First Cardboard Box CFL Grow Valley Purple Clone!

[bud7144]

Started some LST today and plugged in the 55w bulbs, so bright. Had to add a fan to blow into the box with the door open right now to run the 55w. After the second week I plan to take out the AG lights and run the 4 26w and the 2 55w only. Enjoy!

 

[jhod58vw]

looking good bro freaken hella hot outside i'm in sac 90 outside last i checked

 

[bud7144]

Ya today was a warm one. Spent all afternoon discing at shady and had to rock a no-tee. Sweated my ass off, but the room my box is in is tiled and barely gets any direct sunlight and had a ceiling fan above so temps outside of the box are very comfortable.

 

[bud7144]

Well it was time to remove the AG grow lights so I can run the 55W lights full time instead of the blue spectrum bulbs. Temps are balanced between running AG lights vs. the 55Wers. The little bud sites are looking good and top grow is nice and deep green. Some older leaves are showing loss of nitrogen and such, but that will be included in the next batch of nutes.

 

[bud7144]

No need for new pics really not much change from yesterday. Buds are little still and not much hairs either. cant wait to see wat itll look like in a cpl more weeks. So far I am very impressed with what a few CFL's can do since only other indoor grows ive seen is my bro-in-laws 1000w hps system.

 

[laboratory]

Hey bro, subbing on this one for sure. I was going to make one of these due to a lack of space.
It is bad ass that you got started and shared pictures. I will have to post a link to mine when it is time.

Now that it is flowering, be careful with your temperatures. If it stays too warm, your plant will have heat stress, and the bud will come out fluffy, and not dense.

Looking good so far though, maybe relocate near some a/c vents? Anyways good job so far!

 

[bud7144]

Ya my exhaust fan is not strong enough to remove the heat. But since im getting a tent soon having trouble justifying another fan for that when everything is going into the tent when i get it.

 

[bud7144]

So bought the grow tent and inline fan and speed control yesterday, got it up and ready for plants. Just got to set up the lights and move the plant in.
Sun Hut XL 4x4x8
Hydrofarm inline 6" with a speed controller
Im considering bringing in 3 of my plants from my outdoor green house and start flowering them along with my Valley Purple thats starting to look nice for day 17 of flower. Enjoy the pics, next set of nutes will be adding molasses and Beastie Bloomz.View attachment 1598895View attachment 1598896View attachment 1598897View attachment 1598898View attachment 1598899View attachment 1598900View attachment 1598901View attachment 1598902View attachment 1598903

 

[bud7144]

Buds and pistils are busting out now. Adding the Beastie Bloomz tonight and then tomorrow im setting up the tent to run the Purple and adding some chernobyl due to their tastiness looking. Plus this weather in Sac is rediculous and the green house is getting beaten, lol.

 

[foulplayer]

+rep to you bud7144! I wish I could run a tent like that in my place! Even though I own my own house, I never know when family or friends might show up. So I have to still be discreet with my setup.

 

[bud7144]

+rep to you bud7144! I wish I could run a tent like that in my place! Even though I own my own house, I never know when family or friends might show up. So I have to still be discreet with my setup.

yea i have the outdoor and indoor going. Most of the people who do come over know im medical so its no prob, only thing that sucks is with the outdoor when sun is down cant do much outside like grill or anything.

 

[bud7144]

Alright, so the plant is moved into the tent along with some modified lighting and addition of the homeade co2 setup. Feed with some molasses and the new nutes. Still trying to decide if the t5 is really worth the energy and heat, what do you guys think>?
Oh and this is Day 23 of flower!

 

[bud7144]

So i checked my Chernobyl's outside and they started flowering early, have trichomes and good bud growth already. I wanted to bring one inside and the others in the ground, but also dont want to lose 6weeks of growth either. Any ideas whether i should risk the reveg, or just put all 3 indoors and bring new ones outside.

 

[bud7144]

Alright, Im in day 28 of flower on the lil valley purple and things are looking good. Buds are a mass of pistils and the buds are starting to add weight. I added 2 Chernobyl from outside cuz they were flowering already and wanted some for indoors. They received 36 hrs of darkness before going into the flower tent and are probably bout 2 weeks into flower. Next modification to the setup is going to be some 3k bulbs for the t5 fixture. Let me know what you think!

 

[bud7144]

Went and got 2 3500k t5's to swap with the 6400k bulbs. Also got some chain to lower the t5 and get more lumens out of it. It now sits 4-5 inches from the tops of the Chernobyls and the side lighting was moved around a bit. Buds are swelling and very shiny!

 

[ssean]

hey just wondering where you got the 55w cfls from and how much....my lowes only goes up to 26w

 

[bud7144]

I got them at walmart, and i saw these huge 64w cfls at home depot yesterday for $14 a pop.

 

[bud7144]

Well i kinda gave up on this thread, didn't drum up too much interest. After harvest, I ended up with 13g's between 3 plants. Not a lot of bud, but the chernobyl was frosty and very potent. Valley purple was very dense and tastes grapey. For anyone wishing to follow my next adventure, ill be setting up my 600W HPS in the tent very soon. With Nirvana's ICE and some strawberry goo of my own design.

 

[bigbillyrocka]

how tall did they get?

 

[pimkins]

how tall did they get?

x2

any pics of final days?