cactusman's time machine

[cactusman23]

alrighty buds, heres a progress report of my current clones, I took five cuttings about 24 days ago, I have since pared it down to 2. I wanted the best 2 to put into flower. the first pic is the cuttings, the last two are the current candidates. I'm planning on putting them in flower wednesday, I'll problaly just add a 42w 27k flo, or stick em under my 125. If you havnt noticed by now, I'm using my first box again, I redid the back added 6 inches in height also. I put it in my closet. since its way cooler than my garage.

[cactusman23]

alrighty, just a few pics of my old cab with the extension I put on it. Its still a work in progress, (does it end?) but I went a little crazy. When this box reaches its potential, it will make a nice compliment to my other box, which is running a little cooler with a new thermaltake fan. I decided to put my 150w hps in the box to test out the temps in my closet. Needless to say, the hps generated plenty of heat to cause some concern for the plants. I put a computer fan close to the ceiling of my closet and it has reduced the heat considerably, so I'm happy with that. I put a fan blowing directly on the reflector and socket which has kept it cool to the touch. I believe this would benefit greatly If I bulid some kind of cool tube, or just some kind of glass and fan setup. Something else to obsess over. The next step is to put some fans in the box for some circulation in the box. I did get a couple of singed leaves but I had it too close to the light, other than that, the subjects are doing quite well. I will post pics of the ladies at the end of the week, heres some of my box, ballast and fans.:stoned:

[cactusman23]

heres some pics folks, the first three show the happy growing clones, the fourth is a slight mod I made to my reflector I bent and drilled it so I could mount my lamp horizontally. Its given it better light and heat dispersal, so I raised the bubble tub closer to the light. the last photo shows a preflower on the right plant, oh I put em in 12/12 on the 28th. I'm trying to somewhat replicate my firts grow only with a 150w hps this time.:thumbsup:

[cactusman23]

I was strolling around goodwill the other day, looking for something, mostly inspiration, when I came across this glass serving tray or pie tray, and it struck me that I could somehow bolt this to my setup. Frankly the hps scares the shit out of me, I have a phobia about it blowing up in my face. I put four screws and washers around the glass to fasten it. I allowed some space so it could hang a bit and allow air to pass between the light and glass. It came out pretty sturdy and with no slippage between glass and screws. My two hydro clones are growing like crazy, they have more than doubled in height since they went 12/12. They've definitely put on another 3 inches since friday. Hence I needed to do something about the heat from the bulb. I'll be mating the reflector with a fan eventually, to further cool it down.:rasta:

[BlueBear]

That was a good idea with the glass trey, just hope that it's heat treated, but who knows it may not make a difference. When I read the first log I was wondering why you didn't use bigger pots, but you learn from exp I guess. I always like reading a detailed log, keep it up.
Adieu

[cactusman23]

Hello buds, got some pics for ya and some more follies and adventures for you this week. Where shoud I start, hmm, well, I'm gonna have to find another cab to put my bubble clones in, due to them out growing the box. The addition of the glass plate has helped lower temps in the box, so thats a plus, also its made of pyrex, forgot to mention that in my last post. The clones themselves have shown to be extremely resilient and vigorous. The both of them are now 33" in height. I added a really half ass extension that I fucking hate, so I decided to find something else to put them in......again. Gonna try to find some thing around 4 to 5 feet in height, 6 would be choice. The 1st pic is a group shot which does not show the whole plants, the second pic is a closeup of the left plant(tiamat), the third is the right plant(ghidrorah). The fourth is the crappy extension which is basically a drawer with the bottom taken out, the fifth is a "down" shot. cactus out.

[cactusman23]

just a few shots of my ladies with some clones thrown in for fun, i managed to move my babies into my 'other' box. I had to cut a hole in the top just to accomadate these girls gone wild. I sure need something short, hope to find one in my collection one of these days.

[turtle420]

Hey cMan!

Looking good man.

Lord!!!
You've got a jungle going on in there!!!

Just dropping by to say Hello.

Love man, good vibes to you!,

-turtle420
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[cactusman23]

just thought i'd let ya'll know, i will be destroying my plants soon, and hanging up my growing cleats for awhile. better lights, nutes, and equipment doesnt necesarliy equal a better grow. genetics make a huge difference. I am so turned off with my last grows, I havnt smoked in close to a month, so i'm not craving or even thinking about weed, i'm also starting a new job and i dont feel like paying any more attention to these bitches anymore. these plants have not stopped stretching at all, and they are taking forever to finish and quite frankly I dont want to do this for awhile. I know I could problaly order some 'high' quality fast finishing seeds, but its something I wont even go into. I do not like risking my life for some beans, and its a chance I will 'NEVER' take regardless of what anyone thinks or says. If by chance I could find someone locally, I would reconsider, just not now. thanks to all who have stopped by my little logs for a gander or two. I will still be coming around the boards and posting, just not growing for now. This was a surprisingly easy decision to make believe it or not. Thanks to all, and dont give up on ya'lls grows. I'll be growing in spirit with youse guys, laters, cactus out.

[kdspecial]

It really is a fulltime Job somtimes. I get annoyed with it too so does my Gf. She hinks I like the plants more than her, Which I think I might. But It can be a painful labour, Although I love it somtimes I just wish it could be more simple. that will come with some experience I think

Good grow mang.

kd_special