Tuesday, 10/24/06
It is the first day, I had placed 20 seeds in a paper towel setup to germinate night before last. As of today 14 have shown taproots and been placed in Park??s Bio Dome plugs (Bio Dome found at www.parksseed.com). 10 days ago I placed 6 seeds directly in the Bio Dome to germinate, only 2 came up, though these are bag seeds and I expect nothing more than just a few anyway. The two from last week are about 1? and 1 ½? tall. The taller one has its?? second set of leaves and is looking quite healthy, the other got a shock on Sunday when the fan fell on it but is recovering nicely. I am using spring type compact fluorescent lighting, 2 150w and 2 100w bulbs. I will soon be getting 2 more of the 150w bulbs, giving me a total of 800w or around 9200 lumens in a 4.5-sq. ft. box. This should be pretty good for fluorescents. Below are the Bio Dome tray and inserts without the dome, and the grow box.
The grow box. You see here the lighting, though the way they are set up will be changed to where they are vertical for more direct lighting. Also there is an aquarium pump that is working in a bowl of water in the back to raise humidity, which is working a little. Humidity is staying around 40-50%. I would like to improve on this, but am unsure how. There is also a digital thermometer with high and low recording.
I will be painting the inside of the box this weekend in hopes of dropping the temperature a little more, it is staying around 85 to 93with the door open. With the door closed the temp rises to around 107 but the humidity rises sufficiently. I bought a can of flat white bathroom paint that has fungicides and mold reducers, this should cut down on those problems. I think the aluminum foil that it is lined with right now could be contributing to my heat problem. I would like to find some 2-color plastic sheeting, white on one side and black on the other for the bottom in case of spills.
I will also be purchasing some ceramic light fixtures this weekend to hang the lights vertically. I will be making some reflectors out of 1/8-in. panels and aluminum foil for more light focus. This will concentrate the light more where it is needed, whereas right now with the horizontal fixtures it is all spread out and not working too efficiently. I should notice a large increase in growth and internodal spacing. I am expecting about 2 oz of finished product if half are female. I plan to seed at least 2 females for future growing and eventually breeding for better quality. My next grow will be a perpetual harvest setup. I am planning a new grow box that will be larger, with better ventilation and cooling. It will have 4 chambers for seedlings, clones, mother and flowering. I will be using fluro??s again, totaling 1000w in the veg, and also in the flowering compartment. The seedling area will receive 500w and the clone compartment will receive 300w. I will be using the SOG method from then on. I don??t have access to clones or seeds of high quality plants here in NoFuckinWhere, Texas, so I am using lower quality seeded schwag. I grew one plant from these same seeds last year and it was much better quality than the smoke that it came from, considering it was sensi and was taken better care of. This will be my sons?? first grow, and I am proud that he is doing it with me. He is not much of a smoker, but he does occasionally and asked me if I would grow with him. Nice huh?
I am not feeding much right now, until all seedlings are a couple of inches tall. I have added a B1 formula and SuperThrive to the water along with a few drops of 6-6-6 Algoflash fertilizer. This fertilizer contains micronutrients and has worked very well for me in the past. Combined with the SuperThrive and B1 supplement plant growth is amazing even under fluorescent lighting. I need a little help with the cloning process, because my success rates haven??t been very high in the past. I use a cloning powder, not sure of the name because the label is missing, and floral foam. My next attempt I will try in the Bio-Dome which is supposed to increase success rates because of the humidity dome and the fact that the plugs only absorb the necessary water. The Bio-Dome works wonders with good seed, giving a 90 to 100% success rate most often. I plan on purchasing some Olivia??s gel to take the place of the powder and some Rootone.
DudeWheresMyPlant Reviewed by DudeWheresMyPlant on . Fluro Cabinet Grow Tuesday, 10/24/06 It is the first day, I had placed 20 seeds in a paper towel setup to germinate night before last. As of today 14 have shown taproots and been placed in Park??s Bio Dome plugs (Bio Dome found at www.parksseed.com). 10 days ago I placed 6 seeds directly in the Bio Dome to germinate, only 2 came up, though these are bag seeds and I expect nothing more than just a few anyway. The two from last week are about 1? and 1 ½? tall. The taller one has its?? second set of leaves Rating: 5