PC Case grow - Stealth + Perpetual + LST

v12xjs

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Hey ER
The indica does look a bit funny :)
Roots are really small on her. I think she's only had about 7 drinks of water in her whole life. She has a fine smell, kind of like fresh lemons with lots of vodka :)
She's above 30% amber now and ready to chop but I've not had the privacy to do it. Maybe tonight.
I whipped pandora back into shape last night so she's got around 12 good good little colas. It's time I stopped messing and let them just grow.

Welcome HeC
Thanks for the props & helping out worm. I hope reading this stuff has helped you. Good luck with your grow.

Cheers Neph and Greets fs. Got your camera charged yet?
 

v12xjs

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Hey Thanks you guys, but you are all easily pleased. I'm totally embarassed with that indica. It's such a wuss!
I knew it would be teeny from day 1 but it still doesn't make me proud :(
As long as it smokes I guess it will do, but Pandora is the girl for me.

Got 2 updates for you guys today. A smoke report on Granita and a couple of pics of Pandora all trussed up again.

Smoke report is all good. I like something that knocks me down and gets me thinking creatively but Granita was pulled a bit too early for that. Instead I have been very active but totally stoned at the same time. The taste is creamy and very smooth. There's a nice vanilla flavour on the roof of my mouth too.
The hit kicked in after around 10 minutes and just got stronger and stronger for about 2 hours with a nice comedown that takes another 30 minutes or so and no fatigue or tiredness at the end.
Topping up just made the hit stronger so by bedtime last night I was totally mashed :)
All in all a good result :)

Here's the pics of Pandora. Got her back in the chains and she fits in the case as she should once more. The tops are starting to ice up a bit and she's putting out a nice perfume now too.
You may also notice the new fan I fitted. I was running ok last summer but as I've added the little blue cfl lamp now, I think the temps will get too hot soon so I've taken action before it affects the crop. I only had the zalman fan that would fit but temps have dropped to 77.7 within a few mm of the bulb and with the outside temp at 72.5, it's looking good for the summer.
Enough babbling, here's the pics:
 

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dsn

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What are Your plans on futue? Will You stay with pc case or try in larger cab?
 

v12xjs

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What are Your plans on futue? Will You stay with pc case or try in larger cab?
Hey dsn

I've done some really big grows in the past but I hate dealing and don't need much for myself these days so I'm happy sticking with the pc case.
I love a challenge though, so there's a few ideas buzzing round my head just now. I really wanted to get a spider in there like floridasucks cos that's just sooo cool, but I need it to produce weed all day every day and I couldn't balance the needs of my plants with the needs of a spider in the same case, so I've put that on the backburner.
I have a nice P4 core2 duo laptop with some burn damage that made it real cheap now, so hooking that up inside the case is on the agenda.
I also thought about those 12v wind up torches the other day too. It seems that if I took one apart then I would get a charging system and compatible battery plus some pre connected LEDS that could be changed for more suitable growing LEDS. Add a bigger battery and maybe a 12v solar panel and I could grow for free. I'm sure I'll have a torch in bits on the table in the next few days :)
 

ElephantRider

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I knew you'd want a pic ER :)
Here's a couple:
Thank you SOOOOOO much, man. I know it's ugly, (WHERE THE HELL ARE THE LEAVES!?) but it gives me some hope for my grow. My plants are tiny and slow as balls. I was reading a bit more about Citral last night.. not uncommon for it to be fully done @ 18" even outside! So.. this thing is a serious dwarf! And also known to grow slow. Odd. I'm imagining that's what mine will end up looking like, since they seem to not be growing vertically at all.
 

v12xjs

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Funny thing is that I toasted the leaves trying to find out how long I could leave it without watering. The answer was a day less than I thought so all the leaves took one for the team :)
 

floridasucks

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hey good idea with a solar panel v12.


i missed out on what happend to that indica, want to fill me in? it still looks somewhat smokeable or you could hash it.
 

arcticvapors

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hey v12...i dont see apic of your lighting setup (well, except for that 16watter you got hanging by the fans)...i'd like to see the lighting area. I still cant get over how low your temps stay in the pc when I cant get my temps that low (although as you saw in my thread, I do have carbon filter son my exhaust fans which is prolly killing their CFM bvalues and as they are low to begin with...) anyways, would love a pic o fthe light arrangement...and great grow!!

My girl is doing great, LST'ed and quite a few bud sites...my temps hover around mid 80s since I re-sorted my pc case. i've got another bag seed plant at 23 days of 12/12 and waiting to show sex...fingers are crossed...which makes it real hard to type!

peace
 

v12xjs

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9 - 10g is my guess too ER. That's a good eye you have there :)

Hey fs
The solar panel has to be investigated. I think you can get a ballast and HID on 12v too that would kick ass. They are the HID upgrades you see on pimped out cars. They do 6500k for sure and I think they do 3000k.

Not much of a story to the indica. I always use feminised seeds but got a duff batch before Christmas. I only found out when I got balls in the case. Twice!
I only had 1 dodgy seed left and no money so I traded the seed for the seed that produced Granita and did another deal to get the indica seed. Both were feminised so I planted them until I could get some money together and get myself back on track. From experience I knew the indica wouldn't do well for me but a bit is better than nothing and it gave me time to save for my Jack seeds. I think I mentioned it at the time I planted it and called it at 10g max even then. I'm like ER in that respect :)
 

v12xjs

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arcticvapors

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thats right...you use the envirolight...forgot about that. and no cooltube, just the fan blowing inline with the bulb...cool (no pun intended). i didn't think that the double fan arrangement around the carbon filter would work...i may try that in my pc case...although temps are good right now so i may not need too. my other case, a server tower that I bought off ebay, has tremendous heat issues...but that's a whole 'nother story i dont want to hijack your thread...thanks for the info and peace!
 
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