2.25 sq. ft carboard cab. 4 wks into flower w CFL's.

[smallgrow1]

hey, I'm using my new cardboard cab now, got some decent bagseed goin. started with 12 and now left with 5 females and 1 hermie which i pulled the balls off of. the box is serious. its 2.25 sq. ft and is 35" tall. I have 8 soft white 26watt cfl's on top of all the plants using Y adapters and such and I just got a big soft white 300w equiv. 68w actual cfl. all together I have 17,400 lumens total which works out to 7,733 per sq. ft and a total of 268 actual watts. temp stays between 85 to 90 degrees and have one intake 4" fan down low and the same thing as an exhaust up top. I am left with 6 plants now all in dixie cups still and there doing really well. I have the big 68w cfl hanging down lower then the other cfl's and its hanging bout halfway down the plants right in the center. I have all my plants circles around the big cfl. Looks really good and I still have bout 10" of height to go before I'm maxed out. plants are 4 weeks into flower and 2 look really nice with lots of hairs and buds starting to form and the other 4 have just white hairs and seem to be taking awhile to get going.

anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Thanks everyone.

BTW I also just flushed them and using 15-30-15 nutes. feeding every other watering session.

I have lots of pics which will be up very soon from day 1 up til now.:rastasmoke:

smallgrow1 Reviewed by smallgrow1 on 02-06-2010. 2.25 sq. ft carboard cab. 4 wks into flower w CFL's. hey, I'm using my new cardboard cab now, got some decent bagseed goin. started with 12 and now left with 5 females and 1 hermie which i pulled the balls off of. the box is serious. its 2.25 sq. ft and is 35" tall. I have 8 soft white 26watt cfl's on top of all the plants using Y adapters and such and I just got a big soft white 300w equiv. 68w actual cfl. all together I have 17,400 lumens total which works out to 7,733 per sq. ft and a total of 268 actual watts. temp stays between 85 to Rating: 5

[Buffalo Soldier]

PICS!!!

[smallgrow1]

pics everyone.:thumbsup:

[smallgrow1]

more pics:thumbsup:

[jakester]

I would cut back on the MG and transplant soon. Those things need more soil. Pop em out and look at the roots.

[smallgrow1]

more pics with some from about 2 weeks old. will put more up of my first box and my second box and finally the box im using now. Plus got some pics from when they first germinated.

pics show my intake fan down low and exhaust fan up high. only have the exhaust fan on and the negative pressure automatically turns the intake fan but I dont actually need to plug in my intake fan. temps stay at 78 with just the one fan on.

Lemme know what you guys think. not bad for first grow ever. once the other 4 plants catch up to my other 2 then itll be even nicer. Got that other small plant there in the middle, it's about 2 weeks old and i started flowering it a couple days ago. hoping it'll stay nice and small sitting under that 68w cfl.

[smallgrow1]

Hey jakester, thanks for the advise. I know MG isn't that great, so everyone says but I mix it with about 1/3rd vermiculite seed starter mix which I feel helps a lot. the root balls really aren't bad as you think they would be. I think I can easily finish these babies in the dixie cups but I def. wanna find plastic pots that are slightly bigger. I looked yesterday and all I could find where clay pots which I don't want and plastic ones which were slightly too big for my box. I'm looking for something no more then 2-3 times bigger then the dixie cups.

keep the comments coming. I'm open to all comments as long as your not hatin on my grow. :rastasmoke:

[jakester]

Hey jakester, thanks for the advise. I know MG isn't that great, so everyone says but I mix it with about 1/3rd vermiculite seed starter mix which I feel helps a lot. the root balls really aren't bad as you think they would be. I think I can easily finish these babies in the dixie cups but I def. wanna find plastic pots that are slightly bigger. I looked yesterday and all I could find where clay pots which I don't want and plastic ones which were slightly too big for my box. I'm looking for something no more then 2-3 times bigger then the dixie cups.

keep the comments coming. I'm open to all comments as long as your not hatin on my grow. :rastasmoke:

I don't think anything is wrong with the MG, it's just nutrients in a salt base. It's the build up I worry about. Your plants look yellow, droopy and on the verge of curling in some places. They look like they are being kept alive by artificial means and need some room to stretch out. I would be willing gallon pots, some decent soil and a little patience will up your yields by a bunch.

The way they are now you will have to feed them until the end. Then your flush will basically starve them really fast...maybe too fast to get em clear of buildup. It may be a long cure to get your smoke tasting right.

[smallgrow1]

I hear ya. I was thinkin the same thing. I flushed them all to be sure no salt buildups occured and the whole curling under of the leaves is just bad on one plant for some reason. been like that for the last 2 weeks now, the rest of the plants are fine. I am going to go get slightly bigger pots tomorrow though and transplant them. Hopefully thatll help and make them increase bud size and be healthier. I will have it fixed tomrow pronto. Thanks a lot jakester

[frostedwonder]

Hey did you clone any of them before flowering? Once you get this run behind you things will become way easier. I cannot imagine feeding with that range of nutes in a small pot setting. When you transplant if your able to snap a shot of the roots I am curious how they are handling it. I like the shot of your Y adapters and the vertical light kinda fun making things work in a small setting. What kind of water do you use?