My 2nd Hide from the parents grow-log! CFLs+bagseed=ChEaP!

[Crimson]

hehe realy like this one,
have you transplanted yet, any more pics ?

Crimson Reviewed by Crimson on 10-24-2006. My 2nd Hide from the parents grow-log! CFLs+bagseed=ChEaP! sooo i tried about a year ago but i wasnt smart about it...no ventilation, overwatered, used seeds from an ashtray, out of 15seeds, 2 germ'd (lol)....then i had 2 leave 4 vacation so i had 2 abort....that was then, this is now: **Grow space about 20x20x28in hidden and light proofed, the 3 drawers are just the faces nailed 2gether (pics) then a piece of plywood that i weather stripped is used 2 seal it...the exhaust fan creates a vacuum sealing it just fine. 3 Walmart CFLs : 2 Rating: 5

[greenburn]

Quite impressed with your grow, i've been following it for about a week now. You seem to have done your research and I like the stealthiness of it. I'm looking around for a decent sized dresser i can take the back off of and grow in there. Anything you've noticed to look for when trying to find a stealth grow spot?

Btw, thanks for the posts in my log

[Firebloom]

Heya turbo

Didnt see anybody answer your question about the reflector you wanna make.
Personally I would go with #1 from your pic (its a parabola... like the Tool song :thumbsup That should provide a good even spread across the entire grow area for ya.

I'm about to transplant my first plant here as well... I'm kinda nervous about it too haha.


Keep up the awesome work man


:stoned:

[greenburn]

I have found that kneading the cup lightly all around the diameter helps lossen the soil and lets it all come out a little bit easier. Also tapping the bottom (if you hold it upside down) works too.

[oturbojoeo4o]

well ive been off here 4 a while sorry peeps, im used to daily updates been growth has been slow so i figured i really needed to transplant! i went to homedepot and they had no square pots....no one did! so while i was there i bout some SCHULTZ 2-7-7 ...made for cactus and other succulents, 7 drops per every quart...i heard this was good stuff so i bought it for like 2 bucks...no luck on the square pots soooo.....

ok well i transplanted! i went to the dollar store and bought some tupperware...like 4 quarts i think for a 1.50...i cut the tops off so they are square all the way up...i didnt have any white paint so i freakin painted it black...hope that doesnt roast my roots

anyways i used SantaClawz idea and i cut the cup off since the soil was still kinda damp it didnt wanna slide out...the roots looked awesome, i didnt think there was going to be that many!

so i bought MG soil and i mixed it with some pro-mix i had since i heard MG is kinda strong for MJ pants...the MG soil was for "newly planted" and promotes rapid root growth...this soil was sooooo soft

i went to wal-mart and bought some activated carbon for lil over 4 bucks for 9oz of it...and i bought a 4pack of those filters for your furnace for $2.20 and im gonna make my own carbon scrubber out of it

(omg and the cup of noodles was 32 cents and a fuckin frozen 12inch pizza was 98cents!!!!! lol aweome muchie food)

i also went to the hardware store in the clearance section they had a socket prewired with a movable head for $1, bought 10 of those little wire clamps for 10 cents each, and i bought that miracle grow soil

here some pics ive collected over the few days...plants look really shitty i dont know why! really droppy i also moved the CFLs lil further away since the damn plant has 5 nodes and it looks like a freakin lowryder!, the light seems like it struggles to penetrate, im running the 2 5500k CFLs and the 70watt HPS at the same time i have about 54 watts per square foot at the moment, id like to either buy another 70watt HPS or thinking about buying a 150w(scared about heat) i have 2 empty sockets that i can put CFLs into but i wanna buy maybe a CFL security light and convert that who knows i just hope these plants dont get shocked from the transplant.

i also gotta get used to the dry/wet weights of the pots again, and Firebloom: i bent it the best i could since when you bend it to where you want it, it just goes back to its old shape...so i had to bend it like extremely so i kinda ended up with a parabola, more like a ^ without the sharp edge more rounded

greenburn i just say try to keep it light proof and make sure you have good air circulation...you can basically turn anything into a grow cab...im currently looking at a broken bigscreen TV that i might gut out and light proof...

i really like these rubbermaid grows you see, Bodom of children and TheGreenFog have excellent examples! but these must be hidden in a closet because at first glance you can tell it aint just no ordinary rubbermaid tub

i like the grows that are in plain site and no one knows!, i try to hide intake and exhaust, i turn my fan on a lower setting when i need to be really stealthy

my favorite grows of all time consist of the C13 and C22 wardrobes...they are the best growing space for any house! they have much hhead room and they look like a regular wardrobe, you can seal the doors very easily, really easy to drill holes and run tubing/hoses

im really thinking about this for the future with a small DWC hydro setup, id really love to try hydro...id like a wardrobe in my room because i have a perfect spot where i can exhaust the air straight out the window, i figured id seal the window and tubing ..thats another subject ill stick with this grow for now!

but id really like to grow withmuch height restrictions

enjoy, give me some input :thumbsup:

[greenburn]

Can you post a link on how to make your own carbon scrubber? That may be a fun weekend project, you might be inspiring me to make a grow cab out of my desk drawers, i would have to take measurements, if I do i'll try to keep a grow log.

[oturbojoeo4o]

WOW! so i get home like 10 mins ago and i was like well ill check and see if they both are wilted instead of just one (Havanna)

so i crack open the door, temp was 85...humid 36% and the plants look beautiful, ive never seen them so full of life, no crispy feeling leaves...the leaves looks nice and flat...seems like they stretched a lol bit which i wanted since they were super compact

i guess transplanting was the greatest idea. or maybe it was this schultz cactus food? who knows

soo i was in such a good mood that i hooked up another CFL its a warm white one 42W(actual) and i have it facing the plants and i have my exhaust turned on high so now im about 73W per square foot

here some quick pics...compared to how they looked at around 8 or 9 o clock

I think this is day 18 from sprout...i cant remember, i really dont know how long im gonna veg, i think long enough so i can do some LST, right now theyre really small with a fatass stem!

[oturbojoeo4o]

i really dont know where there are instructions on how to build a small scale carbon scruber...so i just making mine to look like the fish filters:
filter element with carbon sandwiched inbetween....im sure ill make a lil tutorial, but im hoping it works like i want it to and doesnt cause my fan to work really hard which makes it kinda loud (not cool)

i was thinking about mocking the large scale ones that look like a cylinder, but my exhaust port is a rectangle soo im gonna see what i can do

[oturbojoeo4o]

fuckin woke up and the warm CFL i added had leaned to far towards havanna and gave her some burns...i sure she will heal from this, it just took me by surprize when i opened the door and the CFL was basically crushing the plant

i just took the CFL out because the temps were 90 degrees and 25% humid sooo...i also left my space heater on all night and forgot, so i think that might have been a lil factor in the crazy high temp

[Anathema2121]

Looking great man, just a few tips:

1. Let your soil dry up pretty good before transplanting. It will stay together in one big mass better than if its wet.

2. I saw you say you wanted them to stretch because they're super compact. If you just wait another week or so they'll take care of that naturally. At least, thats how my babies always did under CFLs. Like just pile node on top of node on top of node and then finally then the nodes just spread out a little.

3. You said you wanted to do some LST'ing. I'm still technically on my first grow (last one got stolen), and we tied the plants down a week or two ago. They fucking exploded with growth since then, and the way the shape of the plant has changed is just fucking too cool.

oh, and don't sweat that leaf that burned on that cfl, it happens