Questions from a grower wannabe

[seabud]

I'm thinking for using my empty 2f x 2f x 6f cabinet to grow some stash.I've been some reading in this forum for a while now but there's still some technical questions keep bothering me.Hope to get some help from u guys.

1. Is my cabinet big enough to grow 2 plants?I'm thinking getting some strain with lower height(like big bud).

2. I thinking of buying the carbon filter from ebay under this seller http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmetamerchantQQhtZ-1
Just wanna know how well does this thing work? If anyone who had bought it please tell me ur comment. and how long will the charcoal in there last? how do i refill it? Removing the odour is really important for me. And bcos of that i might be closing the cabinet tight at most of the time. I wonder how bad will the ventalization of this kind effect the plant? i will be putting a small fat in there. Will the carbon filter itself create some kind of ventalization already?

3. i will be chosing some cfl. I just need some suggestion about what kind to chose. i understand that it's better to have different bulb duirng different period. what kind of watt and colour temperature should i chose for the cabinet size of mine?? i'm thinking of buying two cfls like this
http://www.lighting.philips.com.sg/s...btab=technical
will that be enough? i dun want it to get too hot in there as like i said..i might be sealing the cabinet up most of the time.

4. How long does it take for plant to get harvest..approximately? 5 months? and when does it start to smell? issit flowering period? How many days can i can leave it without any care inside a cabinet (cos i might be going out of town).

5. if it's a male plant doest it mean that i have to throw it away?(issit really not worth smoking?) is the chances of getting female higher than male? around what time will i know that this plant is male of female?

thanks everyone..i just really hope that i can really grow my own stast cos it's really hard over here to find some decent weed and i'm dying to smoke. Infact i'm going back to London (where i got my degree) to smoke up..miss the good old days too much..keke peace everyone.:rasta:

seabud Reviewed by seabud on 07-26-2006. Questions from a grower wannabe I'm thinking for using my empty 2f x 2f x 6f cabinet to grow some stash.I've been some reading in this forum for a while now but there's still some technical questions keep bothering me.Hope to get some help from u guys. 1. Is my cabinet big enough to grow 2 plants?I'm thinking getting some strain with lower height(like big bud). 2. I thinking of buying the carbon filter from ebay under this seller http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmetamerchantQQhtZ-1 Just wanna know how well does this Rating: 5

[seabud]

by the way..the full link for the cfl is here.
http://www.lighting.philips.com.sg/s...btab=packaging

if anyone who is using the phillips or osram cfl will be the best. just gimme the models then i can find...and yeah...the inner of the cabinet is already paint white..so i guess is good enough for the reflection and stuff.i'm just worry that it's too small to install too many lights and it got too hot.
thanks again everyone.

[seabud]

Despite not getting any response from anyone..(i understand that most of the ppl in here have seen my question over and over again..it's cool) i still manage to read and find some info i needed in this forum.

At last i've started my first grow. I could have started earlier but i got a trip to london and amsterdam last week. So have to delay till now. (Man Amsterdam is just wicked...i would like to retired there)

Anywayz..can anyone pls take a look a the pictures and tell me what u think? I got 5 cfls at 23W each. Please also take a look at two of my baby gal and tell me if they are fine?Both of them are 5 days old(but 1 of them seems to be a lot taller..mayb i plant the other one deeper??) and They are EasyBud from Female seeds.

So far i got one problem--temperature..i know that it's best to keep at 75-80 F (25-28C) but when i switch all 5 bulb on and closed the door tight...the temp will rise to nearly 90F!! i got a small fan in there as u can see but dun think it helps a lot. Is this kinda of temperature will have a big effect on the plant? I think it could be bcos i'm living close to the equator and the weather is hotter than most of u guys in there..usually at night i will switch on the aircon and open the cabinet door just to let it cool down a bit..(also around 85F...please gimme some advice...!!

Really hope that this time will get some response from some of u guys...peace out.:thumbsup:

[BigBudDaddy08]

Hey bro your plants are looking fine ,But i would cut off those 2 lights that are no where near close to your plants .There doin almost nothing ,and also it would cut down on your temps untill you get a bigger fan .And also try placing your fan where it blows right between the tops of your plant and the bottom of the bulb .Also your temps will go down a little bit when you get a bigger fan. But without fresh air coming in your temp's want go down much .And also the more fresh air you got the more you plants will grow. I dont know what you got your lights on but i would go with 18/6 to let your room cool down .But always leave your fan on non stop , and move your fan closer to your pots

[green_gardenr]

even tho your seeds were feminized you still have to watch out for males and the reason why everyone doesnt like there males is because the will pollinate your female plants that are near it so instead of your females putting their effort to creating delicious sticky buds it waste it on seeds....another thing is what color temp are those bulbs your using for vegging you want something around 6500k and for flowering around 2700k.... do you have an intake vent?? that would help cool it down for sure if nto u should make

[seabud]

wow finally there's someone...thanks a lot a lot green_gardener and bidbuddaddy08...hope there are more tips and advices to come.

Ok..I've got a bigger fan (see from pig) and blow it right between the bulb and the plant. I also switched off the two light bulb and the temp did go down aroudn 2-3 C.....i didnt have any intake vent since my room is sandwiched between 2 others and the cab is no where near the window. I did pierce two holes (1 one top and one and the bottom ). I read from somwhere that this might help just a little.

now here's the big question..if let anyone you guys who read this to choose. Will u choose to go for 24h staright (what i'm doing now) which will cos the temp to be higher.?? or go for 18/6 or 20/4 just to cool down the place a bit..i know that 24 will let the plant grow faster....

and yes..green gardener..4 of my bulb are 6500k and one of them is 2700k...i read that mixing one 2700k is slightly better..i dunno why...can anyone tell me??or those are just bullshit...i also read from somwhere that it's not good to put the light too close to the plant before it reach around 4 inches..is that true..can someone look at the pic and tell me if the light distance is fine??

Oh yea.. i got another baby gal poping out 2day..and it's growing real fast...i can hardly see it from the soil before i went to work and when i come back..it;s already like this..(from pic)...now i started to worry that my cab will get too bushy when they all grow up...do u guys think there;s enough room? i dun wan them to grow too big though.....

and aslo..how bad will the smell be for 3 plants? i'm not planning to get any fancy scrubber or purifier..i'm just thinking of buying lots of in car perfume to put around my room...will that be enough..if i put them in the cab..will the smell have any effect to the plant??

thanks loads and loads..

[green_gardenr]

i've heard on here that using 18/6 does nicely because it gives the plant time to rest then it also no such a big change when u switch to 12/12 i think the light distance is fine for now when it does get bigger kept it between 1 and 2 inches away form the plant...those plants should be pretty stinky im planning on getting a tru air carbon filter form wal mart only 15 bucks and it is just a plug-in type

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...sin=B000063D6F its near the cfls in wal mart and cheaper there

[BigBudDaddy08]

Yeah bro your box if fine ,but always remember you may have a male or hermie .
And if you think your box is to small, LST them i got alot of tips for LST and also other threads on the site .18/6 all the way untill your flower. Also about your bulbs it doesnt matter but make sure for 18/6 you got the 6500k bulbs on and get some 2700k bulbs for flowering .As for smell dunno your gonna have to see between all 18 of my grows i havent had 1 plant but male's stink up the room.Just so happens if your stuff is super dank during flowering ,those Airwick plug in things work amazing and also the got CFL 's that get rid of the smell

[seabud]

thanks again for the tips guys...ok..so i will switch the light to 18/6 then later..i have got the elec timer ready....hopefully this will cool down the cab a bit.

You see the thing is...i dun live in america ..in fact i only live in a small town..there's lots of thing that mention in the forum that i never heard of and can never get (just like a bigger wattage of cfls..dun even mention the bulb that can get rid of the odour..) ...i've seen those carbon fiber on ebay but it's a bit too ex for me at the moment....but i know Airwick~! yeas...so i think i will go for it....bigbud daddy ..are you talking about those auto spray thingy? or just the normal plug in? i bought an anti tobacco ones...which is there a smell that work the best??

[BigBudDaddy08]

Im talkn about the ones that are in glass bottles and a white top that it hooks up too .And the purple colored stuff smells really good lol its kinda like a whiff of heaven .Man i got one in the bathroom and in a days period ill go in there 20 times just smell that plug in