jameslone
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What's up RIU? I decided to journal my first grow so I can keep track of my progress and/or failures. I built a homemade stealth pc growbox out of an old desktop pc that I had. I lined the interior with reflectix reflective material, 2 light sockets, 3 pc fans (intake, exhaust, movement), a diy carbon scrubber and a digital timer to run the 2 10W 6500k lumen CFL bulbs at 12/12 from seedling.
To start, i put about 5 bagseeds into a little tupperware pot filled with Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil. I watered it with tap water that was purified by a Brita filter, then boiled, then let sit out for 24 hours. I put the cover on top and put it in my drawer and after 7 days, 3 of the seeds popped out of the soil so I put the temporary growing medium into the pc growbox and turned that baby on.
I made 2 crucial mistakes here... 1. the lights were too hot and the fans didn't move enough air, so the temp in the growbox went up to 90 degrees and 2 of the 3 seedlings shriveled up and died. 2. the container was too far away from lights and the 1 surviving seedling stretched like 4 inches in one day.
After talking to some members of RIU I decided to transplant the seedling from its temporary home to a more suitable home and buried the long ass stem in the soil and left just the top inch above the soil.
To temporarily reduce the temperature in the box, I unscrewed one of the bulbs and the temps inside the growbox stayed stable at 75 degrees. My permanent fix will be to switch out the existing 5V DC adapter with a more powerful DC adapter that hopefully won't make the fans super loud but move enough air to keep the box cool.
Here are a few pictures that I took this morning that show what the seedling looked like when I opened the case for the first time in 24 hours. In the pictures, you can see that the container is on a stack of DVD's, but those weren't there for the first 24 hours. The container was sitting on the bottom of the box, about 12 inches from the light. Take a look at the incredible stretching woman. I haven't had a chance to take new pictures of the seedling in its new home yet, but when I open up the case tomorrow I will. Stay tuned. James L One.
To start, i put about 5 bagseeds into a little tupperware pot filled with Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil. I watered it with tap water that was purified by a Brita filter, then boiled, then let sit out for 24 hours. I put the cover on top and put it in my drawer and after 7 days, 3 of the seeds popped out of the soil so I put the temporary growing medium into the pc growbox and turned that baby on.
I made 2 crucial mistakes here... 1. the lights were too hot and the fans didn't move enough air, so the temp in the growbox went up to 90 degrees and 2 of the 3 seedlings shriveled up and died. 2. the container was too far away from lights and the 1 surviving seedling stretched like 4 inches in one day.
After talking to some members of RIU I decided to transplant the seedling from its temporary home to a more suitable home and buried the long ass stem in the soil and left just the top inch above the soil.
To temporarily reduce the temperature in the box, I unscrewed one of the bulbs and the temps inside the growbox stayed stable at 75 degrees. My permanent fix will be to switch out the existing 5V DC adapter with a more powerful DC adapter that hopefully won't make the fans super loud but move enough air to keep the box cool.
Here are a few pictures that I took this morning that show what the seedling looked like when I opened the case for the first time in 24 hours. In the pictures, you can see that the container is on a stack of DVD's, but those weren't there for the first 24 hours. The container was sitting on the bottom of the box, about 12 inches from the light. Take a look at the incredible stretching woman. I haven't had a chance to take new pictures of the seedling in its new home yet, but when I open up the case tomorrow I will. Stay tuned. James L One.
