First Closet Grow (CFL) (Pics)

Jerry Garcia said:

Yo man, looking nice.

I've got a concern though with those pics of the rootmass...what's with the dry compacted stuff at the bottom? Is it a different type of soil? Whatever it is, it looks terrible compared to the other 3/4 of the soil. If/when you transplant again you may want to gently knock some of that stuff off the bottom and loosen up those roots down there just a bit. How much water do you give it when you water? You want to shoot for ~1 quart per gallon of soil.

Otherwise looking great!

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Yeah there was alittle water left in the bottle so i poured it on there about 30 min after i had initially watered. So all the soil looked like the bottom does until i got it wet, guess there wasn't enough to go all the way down to the bottom, i usually give it a 2 liter of water every 3rd day.

Just picked up some flowering nutes, i went with the Growtek Monster Bloom which has an NPK of 0-50-30 it seems pretty strong so i'm wondering if i would only use this? Or along side another Fert like maxibloom which is a 5-15-7 or something like that... Thanks for the help

Hey man, nice info and updates! I was wondering if you can use CFLs throughout the entire grow? It looks like you are starting with CFLs and then taking them outside, I can only grow indoors, I wanted to do just 1 plant, would I just get half the CFLs you listed? I was also wondering about the light fixtures, I dont know anything about lights so if I went to Home Depot or Lowes I could probably find the lights you listed but i wouldnt know what to look for to plug them into so I could power them? Got any info on that? From your pics it looks like you have attached multiple fixtures together which looks cool....

I was just checking out the moby and i was wondering, would a male preflower have any kind of white hair at all? I noticed what looked like a white hair coming out of two different tops.... My hopes are high haha, the bigger sativa is flowering up nicely...i will post pics later today

Here are a few shots of the cab, in the two small potters I threw a few bagseed in each one so we will see what comes of it, Total i have over 200 watts of actual CFLs in there and they seem to be enjoying all of it. Take a look and tell me what you think.

I added a light bar so i could add a few more bulbs, heat is still an issue so i made two more vent holes, another at the top and bottom. Took down the foil to put up some mylar, was just to lazy to get around to it today. The plant inside was getting to hard to take out with the middle shelf in, but without the shelf light just pours out of the cab so i just removed it and put up a few pins to hold it in place, so now its removable lol.

Gonna add a few more computer fans, the cab is a great grow space but it's not to stealthy............ maybe it was just the way i made it but oh well first try and its not horrible

lookin great man!!! keep up the good work!!! u should put another fan in there!!!

Took the girls out to get a tan.

Katatawnic said:

WTF.... I could've sworn I subbed to this thread weeks ago! Oh well, fixed now....

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Haha, didn't miss to much only a few plants growing this round. Once this one is done flowering i'm starting a bigger op Thanks for coming by

Katatawnic said:

"Only" a few plants? Isn't that why we're at RIU? A few, a monster-sized op.... plants is plants!

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You got me there, if it wasn't for RIU i wouldn't be able to grow one plant At least growing it is as much fun as smoking it

Katatawnic said:

Indeed! They say pot is addicting? I say growing and reading/posting on grow sites is what is addicting!

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That's the truth i'm on here more then i smoke i think... usually just staring at the main forum page or my rollitup page..... guess that falls in the category of patience

Got some burning on the edges of the big girl, i think it's just because it's 107 degrees outside. Either looks like that or cal mag def to me. I will put up some pics later on.

Looks good brother, hopefully you don't have any issues with that yellowing.

Your plants look big and healthy. Try a cheap home depot bathroom vent fan instead of the computer fans. They are about $12 and they work great. I cooled a 2x3x4 box with a 400hps with one of those. They're also easier to keep light tight...

NoBarriers said:

Your plants look big and healthy. Try a cheap home depot bathroom vent fan instead of the computer fans. They are about $12 and they work great. I cooled a 2x3x4 box with a 400hps with one of those. They're also easier to keep light tight...

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So just use two of those? Intake and exhaust? I was there yesterday and i didn;t see them. Your talking about the square ones for bathrooms right? I will look into them because it's hard to keep them temps under 90 in this thing

WonderWhatsNext said:

So just use two of those? Intake and exhaust? I was there yesterday and i didn;t see them. Your talking about the square ones for bathrooms right? I will look into them because it's hard to keep them temps under 90 in this thing

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They're at Home Depot or Lowes w/ the bathroom fans. It's the cheapest one they have and I think it's 50cfm. I used one for exhaust with a passive intake. It would suck the door shut from the negative pressure. Also if you put a right angle in the exhaust no light gets in or out. You can use a dryer vent hose.

NoBarriers said:

They're at Home Depot or Lowes w/ the bathroom fans. It's the cheapest one they have and I think it's 50cfm. I used one for exhaust with a passive intake. It would suck the door shut from the negative pressure. Also if you put a right angle in the exhaust no light gets in or out. You can use a dryer vent hose.

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I will look into that, only got one question. I keep this cab in my room, do you think the fan would be noisy?

Got bored and made a real high tech cloning station to get a few new plants going... Seems to be working good just cut some 2 liters up and put some wet napkins on the bottom of the orange box. Humidity is about 85%
Check it out.

Awwww.......nice handy work.