2.25 sq ft cardboard cab

[Buffalo Soldier]

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some closer shots, the plants are growing, nice dark color.......I should be able to keep them pretty short with the cfl's

depending what happens when i sex will determine what i do....would like a nice canopy , even if it's one.


I have some better cameras around. I'll try and improve the pics


buffalo

[mainegrown]

*subscribing* gonna do my reading now

~MG

[Buffalo Soldier]

not alot going on , the temp is 70-75F. Overhead fan on low, heater set to
70F, I've def. convinced myself the plants will get an early flower. Might do a pasive intake through flower and find a cheap ozone ion generator. Still up in the air. But I know I can add at least 2 150wt equiv. cfl's. That would probably be around 8000 lumens for flowering .all 2700k of course. I'll also have the flouros in the corners. the plants will be able to have a nice canopy with no risk of burn and most likely thicken up...Got FIM on the brain.I'll hit it with a FIM on each plant and just let it lst while recovering.

let it loose and flip the lights....sound like a plan?


buffalo

[Shovelhandle]

I like to FIM, but you can't be in a hurry if you want to crop and trim stuff. As far as LST, I wait until the branches are long, like 12" (35cm) and I tie them down to the plant using cut lengths of solid electrical wire.

many other good ways to grow too.

Shov

[Buffalo Soldier]

good call shov....the lst would be a bit of a waste if I'm going to fim so early, nothing to tie down. I guess just FIM let the plant/s recover or just let them recover under the 2700k cfl's. I can probably keep the plants in their current containers till I flip the lights...growth continues under the 2700's , i'll just bake whatever canopy i have to work with if any. there was a link in another cardboard cab log that referred to a guy on the IC boards that was pullin huge nugs off little clones that he grew in 1.5 liter containers, all CFL.

buffalo

[jakester]

good call shov....the lst would be a bit of a waste if I'm going to fim so early, nothing to tie down. I guess just FIM let the plant/s recover or just let them recover under the 2700k cfl's. I can probably keep the plants in their current containers till I flip the lights...growth continues under the 2700's , i'll just bake whatever canopy i have to work with if any. there was a link in another cardboard cab log that referred to a guy on the IC boards that was pullin huge nugs off little clones that he grew in 1.5 liter containers, all CFL.

buffalo

Dr.budgreengenes?

[Buffalo Soldier]

yea..insane grower

[jakester]

yea..insane grower

Not to be mean but don't think for a second you are going to just light a few cfls and do what that guy does. Look very closely at what the doc does, the devil is in the details....oh and the genes.

[Buffalo Soldier]

well aware, just tryin to see if i can run a low budget set up and get a quality yield

[smallgrow1]

hey, I don't think the cardboard box really affects flowering at all. I started flowering at 3 weeks old from seed and Its exactly 5 weeks total now so 2 weeks of flowering and I just identified the first definite male(so sad) balls are very obvious so I took it out of the box and put it in the closet under another light just to be sure before I scrap it. Def. looks like I got at least 4-5 females so far though. In the process of making a new carboard grow box. This thing is awsome and seriously looks like it was professionally built. I'll get pics up but anyways its 18 x 18 inches and is 35 inches tall. got a computer fan at the bottom blowing in and another one on top blowin out. made a little 1 x 2 inch viewing window on top with a clear plastic window. all the wiring gets tied off together and comes off one corner of the box so it looks very clean. It is really cool and I am going to be using 10 23-26w cfl's in it. I am def. gonna keep this box and prob. use it for a long time. Also going to be connecting a small carbon filter(4incher) to the exhaust fan once the smell gets out of control. This box will be producing some nice babies for sure. And this box was bought at home depot for a little more then a dollar and I closed and taped the top side and kept the flaps on the bottom side open to add height and I taped them. this box is pretty damn sturdy. I put practically all my weight on it and it didn't bend or wobble. Once I either paint the inside flat white or put up mylar I am going to use it but I can't decide what to do. I'd rather use whatever would be safer. When all is done I am going to put a thin sheet over the box and put a lamp on top and itll look just like a bedside table when viewed from outside and the fans I'm using are dead quiet.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

People will envy this box and use it as a reference point on a perfect cardboard grow box. Being an engineer, thinking this type of stuff in my head comes naturally.