400w mh 3 tier passive hydro rubbermaid

high times

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So first off I've done 2 grows before this with just one plant each in soil just to test the ease of growing. After I got back and harvested my grapefruitdiesel I decided I wanted to setup some hempy buckets inside my rubbermaid so here we go

I have 2 50 gal rubbermaids stacked on top of eachother with another 35 gal (I think) stacked on top of those to house the light 17 x 2 for the 50 gals and $10 for the 35 gal

the light is an old vertical high bay factory light that can also run a 1000w light I got it for $35 with the bulb. I took it apart and pulled the balast out and took off the dome reflector. The balast sits on an end table next to the grow box. I mounted it to the side of the top container and covered the light box with Mylar. The lid has 3 120mm pc fans running 24/7 I'm using a power supply from a computer for these I just took the green wire from the larger plug (24 pin I think) and connected it to one of the Black ones to get it to turn on. There are also 3 more 80mm fans on the side facing the wall of the closet in the light box these are just running off of cell phone chargers.

The grow area (the 2 50 gals) was lined with aluminum tape (didn't know about Mylar at the time of my cfl grow) I want to take it out but it will take hours and damn it I'm a pot head lol there are 2 passive intakes that are 2" diameter 90 degree elbows which I need to paint the inside black for light leaks.

My hempy buckets are 1 gal pots with 100% perlite in them. Instead of cutting a hole 2" up from the bottom these are bottom fed through the holes the pot already had they sit in a tray with 2" of solution. Kind of like a wick feeding system.

I am using fox farm mutes grow big, tiger bloom and...forgot the name of the other one...I plan on buying open sesame and the other 2 when I get paid in a couple weeks. I currently am using the fox farm feeding schedule week 1 strength which is probably too low at the moment but 2 of my plants roots haven't reached the Rez yet so I'm trying to be careful with them

I have a 4" high velocity fan from walmart blowing air around inside the grow area the timer is on 18/6 right now and temps in day are around 84 and 40% humidity at night...I've never checked lol

currently I have
1 purple urkle (1st gen clone!)
1 pineapple romulan
4 g-13 from this really good grower (hoping for really good genetics)

the g13s have already hit the Rez and grow an inch in 12 hours!!
The urkle and romulan haven't hit it yet :( not sure what to do here) I've been scooping the Rez water and hand watering them so far and it's worksing they went from a light green color to a dark green overnight :)
but what I need some advice on is how should I handle the growth the g13s are about to explode they are about 6" each one and the urkle is 10" and the romulan is 4" I'm afraid the g13s will outgrow the box if I give the urkle and the romulan enough time to grow as big as I want them I already started lst on each plant I think the g13s will fill out at least 2 weeks sooner than the romulan and the urkle what can I do to trim them (not something I really want to do because I want as much bud as possible)

also, I live in an apartment and this is in my bedroom closet how can I take it out of the box and use the closer without venting to the attic hole (for smell reasons) and without cutting holes in the wall or doors while still kepping it light proof?

Oh and if anyone was wondering my lsted no fertilizer grapefruit diesel is gonna give me about an ounce!!! No idea how I accomplished this :)
 

high times

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Also, what can I put over the pc fans to stop light from leaving/entering but at the same without restricting airflow?
 
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