Check out my first grow! Pics finally!

[MisterSource]

After reading so much info here over the months, and learning so much from the cool peeps on this forum, I finally dove in. I plan to ScrOG once I go to flowering, and will be transplanting to much better soil as well.

This cab is just for veg. Probably will be keeping the mother in there, and try to always have babies going in. I will be getting a much larger cabinet later for the flowering stage. I will post photos of that as I build it, as I am starting that in a few days.

Cabinet - Plastic storage cabinet from Home Depot. I painted the inside with flat white paint, siliconed the seams, and weather stripped the doors. I have a 4 inch passive inlet at the bottom, and an exhaust at the top, powered by a small fan I got from Radio Shack.

Lighting - Just using fluorescent T5 kit from Sun System. I am suprised how well the plants are responding to thos mini tubes. Exact model is "New Wave 24" by Sun System. I bought a single fixture today I will be using for clones. I kinda just shoved it in the corner of the veg box for now, just for a little more light.

Filter - Well, I was going to make a carbon scrubber, but I found that since it's just vegging, it isn't too bad. I just wrapped some furnace filter material around a foam that has activated carbon in it, taped it right over the exhaust fan outlet. It seems to works so far.

Venting - 4 inch inlet at the bottom(passive) / 6 inch exhaust at top powered by small Radio Shack fan. The cabinet is in my closet with sliding doors. I have the intake side cracked open to let in fresh air, and the filtered exhaust goes out the top of the cracked door.

Strain - 5 Master Kush, and 1 Purple Kush. I got them as clones, and they were beat up. I was suprised they pulled through.

Soil - I have Fox Farm ready for when I go to flowering. I plan to transplant, and then move directly to flowering stage.

Nutrients - All I have been using is a little Miracle Grow, and Superthrive. A very diluted amount. I have Fox Farm setup , and just began using them today. They seem to like it.

Watering - I pretty much wait until they dry out, and then flush heavily every 3-4 days. In the morning I mist the leaves with my water/nute mix.

I think I covered most of it?? I probably got a little carried away with pruning, but these babies seem to be fine. Temps have been solid. I leave my window open accordingly, and use the heater when needed at night. I sleep in the room, so they should be getting a good amount of CO2.

The flowering cab will have much better venting, filtering, and a 400w HPS cool tube. I plan to have the filtering all done within the cab, as I want this cab to be free standing, and inconspicuous.

I just wished I had used the right soil/nutes from the beginning. I will try to keep updating photos and progress on the flower cab if any are interested.

Any questions or comments are greatly appreciated!

MisterSource Reviewed by MisterSource on 03-03-2006. Check out my first grow! Pics finally! After reading so much info here over the months, and learning so much from the cool peeps on this forum, I finally dove in. I plan to ScrOG once I go to flowering, and will be transplanting to much better soil as well. This cab is just for veg. Probably will be keeping the mother in there, and try to always have babies going in. I will be getting a much larger cabinet later for the flowering stage. I will post photos of that as I build it, as I am starting that in a few days. Cabinet - Rating: 5

[k1ucHt]

Look very healthy to me.. what day are they on in that pic?

[MisterSource]

It's about week 4 since it was placed into the soil.

There was some shock due to transporting a few times. Overall, they have been very hardy. I know I pruned way too much (about 30% was removed before these photos). I think Kush is a pretty easy plant to grow, or I have been very lucky so far.

I want to get them to about 1 foot or so before I go to flowering. I will top them a few times, as to train them for ScrOG.

[MisterSource]

Wow, I just started misting the leaves with the new nutes. All I can say is WOW. They are responding quite well to the new mixture! I will take some new photos tomorrow to show the difference a day makes.

[MisterSource]

Look how much happier they look now, with just some foliar feeding. Using a dliuted mixture of Fox Farm/Superthrive mix.

[MisterSource]

Seemed like my babies were struggling the last couple days.

Temps were good, getting plenty of fresh air, etc... so today I pulled one out of the pot, and it looked like the roots were heading back up because there was no place to go?

I decided to transplant to 5 gallons today. No room in my small cab for these, so they are gonna sit in the tub until tonight. I am going to go get the bigger cab now since I need a place to put these.

[MisterSource]

comments? pointers? am i doing anything wrong?

[florida boy 3]

be careful with the superthrive. you've done a good job, keep up the good work.

[luvbud]

wow they look nice for just using floros!! I will have to try fox farm. Right now I am using Organic Mexican bat guano which is working very nice! Keep growin!!!:thumbsup:

[MisterSource]

thanks. i was suprised how well the lil t5s worked as well.

I am picking up a 400w hps cool tube for the flowering. Do you think I should leave them under the current lights for the rest of teh veg? Or go ahead and switch over to the HPS?

in fact, teh ballast I am getting is digital/switchable. Should I go to MH for veg?