PC Case grow - Stealth + Perpetual + LST

[AudiA6Driver]

NICE!! i think im going to start a little micro grow to, i have many shitty comps laying aound, and i think i have a server that would work perfect, I just like the look of the little plant with hugs ass buds on it. Your grow is an inspiration! lol Enjoy the rewards man!

 

[Phase420]

LOOOOOOOKING GOOD!!! Dusty looks amazing... wish i could come have a session with that!! Thinking about try to put another one of my blue mystics in and just starting it at 12/12! happy harvesting v12!

 

[v12xjs]

Cheers guys.
I don't know what you're waiting for. Gut that server and pop that seed!

 

[maturesmoker]

Well, that's without doubt the biggest individual bud that I have seen pulled from a PC case grow and that's only a part of her!!!!!! Nice one V12

I'm with you on not trimming my buds down too tight too, I smoke every bit of it save the bigger leafs.

'Brilliant' is the only adjective I can find to describe this grow mate.

 

[gumball]

Brilliant link gumball. Thank you.
I must have deleted all my old cfl links but I'm pretty sure there's plenty coming from your cfl's and some from the CMH. Don't forget how strong HPS grown weed can be without any UV exposure. I wouldn't get too hung up about it.
I notice you have a lot of blue light in that bulb selection, any particular reason?

Really glad you appreciated that NLNo5, that must have taken some finding.
I suppose it is a bit Zen. More by accident than design
I'm just floating on a cloud of NL myself, been looking forward to it all day.
Thanks for checking in.

Just chopped Dusty. Well a bit of her anyway. The case looked all empty and her replacement bean hasn't even hit the paper towel yet, so I just took the smaller of the twin colas and the popcorn. I'll get the rest in a day or 2.
She's very easy to trim, I've only taken the fan leaves as everything else is dripping with trichs. Here's the state of play:

very nice looking pre-harvest harvest!! a red bull size bud in a case that size is awesome. no reason on all the blue light, just want fewer bulbs, but still need a little blue. i really want to try this particular light too. so just me wanting to experiment!! keep that thing chugging 'em out and i will keep following!!

 

[v12xjs]

Hey ms. Bonkers innit?
I should prolly have used a clipper for scale like everyone else. My bad
I dread to think what you have in store with your new setup. I'll bet you'll need to use the clothes line for a bud dryer come July/August!

Cheers gum.
I don't think you can go wrong with a CMH/CFL mix. I'd be tempted to aim for 10-20% blue light from the cfl's with the rest being red. I found all red caused the leaves to yellow very early into flowering and adding 10% blue kept them green till the end. I didn't really push it any further as that was all I wanted.
There's plenty of blue even in the 3000k CMH so if you're looking at a 12/12 setup that may be a better choice than the 4200k IMHO.

 

[Bagz]

Hey man, have you seen or heard of a similar clear perspex cool tube setup like this used with HPS Bulbs? I have a 150W Hps in a small stealth shelf that I want to try it with?
If you have time check out my grow journal and see if you think a similar set up would work.
I think an Hps may be too hot for it but am keen to try.

 

[gumball]

Hey man, have you seen or heard of a similar clear perspex cool tube setup like this used with HPS Bulbs? I have a 150W Hps in a small stealth shelf that I want to try it with?
If you have time check out my grow journal and see if you think a similar set up would work.
I think an Hps may be too hot for it but am keen to try.

I don't know if this helps, but I am building a square cooltube out of plexiglass, 7" square by 19" long. I am going to put a 120mm pc fan at each end, and then exhaust out. I wish I had it built I would post a pic. But the plexiglass I am lookin at can withstand temps to 200 degrees f. If u are capable of custom building something like this it may work better for you.

 

[v12xjs]

Hey Bagz
My light is a HID so it prolly puts out similar heat to yours. A heatshield or cooltube like gumball is making should help your temps a lot. I notice you have more air going in to your cab than you are extracting though and I'm not sure that's the best way to cool things down. Maybe try turning those fans around so the big 1 is the exhaust and the smaller 1 is the intake. I think that might shave a few degrees off for you.
Good luck.

 

[maturesmoker]

Morning V12 I'm going to have a read through those links you posted today, got some time on my hands. I'll let you know what I think. You're right about the hop fields but so many have been lost over the past 50 years. My Nan used to take the whole family 'hopping' (7 children!!) it was the annual holiday for thousands of Londoners, 2 weeks spent in a tin hut in August picking hops and being paid by weight. Most was spent on food and drink though, the local pubs hiking up the prices to exploit the 'outsiders'!!!! But yes, I knew that the hop was a relative of cannabis, should be an interesting read, cheers.

Back on subject, I accept that my yields are low due to using CFL's, I just might look at this alternative having seen your results!

have a good day.

 

[v12xjs]

Greets ms. Hope you are surrounded by your lovely girls on this sunny day

Not too sure about a lack of yields between this bulb and the cfl's TBH.
If you remember, I was pulling 8 - 10 colas per plant with the cfl's and I can't really get more than 4 with this bulb. They are bigger buds for sure but the curing jars tell the tale and they are no more full now than they were last year.
I'm still happy with the change to CMH but I prolly would have saved my money and stuck with the cfl's if I knew then what I know know.

 

[maturesmoker]

Greets ms. Hope you are surrounded by your lovely girls on this sunny day

Not too sure about a lack of yields between this bulb and the cfl's TBH.
If you remember, I was pulling 8 - 10 colas per plant with the cfl's and I can't really get more than 4 with this bulb. They are bigger buds for sure but the curing jars tell the tale and they are no more full now than they were last year.
I'm still happy with the change to CMH but I prolly would have saved my money and stuck with the cfl's if I knew then what I know know.

INteresting! Like you I'm not looking for huge yields and atm I'm using the SUN wherever I can and they love it. Still behind glass but they still respond well to it I'm certain of that. I'll see how Trinny does. From about 11am the suns full on the back of the house all day so they will soon be out of the cab

Have you tasted the Kush at all yet? I could almost eat that stuff green I swear!! I'm still planning to try the VK once I thin out these SW's a little.

 

[v12xjs]

Sorry guys, I breached my fair use policy so my internet is being throttled. No more pics for a while I'm afraid.

Hey ms, Dusty was a bit average at 55 days, so I've had to leave her another week. She will prolly come down tonight as I need the space for the replacement seedling. Flavour was ok and should be better with a couple of weeks curing but the hit is unimpressive and I would only class it as a daytime smoke. Hopefully the extra week will help.

 

[tom__420]

You harvested her at 7 weeks... you were expecting it to be impressive? Not many plants finish in 7 weeks
Now don't freak out just offering kind advice bro you got a nice harvest
Here's a quote about Violator Kush(I believe this is what dusty was:
"Flowering period of this cannabis variety is 8-9 weeks which is typical for any indica dominated strains. Already at the beginning of flowering, Violator Kush develops an earthy, musty smell and flavour which becomes more intense during maturing. This strain is suitable for indoor and outdoor cultivation."
http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/barneys-farm-violator-kush-feminized/prod_1538.html
Next time you run if you let it go a full 8 or 9 weeks it should give you an impressive result, I have heard good things in the past of this strain

What strain are you growing next?

 

[maturesmoker]

tom-420, if you read the thread you will see that V12 counts day one of flowering from first pistils, not day 1 of 12/12 so you need to add another 12/14 days! That makes her closer to 70 days I believe which is pretty much good for any Kush strain I have grown?

V12, let us know how she is when you try the later cut? I have found with my Kush it takes a while to develop that sweetness in the taste but it will come through I'm sure.

 

[Phase420]

awwww sorry to hear we wont beseeing anymore awsome buds! That sucks! Hope all going well other wise...

 

[kilpox]

Wassup v12.
I interesting about 12/12 from seed. And im read about that if i grow 12/12 from seed i get lower THC. Do that is true or false? You grow 12/12 and smoke a lot of strains. So tell me,do you feel lower thc in your buds when u smoke it?

 

[monsoon]

I've been following this thread on and off since I first started visiting rollitup and it always impresses me.
I recently started a small trial grow just to see what could be accomplished in a pc. Although, my nugs are like midgets compared to yours haha

I've definitely learned a lot from my first attempt and now that I know what I can improve, I'll be able to get more out of my second harvest. (I just started a new plant) =D

Just out of curiosity, how much do you think the main bud in my photo would turn out to weigh?
This grow wasn't about yield, as I'm only expecting a single digit harvest, but since I've never grown, it's tough to tell.
The plant is at about Day 60 in the pic (taken about 10 days ago).

 

[v12xjs]

Thanks for your interest tom
Please don't post in this journal again.

Cheers ms.
Glad to see you got the 3 r's down np.

Hey & thanks Phase. The medicine cabinet is looking really sweet, just wish I could post an update on Monica, she's a real looker. All is not lost though, MacD's provide free access so I'll pop in for a coffee when I can
I'll catch up with your grow now.

Greets kilpox
Sorry you had a problem yesterday, my mailbox was full. I'll empty it now if you want to try again.
I can't measure thc except the good old fashioned way but I don't think there's any problem with what I grow. I never saw any links to height or age and thc production, and some of the newer auto strains are showing very high thc content. That would seem to show that early flowering and short stature prolly don't affect thc levels.

Hey monsoon
Nice looking plant. I'm guessing that's 60 days from seed so there's a way to go yet, maybe a month or so. Hard to give a guess on weight but it looks like there's plenty of indica in it so it won't grow up much more but it will grow out. The plant looks very similar to a plant Dopewear grew in his 1st journal, check it out if you want to see the kind of things you might expect.

Greets & good vibes DW.

 

[v12xjs]

Still got no pics to post but I came across something of interest I thought I'd share.
I visited that shop I mentioned that does over the counter seeds. Not a big place but very helpful. They stock Paradise and Greenhouse seeds and will get Serious stock in to order. They gave me some handouts and the Paradise brochure gave some tips on growing which suggest 80% humidity for veg! I checked the website to see if it was a printing error but it's the same there. 68 - 77F, 80% RH in veg and under 60% for flower. Here's the page, scroll down to the paragraph on indoor growing:
http://www.paradise-seeds.com/index.php?language=en&pageid=growtips

I was always told 40 - 60% RH although I do use humidity domes for small plants and it does keep them sweet. Anybody here using such high moisture levels during their grow?