Micro Grow- Afghan Kush w t-5's

Hi all
My new grow has started today. If anyones has seen my lowryder grow, ya know what kind of luck i'm having. 6 plants- 1 female This grow is in a new cabinet i'm using-you can see the specs here Suncast C3600 - X - Utility Storage Base Cabinet

I put in 4 vents in the back using 120 mm computer fans hooked up to a jumped power supply. The light will be a t-5 2' 4 bulb with 2700 k bulbs, and 8 27 watt cfl's at 5000k. (as they get bigger i'll add 8 more cfl's) I lined the cabinet with mylar the best i could. I was gonna use a bubbleponic system, but being i'm a newbie to indoor growing i'll be using soil for this grow. Right now i have 3 world of seeds afghan kush feminised seeds in wet papertowels and hopefully they should sprout in a day or so. Here's the kicker- i'm only gonna veg for 7-10 days then go into 12/12- i have to keep them small. Heres a question ....what size pot should i use for a grow like this-- i was thinking 2 gal. If the stay small, they wont really need a big pot, right?
Anyway wish me luck, and i'll post some picks of the box tonight or tommorrow

PB

Ok- i'm having some problems with the kush seeds- i think i f-cked them up, but i still think they'll be ok - i'm gonna put these outside, and use some sour nl x nevilles haze from female seeds x line.(they were slated for my outdoor grow) Here's the dscription from the female seeds web site-

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]"A classic Indica/sativa ‘’winners’’ cross (NLxHaze) in an upgraded edition. One parent is an upgraded Northern Light. With an according to connesuirs ‘’Sour’’ smell and taste. She was never crossed with ‘Sour’strains, she just has that smell and taste. Like any Northern Light she is very strong and crossed with an indoor adapted Nevilles Haze. They need 10-12 weeks of 12/12 and 3-4 feet in height after 2-3 weeks of veg. Expect overgrown with resin buds here, with a very special smell and taste. They maybe need a bit longer than average, but will perform far out better than average too."[/SIZE][/FONT]

They are about 5 inches, and i'm going 12/12 on Friday. I know its way early, but i'm under time constraints and i gotta keep them low. They will have a total of 29-30 inches of grow height avail to them, so as you see that not alot. I'll start lst them right away, and hopefully buy going 12/12 after a week and half of veg they stay small. Before i start hearing about yeild, i only grow for myself and use it for pain relief. If i get an 30-38 grams out of 3 of these and hopefully one kush, i'll be happy. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, as i have all my zumals, lowryders and kush sprouts in there also now but they have to go in the other cabinet by thurs. I will be growing 4 plants, the nl x haze is a definit, but the fourth is gonna be who looks best by friday, Any comments are welcome

PB

Ok grow is underway since the 1st- pics later today- it ended up being 1 afghan kush fem, and 2 neville haze x nl fem crosses....all under t-5s for the whole grow with cfl's as side lighting. 12/12 started 3 days after sprouting- lets see what happens. pics later today

PB

Ok here are the pics- theses are 5 days old- went 12/12 at 3 days- lights- 2' 4 bulb t-5 with flowering bulbs, 10 27 watt cfl's 5000k. Heat 85 during lights on and 58 or lights off. Humidity is holding at + - 50%. plants have noticibly grown in the last 2 days. Pure water w liquid karma until next week when i'll go with 1/4 strenth nutes and bat guano. Never done a 12/12 from seed, so lets ee what happens. the Afghan kush is in the small pot, will repot in one or two weeks. LST will atrat when we get a little height, but i will start it early and do it often.

PB

Heres also a pic of the cab and how i stelthed it out- people walk right by it and never notice. Also my little lowryder is in the cab also due to lack of room in the other cab- filled with my outdoor stuff for another week or so

Ohh no-- went out this afternoon to check the cabinet- the fans had stopped working and the temp read 105!!! They look ok, i watered them and fixed the problem- temps at 90 and falling- hopefully they'll be ok. Pics tomorrow.
PB

Ok- here we are 1 month since my last post- things have changed- 4 days ago i switched from 12/12 om t-5's to a new 400watt hps cool tube........btw htg is the best...gotta love those guys.....in the past month the plants did very well with the t-5's but i think the buds would of been small nd not very dense, so thats wht i got the hps. So the pics i'm posting are 4 days of hps, and about 30 days of t-5 on 12/12....what have i learned from going 12/12 from seed?? Well, it appears i really doesnt save too much time- they still need at least 5-7 weeks...the good thing is it does control height, the 2 kush i have in there are about 10 inches high and the haze/nl cross are about 18 inches (i've lst-ed them...dont know if you can see it in the pics. ) There are tons of bud sites and if i give them another 5-7 weeks i think the yeild will be fine. I'm a med grower so a decient yeild is just fine with me. With the cool tube i'm keeping temps in the high 80's (its 95 degrees here today- cab is in my garage, which is about 82, so its about 5 degrees over the ambiant temp). So heres some pics- enjoy...next post in about 4-5 days-please comment, any tips are greatly appriciated...

PB

ok 5 days later- had a problem with yellowing of some fan leaves- not nute burn, i think i was overwatering...cut them away- anyway, they still are coming along ok- any comments welcome

PB

Ohh yeah- upgraded my fan in the cool tube- temps are holding in the high 70's...gotta like that...i'm keeping the tube 8 inches from the canopy-- is that ok???

PB

Question for everyone- by looking at these buds, when do a think they'll be done- opinions please- new pics tomorrow- closer pics of the buds

PB

this was getting good ... please post more >.<
i really think i'm going to invest into that cabinet. and where did you buy your light?

ok- heres some bud pics- any guess how much longer- 5 weeks...6??? please give opinions- that one with the nute burn was an experiment- i keep getting yellowing of the lower leaves and i thought maybe it was low nitrogen...guess not....any ideas why the lower fan leaves keep yellowing...the buds are growing fine, just the lower fan leaves get yellow

PB

Hey All

Took some pics to give everyone an idea of how big these are starting 12/12 from seed. Give em a look and let me know what ya think

PB

Ok - heres an update with pictures- everything is going ok- no real problems- let me know how you guys like the buds

PB

fucking hell man how old are them fuckers?

Ok- sorry no updates- been busy with family stuff and doctors. Harvested the 2 afghan kush- about 1 3/4 oz wet, not bad for a first time 12/12 grow. The neville haze x nl still have a week or so. The tricomes are 40 amber and 60 clear/cloudy. Here are some pics. I just started some ch9 greenbud fem's yesterday- when they germ i guess i'llk do a new journal. I also have some zamal outside vegging in 5 gal buckets- they will come in in sept after they start flowering for some controlled light. anyway here are some pics of the haze x nl

PB

Let us know how the smoke was! good job

Ohh yeah- the buds are so so solid, one got a bit of rot but i caught it and removed the rotted section- not much at all- if i see the rot again i gotta chop them early. If i gotta takre them early i still think the smaoke will be good as the tricomes are 30-40 % amber...the yeild on these three should be 3 oz or so- not bad for a 12/12 grow from seed. Remember the first 45 -50 days were under t-5's...

Had to pull 2 of the neville haze x sour nl's- both had very minor signs of some bud rot. So they got 10 1/2 weeks of flower- we'll see how the smoke is - theres still one in the cab, shes looking great so i'll let her go as long as she wants- 2 weeks i hope. I trimmed off the rot sections of the buds..very small but i figured that i'd stop it before it spread- i put these in my shake bad- i guess i can make hash out of them. I have some pics i'll post later, i'm a bit bummed but hey they made it over 10 weeks.

PB

BTW, the yeild on the 2 pulled was a bit over 3 oz wet- next grow i'll veg for 3 weeks, but overall i'm happy with that number as i only smoke for pain and an oz lasts me over a month

PB

Heres a closup of one of the girls pulled today

PB