SWC Micro Grow

[khyberkitsune]

Week 3 day 6!

So much foliage. I think it is almost time I started trimming the fan leaf tips a bit to allow for a tiny bit more penetration.

khyberkitsune Reviewed by khyberkitsune on 04-18-2010. SWC Micro Grow Member for years, finally deciding to post, with a starting project - a converted A/V Workstation case (larger than your typical PC case) into a growing box. It takes up just over one square foot of floor space, and I have about 1.5 cubic feet of growing space inside. I am using a 6-quart container modified into an SWC container for two plants. For ventilation, I have a 120mm computer fan powered by a 12VDC wall-wart from some random electronic equipment. I am using an over-sized air pump Rating: 5

[khyberkitsune]

End of week 3. First week of 12/12 finished!

Have an animation.

[demoreal]

It's so hard to keep things in check with a grow so small. You think it will make it through stretch without exploding the CPU?
Watching this grow is making me want to start a micro grow. Actually I think I will this summer!
Your grow is coming nice!!!

[khyberkitsune]

It's so hard to keep things in check with a grow so small. You think it will make it through stretch without exploding the CPU?
Watching this grow is making me want to start a micro grow. Actually I think I will this summer!
Your grow is coming nice!!!

If I continue my two week long supercropping/training it should be able to hold, JUST BARELY. The way it's looking I might have to literally cut a hole in my case and just set the LED panel on top shining through the hole for the headroom.

It has certainly become a bit of a challenge. It's drinking about a gallon of nutrients every 4 days.

[khyberkitsune]

Update for 4/20, of course!

I'm still worried, they're getting larger and STILL DENSER every night. I've got some horizontal room left to go but the vertical space is suddenly at a MASSIVE premium. I am SERIOUSLY considering the original idea to buy a metal-cutting bit and actually set the panel on top of the PC case to have the extra vertical height needed to finish, because that's how hardcore the growth is compared to a PC grow with CFL, and I'm training it hardcore with every single node being pinched and bent if possible. Bear in mind this is an older A/V workstation case, it is larger than a typical ATX case.

[khyberkitsune]

Pistils are showing!

[khyberkitsune]

Yea, I know I was lax on an update - was out of town for the weekend.

Came back, thinned out the PC case some. There was some dead stuff that had been choked out by the thickness of the plant, and I cut away the bottom branches that were going to be far too small to produce anything worthwhile.

[wolfgar]

looking good:thumbsup:

i was looking at the pic and it struck me that if u took some opaque material (cardboard or something) and covered it in reflective material then used it to make a floor across the whole box just above planter u might be able to increase the light efficiency a bit. good idea? :stoned:

[khyberkitsune]

looking good:thumbsup:

i was looking at the pic and it struck me that if u took some opaque material (cardboard or something) and covered it in reflective material then used it to make a floor across the whole box just above planter u might be able to increase the light efficiency a bit. good idea? :stoned:

Not really, as there's rarely any chlorophyll on the undersides of the leaf. Best lighting is top and sides.

I'm actually still somewhat worried. I don't think I'm going to be able to get the yield I'm looking for because I just don't have the space, but we'll see.

[jtsik330]

What if you get a smaller res. It looks like that ma get you another 1 to 2 inches.