Hey guys and girls,
Hey guys, I had a crack at growing some green outdoors and did okay, so now moving onto trying to grow it inside.
A mate has lent me his Phototron 3000SX grow box. It has 3* 32W bent fluoros in it. Appears to be ~6000K.
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I germinated a 8 seeds on the wet paper towel, and transplanted them to jiffy peat pellets. They all died
so I just stuck new seeds in them jiffy peat pellets and put them in the phototron whilst I brainstormed how I was going to go about modifying this box to produce a successful yield.
22nd December(day 1): 8 seeds planted into jiffy pellets.
24th December(day 3): 1 popped out first, then another 2 popped out several hours later. By the end of the day, 6 out of the 8 made it!
26th December(day 5): fitted reflective insulation material of the insides of the phototron, leaving front window.
29th December(day
: here they are, the root structure is starting to grow out of the mesh that holds the peat. I really must get a moving on the DWC set up I have planned.
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The Plan:
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Fit 4 more cfl bulbs. Using 3 typical splitters on a fitting.
3*6500k 26W and 1*2700k for veg
4*2700k 26W for flowering
*I'm not sure if it's more cost effective to stick with a single 130W 2700k/6500k cfl grow light in combination with the 3 other 32W bent fluoros.
I have the following parts laying around which will be put to good use shortly.
100W SFF PSU
120mm fan(top exhaust fan)
4* 80mm fans on sides blowing in(might use more)
Automotive HID ballast and bulb. 4300k or 6000k have a 1 or 2 bulbs/ballasts laying around.
Plan was to connect all the fans up to the PSU, wire up the automotive HID to the PSU. And make a housing/reflector for HID bulb if it works.
Also have a 12V submersible pump rated @ 3L/min sitting around which I might use to make the system a combination of DWC and Aeroponic setup?
I'll be making just a simple bubbler system with about 5 netpots. I'll just use the jiffy pellets along with some hydrotron in the pots. I'll make sure the peat doesn't touch the reservoir nutrient water.
Will be purchasing a small weather station and a digital pH meter shortly.
That's it for now, I'll try post on a daily basis on my progress.
Any tips/constructive criticism/opinions would be appreciated!
Thanks all =]
Hey guys, I had a crack at growing some green outdoors and did okay, so now moving onto trying to grow it inside.
A mate has lent me his Phototron 3000SX grow box. It has 3* 32W bent fluoros in it. Appears to be ~6000K.
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I germinated a 8 seeds on the wet paper towel, and transplanted them to jiffy peat pellets. They all died
![Sad :( :(](/styles/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
22nd December(day 1): 8 seeds planted into jiffy pellets.
24th December(day 3): 1 popped out first, then another 2 popped out several hours later. By the end of the day, 6 out of the 8 made it!
26th December(day 5): fitted reflective insulation material of the insides of the phototron, leaving front window.
29th December(day
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The Plan:
---------
Fit 4 more cfl bulbs. Using 3 typical splitters on a fitting.
3*6500k 26W and 1*2700k for veg
4*2700k 26W for flowering
*I'm not sure if it's more cost effective to stick with a single 130W 2700k/6500k cfl grow light in combination with the 3 other 32W bent fluoros.
I have the following parts laying around which will be put to good use shortly.
100W SFF PSU
120mm fan(top exhaust fan)
4* 80mm fans on sides blowing in(might use more)
Automotive HID ballast and bulb. 4300k or 6000k have a 1 or 2 bulbs/ballasts laying around.
Plan was to connect all the fans up to the PSU, wire up the automotive HID to the PSU. And make a housing/reflector for HID bulb if it works.
Also have a 12V submersible pump rated @ 3L/min sitting around which I might use to make the system a combination of DWC and Aeroponic setup?
I'll be making just a simple bubbler system with about 5 netpots. I'll just use the jiffy pellets along with some hydrotron in the pots. I'll make sure the peat doesn't touch the reservoir nutrient water.
Will be purchasing a small weather station and a digital pH meter shortly.
That's it for now, I'll try post on a daily basis on my progress.
Any tips/constructive criticism/opinions would be appreciated!
Thanks all =]