First Grow - "Stealth" - Bagseed - 130W CFL: All input welcome!!
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I actually have no clue, what fan I'm using. My buddy gave me two hot pink 140mm fans for free which had more CFMs than what I had at the time (nothing) and I'm still using them...taped together. I don't even know if that works to make it stronger (probably doesn't) but it's working well enough right now and will continue to work as well 'til I get a new fan that I know the specs of since I DO need more airflow in the box. I'd like to get temps down into the 70s with lights on.
Speaking of the flower box, here are the pics from this morning.
First pics are of Jack Flash with the last two being of Roz.
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gumball
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If your fans have any model info on them you can google it and find the specs. That way you will know when you buy a new one if it is in fact better than the ones you have.
I am unsure if taping them helps much with more airflow, but I think it helps the pressure be higher, which is what you need to effectively push air through that restrictive carbon filter.
Please be cautious if you decide to add intake fans. Myself, and many others, have found that any fan except exhaust swirls the air and doesn't give the exhaust fan a chance to get rid of the hot air.
Just some tips for y'all. The plants are looking great!
I am unsure if taping them helps much with more airflow, but I think it helps the pressure be higher, which is what you need to effectively push air through that restrictive carbon filter.
Please be cautious if you decide to add intake fans. Myself, and many others, have found that any fan except exhaust swirls the air and doesn't give the exhaust fan a chance to get rid of the hot air.
Just some tips for y'all. The plants are looking great!
SinSimian
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I have recently experienced this with my pc grow.
GanjaFresh
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Hey where do youg et that power supply frm? to hold your lights
hudman
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H&P...what are your temps in your boxes? Veg and Flower? Getting ready for my new grow and Within a few inches of my bulbs I am running 89... If I am 18 inches away im at 78-80.... I dont want to start my new seedlings to far from the light but dont want to burn them up. I am thinking about starting them under a 4 ft flourecent until they get big enough to take some heat....give me your thoughts and anyone else as well...
@gumz: Hey man, thanks for the advice regarding the fans. The was an issue with the smaller box when I first started and I've since realized that passive intake is definitely the way to go for the size grow I have going. And I've tried to look the model number up on Google but to no avail, it's some no-name brand I suppose.
@SinSimian: Thanks for stoppin' in bud!
@hudman: In my opinion if you have the room for the florescent I'd say go for it! Otherwise you can always tone down on the number of CFLs you're using until you feel the lil babies are ready for the big time lights. Temps in my veg box are around ~75F during the day and ~68F during the night. In the flower it's about ~86F during the day and ~77F during the night. I'm looking into getting a better fan to move more of the heat out but for now the girls are doing OK. And I wouldn't be afraid of starting them our pretty far away from the lights. Once they look like they're starting to secure themselves and stretch then you can move 'em closer.
I've always kept them around ~2-3 inches from the lights throughout their lives with the exception of this AK-47 clone which I kept about 6-8" from the lights so as to not roast it but now it's sitting up with the big girls in the flower box about 2" from the lights and is loving it.
@GanjaFresh: It's just a power strip from any computer store. They sell bulb->socket adapters at most hardware-type stores and then you can just plug the bulbs into the powerstrip.
@newdude: Thanks for stopping in pal!
Alright guys, got some pics for you from the flower box but first: good news, Ice Cream is officially a girl! Thought I'd take a closer look today and sure enough she popped up pistils on my while I wasn't even looking. How awesome! But BOY does she smell. She's easily my most offensive plant.
The first pics are of Jack Flash who is 22 days from first pistils!
Roz comes up next and she's a random bagseed that's now been (counting from first sign of PISTILS) flowering for 45 days.
The AK47 clone has been in the flowering box for 2 days now.
The next picture shows the Ice Cream clone next to the Jack Flash and the last picture is of my setup (there are 7 more lights and my exhaust system above in the other rubbermaid.)
Thanks for stopping in guys! Big plans for this week so stay tuned!
@SinSimian: Thanks for stoppin' in bud!
@hudman: In my opinion if you have the room for the florescent I'd say go for it! Otherwise you can always tone down on the number of CFLs you're using until you feel the lil babies are ready for the big time lights. Temps in my veg box are around ~75F during the day and ~68F during the night. In the flower it's about ~86F during the day and ~77F during the night. I'm looking into getting a better fan to move more of the heat out but for now the girls are doing OK. And I wouldn't be afraid of starting them our pretty far away from the lights. Once they look like they're starting to secure themselves and stretch then you can move 'em closer.
I've always kept them around ~2-3 inches from the lights throughout their lives with the exception of this AK-47 clone which I kept about 6-8" from the lights so as to not roast it but now it's sitting up with the big girls in the flower box about 2" from the lights and is loving it.
@GanjaFresh: It's just a power strip from any computer store. They sell bulb->socket adapters at most hardware-type stores and then you can just plug the bulbs into the powerstrip.
@newdude: Thanks for stopping in pal!
Alright guys, got some pics for you from the flower box but first: good news, Ice Cream is officially a girl! Thought I'd take a closer look today and sure enough she popped up pistils on my while I wasn't even looking. How awesome! But BOY does she smell. She's easily my most offensive plant.
The first pics are of Jack Flash who is 22 days from first pistils!
Roz comes up next and she's a random bagseed that's now been (counting from first sign of PISTILS) flowering for 45 days.
The AK47 clone has been in the flowering box for 2 days now.
The next picture shows the Ice Cream clone next to the Jack Flash and the last picture is of my setup (there are 7 more lights and my exhaust system above in the other rubbermaid.)
Thanks for stopping in guys! Big plans for this week so stay tuned!
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hudman
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H&P you are the man! You always provide great feedback! I love it... Plants are looking good! Lots of white hairs! Keep it going! I bet with a larger area you could yield some big ass buds with your green thumb my man... Nice job on these beeotches! Seeds still have not come in....maybe Monday... damn I hate waiting...ordered some seeds from Attitude also...great special they are running right now... did you check it out? At least I still have some weed from 2 lowriders from a friend of mine while I wait this shit out. Smoked half a joint last night and was ripped.... man thats some good stuff.
Haha thanks hudsy! Man I hate checking seedbanks because I always want to order seeds but it's just not feasible right now with the space constrictions. I actually think it's fun growing from seed just because it feels like I was involved in the entire process ya know? But then you get a male and you want to stab someone so I'm holding off on seeds for a while. Any new plants will be clones.
I'm tellin' ya though, if all goes well I'll be in my own place by the summer and as a friend of mine says I'm gonna blow the spot up. This is too much fun to stop now!
@gumball: Yeah week and a half sounds just about right actually. It feels like I've been saying "two more weeks" for months now but looking at the time she's been in the roaster 1.5wks would bring us just around that nice ~60 days range.
Last few days of the veg box!
Gonna convert both boxes into flower boxes by mixing some bulbs around and changing the veg box from 12/12 to flower. I planned out my grow for next year and I need to wrap this one up and get some clones cut to get ready for the first plant in the "true" perpetual grow. Going for a harvest out of a 2G (maybe 3G) pot every month.
So the first two pics are of Ice Cream, straight on and above. The second two are the BBH.
They're both cupping because I moved them about 3 inches extra from the lights to induce some stretching so I can take some stable clones. Hopefully they'll have that extra inch or so I want by tomorrow. The BBH has long enough branching for nice clones right now but the Ice Cream has been quite quite bushy.
So I suppose that's tonight's update! More news from the flower box either tomorrow or Wednesday!
Gonna convert both boxes into flower boxes by mixing some bulbs around and changing the veg box from 12/12 to flower. I planned out my grow for next year and I need to wrap this one up and get some clones cut to get ready for the first plant in the "true" perpetual grow. Going for a harvest out of a 2G (maybe 3G) pot every month.
So the first two pics are of Ice Cream, straight on and above. The second two are the BBH.
They're both cupping because I moved them about 3 inches extra from the lights to induce some stretching so I can take some stable clones. Hopefully they'll have that extra inch or so I want by tomorrow. The BBH has long enough branching for nice clones right now but the Ice Cream has been quite quite bushy.
So I suppose that's tonight's update! More news from the flower box either tomorrow or Wednesday!
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Pics from the other day.
Wait, you're supposed to water these things?? That's the second time I've forgotten to water Jack when I originally meant to. I pity the poor plant with a pothead as a tender lol. She got fed and perked up in about 2 hours max.
And lastly an upskirt shot of Roz. Her buds are still fattening up, it's ridiculous. She is absolutely determined to never get harvested I'm certain of it. Smart plant, I'll tell you that much.
Wait, you're supposed to water these things?? That's the second time I've forgotten to water Jack when I originally meant to. I pity the poor plant with a pothead as a tender lol. She got fed and perked up in about 2 hours max.
And lastly an upskirt shot of Roz. Her buds are still fattening up, it's ridiculous. She is absolutely determined to never get harvested I'm certain of it. Smart plant, I'll tell you that much.
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hudman
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Roz is getting close!!! She's bag seed right? Damn you are tough on Jack! I have heard that stressing some plants make them turn out some potent bud...might work to your advantage!! hahaha I am still waiting on seed...holy shit taken forever....they said this time a year things move slow in the mail.... sucks!! However my jalepenos have popped and basil is looking good. I am jonesing for something real to grow.... Hudman out...check out my new Avatar...Super Silver Haze....I ordered 5 seeds from Attitude...hmmm sure would be nice to have some of that....maybe in a few short months I will have some.....any of you ever smoked SSH before???
Oh man, funny you say that--someone I know just harvested some SSH--was definitely some good stuff for sure.
And all additional stress put on my plants past the LST is purely accidental haha. Those poor things have been troopers throughout the learning process. I'm so proud of Roz just because she's from seed and the only survivor of Operation Samson. It'll bring a tear to my eye for sure when it's time to chop her down but I'm sure the result will help alleviate the spiraling depression
And all additional stress put on my plants past the LST is purely accidental haha. Those poor things have been troopers throughout the learning process. I'm so proud of Roz just because she's from seed and the only survivor of Operation Samson. It'll bring a tear to my eye for sure when it's time to chop her down but I'm sure the result will help alleviate the spiraling depression
Just kidding!! glad she didnt go to long without!!Oh yeah, you know me gumz--I'm just a regular ol' taskmaster! Haha!
Since all the girls are on the same schedule nowadays I thought it was only fitting that I get a group pic in there. Jill is really filling out, I'm hoping she still has a small growth spurt to go through but we'll see!
Since all the girls are on the same schedule nowadays I thought it was only fitting that I get a group pic in there. Jill is really filling out, I'm hoping she still has a small growth spurt to go through but we'll see!
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hudman
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Nugs are looking nice....Man I dont even have anything growing and Im already planning turning my shed into a partial grow room. Built an 8x12 shed this summer...should be able to get some serious shit going in there. Just dont know what type of lights I want to go with. What are your thoughts? Oh followers of the H&P??? lol anyways out of town tonight for work. Hopefully seeds are in the mailbox when I get back. Problem with the shed would be temps...crazy weather where I live...hot as hell most of the year...dry, dry, dry....sun is so intense weed would probably shrivel up outside..hahaha Still havnt heard from Easy...