doing ok with the height thus far.. but the bushiness of these suckers is where we seem to be running out of room..Maybe we vegged to long or something but 2 plants has already started getting a little tight in a 2x3 foot area..anyway hope everything works out..
Post pics Please.
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Bushy plants can be caused by nutrients, light all around the sides, strain, pruning and other stuff. In general Indicas are more bushy and shorter than Sativas. If you prune at all, plants will be shorter and bushier. You can always make a vertical screen and try to train the stems to grow straight up instead of out. There are also nutrients that inhibit vertical growth and others that promote it.

[Opie Yutts]

If i put a light strip on the side wouldnt that make the plants grow to the sides instead of vertical growth since plants grow towards the light?

Somewhat yes, especially more toward the bottom after the canopy above has shaded it from the HPS above. Since there is a 150W HPS at the top, the plants will want to grow toward that since it will be the brightest light, but once it's shaded they'll go for the side lighting. Another reason for a training screen.

[sidewinder_89]

thanks for the advice on the screening, ive never heard of it before, i cant find any info for screening verticaly its all horizontal, dose any one have a web link for vertical screening info, but would the basic idea be that i a 3 foot high vertical cylinder screen made out of chicken wire with 2x2inch squares around each one of the plants.

[MajesticWhelk]

Sorry for the hijack, but reading this thread has made me second guess the grow box I am thinking of buying. It is made by the same manufacturers who assured me that everything in these systems is completely flawless. So much for trying to get a straight answer out of a salesman. :wtf:

This is a link to the system I am considering:

Cool Cab Turn Key System

Would I be better off with something else? And how many plants would you recommend be grown in this space?

[sidewinder_89]

yeah thats what i like about these systems is there very low maintance, and the coolcab is a good setup, but the reason i didnt like it is its not much bigger than my speakers and theres no way your going to get close to 14 plants, i would shoot for 6 to 8 maximum, and the good thing about the Reservoir tub is its the same kind you can get at walmart, so i would recommend getting another lid and drilling your own holes so your plants can have more room.

[Opie Yutts]

Both systems look good. On the bigger one, I would use a screen and 3 or 4 plants, or no screen and 5 plants, roughly. One huge disadvantage of these systems IMO, is that you don't have a separate veg and bud section, which allows harvesting twice as often.

Grow Marijuana FAQ, Cannabis cultivation - marijuana growing tips & photos
scroll down for V-scrog (vertical and general screen growing tips)

Please note that having used both, common chicken wire is a total pain in the ass and the holes are too small, while wire netting that has 2x2 or 2x3 holes is much better. It's much easier to work with during construction and growing, and it doesn't scratch you all up with hundreds of little bits of wire sticking out everywhere.

[sidewinder_89]

new pics

[Opie Yutts]

Looks good to me.