My first ever grow, stealth PC grow using LEDs

Grow4myfriends

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You will not get the correct button if you are already inside a thread.
1. click on forums
2. click on newbie central or a sub-forum of your choice
3. look at the top right of the page and you should find the button "post a new thread"
4. Fill in the blanks and create your new thread
 
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Grow4myfriends said:
You will not get the correct button if you are already inside a thread.
1. click on forums
2. click on newbie central or a sub-forum of your choice
3. look at the top right of the page and you should find the button "post a new thread"
4. Fill in the blanks and create your new thread
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thanks dude i started one
 
Triplec

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Day 7 update. Gave both plants 500ml of water. Here an updated pic of the larger of the too. Still seems kinda small to me or is this about right for autos?
 

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Grow4myfriends said:
Can u really do that with auto's? I thought they needed 12/12 like regular plants once they go into flowering.
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I have had 2 Autos going since 1 Feb. 18/6 light schedule will work just fine. Read up on the Ruderalis strain, on where it started. My thoughts are the plant needs some dark period. Some go 24 start to finish. I have also found that trimming fan leaves will stunt the plant. SCROG and LST will not effect the plant but actually benefit it in such a small space. With more than one plant in that small a space, you will have to control the growth. Also the time period that the breeders list is basically a guide. Your buds will continue to increase in size. Go by the trichomes and let them determine when you harvest.
Good luck in your adventure.
 
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I have had 2 Autos going since 1 Feb. 18/6 light schedule will work just fine. Read up on the Ruderalis strain, on where it started. My thoughts are the plant needs some dark period. Some go 24 start to finish. I have also found that trimming fan leaves will stunt the plant. SCROG and LST will not effect the plant but actually benefit it in such a small space. With more than one plant in that small a space, you will have to control the growth. Also the time period that the breeders list is basically a guide. Your buds will continue to increase in size. Go by the trichomes and let them determine when you harvest.
Good luck in your adventure.
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Hey, thanks! You think the size and look are on par for now? Also, I got the beans from nirvana. I didn't see any type if guide for their auto or anything. You know of they have one?
 
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Hey, thanks! You think the size and look are on par for now? Also, I got the beans from nirvana. I didn't see any type if guide for their auto or anything. You know of they have one?
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For 7 days that is good. Just don't get carried away with that water bucket. 2 things here; You need to them close to your light, and make sure you have a fan blowing on it to strengthen the main stalk. Don't feed it any nutes for a couple of weeks. when you get the 4th or 5th node, then give it 1/8 to 1/4 of recommended nutes. The plant will pull nutes from your soil for a couple of weeks.
 
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For 7 days that is good. Just don't get carried away with that water bucket. 2 things here; You need to them close to your light, and make sure you have a fan blowing on it to strengthen the main stalk. Don't feed it any nutes for a couple of weeks. when you get the 4th or 5th node, then give it 1/8 to 1/4 of recommended nutes. The plant will pull nutes from your soil for a couple of weeks.
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Thanks!
 
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Day 12 update. Leaves are getting bigger, nice and green. I'm quite surprised as the larger plant is already starting to get a slight aroma to her. I hope that's not a indication that it will be overwhelming. I guess will see how the carbon filter works. I'll attach it when I can start smelling things outside the box. Also, going to order some ona gel and ona liquid this weekend. Here are some updated pics.
 

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On a side note, those pics were from late last night. When I check them this morning, the leaves were very droopy. My dark hours run from 5-9am. The humidity got up to 73% so I think that's what caused it. Hopefully they will perk up during the day today. Humidity is normally around 40% during light hours. I'm going to do some research around autoflowers and light cycles. I'd like to see if I can run lights 24/0 cause with my box there's no way to just have the fans run during dark hours. Or I could try a 22/2 light schedule possibly. Any thoughts?
 
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Yes I read a review of those stealth pc boxes... that is one quite large oversight in the design. You need to aerate your grow space also during dark times, this is quite important otherwise humidity issues as you have correctly demised. Apparently you can fix this but it will require some re-wiring. You might want to look into that.

Personally I'm not a fan of running 24/0... ever! I think plants need a little downtime, just like humans do, time for them to invest some energy into roots. But there are plenty growers out there who push their plants to the limit and claim that 24/0 is the way to go. Maybe you could try 22/2 then u won't get so much humidity rise but that plants still get a little break.
 
Triplec

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Grow4myfriends said:
Yes I read a review of those stealth pc boxes... that is one quite large oversight in the design. You need to aerate your grow space also during dark times, this is quite important otherwise humidity issues as you have correctly demised. Apparently you can fix this but it will require some re-wiring. You might want to look into that.

Personally I'm not a fan of running 24/0... ever! I think plants need a little downtime, just like humans do, time for them to invest some energy into roots. But there are plenty growers out there who push their plants to the limit and claim that 24/0 is the way to go. Maybe you could try 22/2 then u won't get so much humidity rise but that plants still get a little break.
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Thanks man. Yea I'd prefer to stick with the 20/4 cycle. I had a cup of water in there last night cause the humid toy dropped really low the other day. I removed that this morning and will stick with 20/4 and see how it looks tomorrow.

I've been doing some research on autos and it seems like it would be ok to run 24/0, which a lot of people have done. The majority, like you said think the plant needs rest and I would agree.

About the issue with the inability to run the fans during dark hours, I don't think ill mess with any of he wiring. I may email the manufacturer and see if they have any suggestions if I continue having trouble. He seems fairly responsive.
 
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you are fortunate to have auto's in there, you can circumvent the problem with the dark cycle. If you had indica or sativa requiring a 12/12 cycle to trigger bloom, you would be royally screwed with no aeration during dark times.

I will follow ur progress buddy, I never did an auto plant so I'm curious how this turns out. Keep us posted :)
 
Triplec

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Yea, I did a lot of research and determine autos would be the way to go for now.

Here are some pics of the droopy leaves I was talking about. They seems to be fine and growing OK, so I'm not necessarily worried. I think I'll get a small desk fan to run in the closet to help circulate air flow. Not sure this will help since the box is enclosed but we'll see. If it keeps happening I might try a 22/2 cycle to minimize the issue.

The aroma is getting slightly stronger too. I put the carbon filter on the back of the exhaust fans last night, just to make sure. The stealthiness is a big factor. Can't be having the place reek.
 

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Good news, got a reply from the maker of the box. I can purchase another 12v power supply and connect it to run the fans separately. I completely forgot there are two power connectors coming out the back of the box which are currently connected to the single 12v power supply. I'll be able to leave the lights on the timer and the fans should continue to run 24/0. I'll be getting one on amazon, most likely and have it in 2-3 days.
 
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Triplec said:
Good news, got a reply from the maker of the box. I can purchase another 12v power supply and connect it to run the fans separately. I completely forgot there are two power connectors coming out the back of the box which are currently connected to the single 12v power supply. I'll be able to leave the lights on the timer and the fans should continue to run 24/0. I'll be getting one on amazon, most likely and have it in 2-3 days.
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very cooL!
 
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Update day 16. Have a few spots showing up but don't think it's nute burn or anything. They are growing good I think. I fed them nutes for the first time Saturday. 1ml of biogrow to 500ml of water in each plant. Either a leaf was up against a light all night or I may have splashed some nute water cause there's a big spot on one of the leaves. I think they are ok though. Here's some pics of the bigger one. The other was is basically the same just smaller. I guess that seed isn't as good.
 

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Oh and I got the extra power supply and running the fans separately. Humidity issue is resolved.
 
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